Some users of mobile devices running the Android platform need to take a screenshot. Someone writes guides on devices and publishes photos on their websites, and someone just wants to share their achievements in various applications. There may be many situations, but there is one problem - how to take a screenshot on the “Android”?
The users of personal computers have a lot of similar tools, and the most sophisticated ones. You can take a screenshot on your computer without even being in front of the monitor, but simply by sending a request for the OS from the same smartphone or tablet. So there are no problems.
We’ll try to figure out how to take a screenshot on the “Android”, what will be needed for this and what points should be taken into account? We will analyze universal options and specific solutions for different manufacturers.
Universal method
On mobile gadgets, as well as on desktop devices, it is possible to capture the contents of the screen with a key combination. And if on a PC such is a simple click on the Print Screen button, then on most "Android" devices, the shutdown key and the volume rocker play this role.
Before taking a screenshot on the “Android”, just press the sound reduction and power button simultaneously. After a couple of seconds you will hear a specific click, as if you took a picture from the camera. This means that the screenshot is ready and saved in the gadget's memory. On most smartphones, the file is located at * / Pictures / ScreenCapture or * / * / Screenshots. If you did not find the device in the memory, then a similar path should be on the external SD card.
Samsung Smartphones
In order to take a screenshot on the “Android” in the Samsung phones, you need to clarify the version of the brand of the gadget. In the old Galaxy S, just press and hold the combination of the Home and Back buttons for a couple of seconds.
On later models, such as S2 or Tab 2 tablets, the above-described universal method is suitable, that is, we press the volume rocker down and the power key. On more modern devices (A3, J3, etc.), another solution is used: simultaneously holding the "Home" and "Power" buttons. By the way, if you have some rare Samsung, then you can experiment with all the methods - it will not cause any problems, well, God bless you.
Another exotic version of how to take a screenshot on the “Android” in Korean phones is a gesture. Some models respond to a palm request, that is, if you drag an edge across the screen from right to left or vice versa, you can hear a specific click of the camera shutter, which means that the screenshot is ready.
LG smartphones
Everything is quite simple here. LG branded shell provides such functionality, and in the drop-down menu there is a corresponding icon (QMemo +), which is responsible for screenshots. Moreover, the application allows not only to capture information from the screen, but also to edit it immediately if necessary (crop, add captions, etc.).
It is unclear why such venerable brands like Samsung or Sony did not adopt such a simple and necessary solution. Key manipulations do not differ in stable operation and you have to double-check each time whether a screenshot is taken or not, but here everything is more than obvious.
Smartphones Asus Zenfone
Asus gadgets have similar LG screen tools. In the proprietary ZenUI shell, the output of this functionality to the main controls of the smartphone is provided. It is enough to go to the menu, select the “Asus Individual Settings” branch and assign a screenshot to the free action key.
That is, in addition to the familiar touch buttons “Back”, “Home” and “Context menu”, the previously assigned key will be added. This is even more convenient than a curtain, as on the same LG, because you can take a screenshot not only at any time, but in any application.
If you have some kind of exotic gadget or this instruction did not help you take a screenshot, then the best option in this case is to install third-party software that specializes in this business. Fortunately, this is full on the Web, as well as in Google Play.