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Re: Taking screen shots on Android devices

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On 7/30/2015 5:11 AM, 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?

According to the screenshot app on my phone, Android 4.0 and up will 
only take screenshots using the power/volume simultaneous press. So 
much for the app.

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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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