Are there any apps i can dl from the play store or a mod i can flash to make my life easier ? holding the power and home button maybe works 2 out of 10 tries.
Little Bigboy said:
Are there any apps i can dl from the play store or a mod i can flash to make my life easier ? holding the power and home button maybe works 2 out of 10 tries.
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If you're on stock TW, you can enable palm gestures and swipe from left to right. If you're on a custom ROM, chances are there is an option to add "take screenshot" to the extended power menu accessed by holding the power button.
Try this
In my experience you have to hold the buttons for a second or two; it's not a quick "click" -- it's a press, hold, release.
Power Button + Home button works for me 99% of the time. Just make sure to press them at the exact same time and hold until it takes the screenshot...
The wave your palm over the phone gesture is the one that sucks, in my opinion. That one works less than 50% of the time for me and I see no reason to ever enable it when you can just press Power Button + Home easily...
jeffreii said:
Power Button + Home button works for me 99% of the time. Just make sure to press them at the exact same time and hold until it takes the screenshot...
The wave your palm over the phone gesture is the one that sucks, in my opinion. That one works less than 50% of the time for me and I see no reason to ever enable it when you can just press Power Button + Home easily...
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Agreed. When I swipe to take a screenshot, many times it changes the page and then takes the pic! Maybe I just need to perfect my technique. When I do the power/home button trick, I make sure to press the power button just before I hit the home button and that seems to work well for me.
jeffreii said:
Power Button + Home button works for me 99% of the time. Just make sure to press them at the exact same time and hold until it takes the screenshot...
The wave your palm over the phone gesture is the one that sucks, in my opinion. That one works less than 50% of the time for me and I see no reason to ever enable it when you can just press Power Button + Home easily...
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I agree - anytime the palm swipe has worked for me is if my phone is laying on a flat surface, the screen is completely clean and i really focus on setting my hand on the edge and quickly swiping. Most times I just turn the page or move the screen.
Holding Home + Power Button is the way to go.
If may work better for anyone having trouble with the button method if you hold the power button with your left hand and the home with your right simultaneously. That's the only way my girlfriend can do it.
jeffreii said:
Power Button + Home button works for me 99% of the time. Just make sure to press them at the exact same time and hold until it takes the screenshot...
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+1 ... unless one or both of your buttons have issues with their contacts.
Home and power button is the easiest ever, you must have issues with your buttons...
Little Bigboy said:
Are there any apps i can dl from the play store or a mod i can flash to make my life easier ? holding the power and home button maybe works 2 out of 10 tries.
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Use AOKP ROM...its power+volume down
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Is there a setting that turns this on & off, because neither the hand swipe nor pen method is working.
I do not find these methods to work under all circumstances, ie when a game or app is open..
use the [home] + [power] button combination.. works all the time
Kamau54 said:
Is there a setting that turns this on & off, because neither the hand swipe nor pen method is working.
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Press on the SPEN button & hold the tip to the screen until it takes a pic. the key is waiting for it to take a pic
to take a SS with a hand you have to swipe from right to left using the edge of your hand not the palm
And when all of the above fails, just press the Lock and Home button down at the same time, and it should also make a screenshot.
Note: Press the Home button just a millisecond earlier, else you'll lock your phone.
Thanks to all.
Just received my N10 - 16GB and was trying to figure out how to take a screenshot. From everything I read it's, Hold Power Button + Vol Down. That didn't work. It was just as if I held down the Power Button by itself and it gave me the popup window for Power Off / Airplane Mode.
I then realized that the Vol Down is actually in the top position, closest to the Sleep/Power and Vol up is in the bottom. Is this normal? I don't recall the Nexus 7 having the volume buttons reversed.
Also, trying to take a screen shot still doesn't work for me. Anyone having these issues?
Thanks,
The tablet is designed for landscape use.....so at the top left of the tablet is Power, Volume - and then Volume +
Press and HOLD both Power and Volume - at the same time, it takes a few seconds (about 2.5 seconds based on doing it right now and counting LOL).
Do not press one then the other. Put your fingers over both then press at the same time.
tcrews said:
The tablet is designed for landscape use.....so at the top left of the tablet is Power, Volume - and then Volume +
Press and HOLD both Power and Volume - at the same time, it takes a few seconds (about 2.5 seconds based on doing it right now and counting LOL).
