Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices

From	Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices
Date	2015-07-31 14:06 +0100
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On 31/07/2015 13:15, Ralph Fox wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:11:41 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:
>
>> AIUI, you're supposed to be able to capture a shot of the current screen
>> on an Android device by pressing the power and volume buttons
>> simultaneously.
>>
>> However, I've had very limited success when trying to do this - both
>> with my Nexus 10 tablet and my Moto G phone. It seems to work very
>> occasionally - less than 10% of the time - so it's impossible to be able
>> to rely on taking a screen shot when you want one.
>>
>> This has been the case throughout the period of my ownership of these
>> devices, and seems to have little to do with the flavour of Android
>> (which has been upgraded several times).
>>
>> I've tried one or two third-party apps - but these all seem to rely on
>> the built-in (in)ability to initiate screen shots by pressing the buttons.
>>
>> Am I missing something, or can't anyone else make screen shots work
>> reliably either?
>
>
> On my Android device I go to "Settings>>  ScreenshotSetting" where there
> is an option to show a screen-shot button at the bottom of the screen
> next to the soft navigation buttons.  Tapping the screen-shot button
> takes a screen shot of the Android device's screen.
>
>    Screen-shot of setting and button --->   http://i59.tinypic.com/2wmg8s7.gif
>
>
>
I don't have that option on my settings menu. Here's a screenshot of the 
equivalent bit of the menu on my phone:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rorclj9y4aluadw/Screenshot_2015-07-31-13-54-03.png?dl=0

*However*, as reported in another post, I have now managed to find a way 
of making screenshots fairly consistently by using the power and volume 
down buttons - just as it's supposed to work. [Previously, I hadn't been 
doing it quite right.]
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Taking screen shots on Android devices Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 11:11 +0100
  Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Leviatan <alberto.feSINESTO@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 16:06 +0200
    Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:00 +0100
      Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2015-07-30 14:45 -0400
      Re: SOLVED: Taking screen shots on Android devices Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 20:00 +0100
        Re: SOLVED: Taking screen shots on Android devices "Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid@ivan.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-07-30 22:23 +0000
        Re: SOLVED: Taking screen shots on Android devices tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-03 20:28 -0400
  Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-30 17:39 +0200
  Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Moe DeLoughan <moe@null.com> - 2015-07-30 14:26 -0500
    Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 22:46 +0100
  Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2015-08-01 00:15 +1200
    Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 14:06 +0100

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