How to Take Screenshots on an Android Device

Ravi Kolhe | 1/23/2014 | | | |
Want to take a screen with your android tablet or mobile phone?If the answer is positive, the first thing you need to do is to check whether your android device supporting screenshots becausetaking a screenshot on Android deviceis not as straightforward as it seems. The operation system Android 4.0 or later offers us a built-in way to take a good screenshot, however, if your device using an older version of the Android, it’s little consolation to capture a screenshots.

How to Take Screenshots on an Android Device
On the whole, there are two types of all the android devices; one is the device support a built-in way to take a good screenshot, the other is not. Aimed at the two types of mobile phones,below editor will show android user an easy-to-use guide helping android user to take the screenshot on an Android Device respectively!

For the Devices that support screenshots: Android 4.0 or above

Well, most of the android devices that equipped with the operation system Android 4.0 or latercan take the screenshots directly. So if you want to capture a picture of the phone’s screen, just hit the Volume Down button and keep it down for a while, at the same time press the Power button, then you will get a prompt message allowing you to take a screenshot. Why we can capture a screenshot in this way? It is because most of the Mobile phone makers had upgrade the phone operationsystem and screenshots are built right into your phone!

For the Device that don’t support screenshots: Android 2.3 or below

Well, for the devices that do not support screenshots, it is a little trouble to get a screenshots. Generally we go and get an app for help. There exists many free app on the Internet can help you to take a screenshot; unfortunately they all can’t work on anunrooted android device.

If you don't want to root your android device because of the complexhigh-risk operation,$3 will save you much energy. An app named No Root Screenshot It (£2.99) is a well-received program easily enables you to capture a screenshot, with it what you should do is download and install it on your android device.

Note: the app needs connect the android device to you PC via an USB cable because when you installed it on your device and connect it to you PC, it will instruct you to get a free desktop application to help you finishing the screenshots job. Once the two matched apps were installed successfully inturn, the app will enable screenshots on the device.

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Jerry Brown is a good writer of drm-assistant.com. He writes for it for two years and step into the software industry for three years. The app DVD ripping program his site shares with the DVD movie lovers had earns much praise. Plus it can take DVD region code off as well!

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