Do not press one then the other. Put your fingers over both then press at the same time.
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Much appreciated the quick answer. From my other Android devices, it was either hold power/sleep first then either Vol down or Home button. I tried your suggestion and it works now. Even gives an audible tone.
Anybody else find this really awkward?
It'd be much better if I could do a screenshot by holding the power button down and tapping the home button. Much like the One X etc.
I've tried pressing the power + home button at the same time but nothing happens, is there a different method of taking a screenshot with the s4?
frankyy714 said:
I've tried pressing the power + home button at the same time but nothing happens, is there a different method of taking a screenshot with the s4?
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Try swiping the side of your hand horizontally past the screen. But home and powerbutton should work, try to press both of them at the same time and hold them 2 seconds.
Stevemeister said:
Try swiping the side of your hand horizontally past the screen. But home and powerbutton should work, try to press both of them at the same time and hold them 2 seconds.
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Thanks, both ways worked. I didn't know I had to hold it for longer than a second
Stevemeister said:
Try swiping the side of your hand horizontally past the screen. But home and powerbutton should work, try to press both of them at the same time and hold them 2 seconds.
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I doubted we had the luxury of screenshots & so I downloaded the screenshot it trial (now uninstalled). Thank you!
I am using D802 version, and I am facing a huge problem on my phone, that' s I cannot use the screenshot function, when I press home and vol down botton together, it only shows the vol slider on the screen.
As I have rooted and delete some system apps already, so I wonder am I delete the wrong system apps to make the screenshot function gone, can anyone help me? Or tell me which system apps is related to the screenshot function? Thanks.
Lol you just might be not pressing fast enough.
When in doubt, use Qmemo.
Hi，I have already tried way and speed to press the power and volume button, but it still fail.....
Can anyone help me please?
Try to hold it little longer. Got this problem too at first and now it's working. Lol, I don't know what really the problem. But try it many times and eventually it will work. GL
slide up from the home button to the right... from there on the top you can choose to save your screen or directly share it you can also draw on it... pressing the vol down and power can get awkward on the g2 Qmemo is the way to go
Put your fingers on both buttons. Hit volume down first and then quickly after hit power. "Bah-dum" is how it will sound. Wait 1-2 seconds and screenshot captured.
I do have to try QMemo.
pigmich said:
Hi，I have already tried way and speed to press the power and volume button, but it still fail.....
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One word: QuickMemo. Did you not get the memo?
Thought I had this problem as well, but I also didn't press long enough. Though it's much more convenient as mentioned before to use QuickMemo.
Press them down at the same time and hold until you hear or see the screenshot. Works perfectly for me the key is holding it down long enough.
droid_<3er said:
One word: QuickMemo. Did you not get the memo?
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"Did you not get the memo?"
Hahahahahaha
Excellent quote from Office Space :good:
Well, title's pretty explanatory :b My power button has become mushy, and not at all tactile to press. Anyone else with the same feel? What to do?
Bought it on launch day..
Mine is very clicky. You could either try using a case that has a bump over the buttons to help make it feel more clicky, or try contacting support and see if you can get a replacement.
How many times have you pressed it more firmly than you should?
We all, tend to do that when we enter a lot in the recovery using the button method instead of the advance reboot option available in the developers' option.
Why exactly do you use that button?
(I suffered from the same behaviour on a Google Nexus 4)
I wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not impressed with the build quality of this phone and expect that the various buttons and ports will go bad for a lot of owners. I'm already having problems with the headphone jack and my phone is just 3 weeks old.
I rarely use the power button. Double tap home button to sleep and use the fingerprint or double tap to wake.
I sometimes accidentally press the power button, but that's about all the usage mine sees.
Pwnycorn said:
I rarely use the power button. Double tap home button to sleep and use the fingerprint or double tap to wake.
I sometimes accidentally press the power button, but that's about all the usage mine sees.
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Don't you ever reboot your phone?
jhs39 said:
Don't you ever reboot your phone?
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Rarely. There are options even for that. Can use an app if I really want to.