How to take a screenshot without buttons
Some smartphone models are equipped with the function of creating a screenshot using gestures. To activate, the phone owner swipes his fingers across the screen. The function is enabled in the settings. Let's look at how to activate the function on devices from different manufacturers.
Samsung
To take a screenshot, open “Settings”, go to: Activate the item: Swipe the edge of your palm from left to right (or vice versa) across the screen to take a picture.
Huawei
All models with Android 6.0 installed with EMUI 4.1 and higher have this function. To activate in “Settings” go: Select: Go to: Read the information on how to take a screenshot:
Xiaomi
To check whether your phone model includes the ability to take a picture using gestures, go to: “Settings” - “Advanced” - “Screenshots”. See if there is an option to take a screenshot using gestures.
Saving and transferring screenshots
Pairing the phone with a PC
All ready-made screenshots are saved in the gallery, the “Screenshots” section (if the settings are set to default and the method for creating a screenshot is standard, without the help of third-party programs).
Once in the folder, you can select the frames you need and click the “Send” button. The smartphone itself will suggest where to send them (depending on installed applications, social networks, instant messengers).
To transfer images to your computer, connect your smartphone to it with a USB cable. Next, open “My Computer”, where the phone model will be displayed. Open, go to “Internal memory” - “Pictures” - “Screenshots”.
What is an Android screenshot?
This is a useful function that allows you to capture information on your mobile phone display at the current moment in time. In this case, the screenshot is saved as a separate file, which can later be opened, copied or sent to another user. Screenshot is an important component of any modern phone and has several features and benefits.
Screenshot icon in the status bar on the Android operating system
Note! A screenshot can be taken by pressing a single button, which is usually located on the body of an Android device.
How to transfer a file from TV to phone
You can easily transfer a file from your TV to your phone or computer. It's very easy to do.
The app is free and very easy to use
- Download the Send Files to TV app on your TV and smartphone (or PC).
- Open it and select the desired file in the storage.
- Launch the application on your phone. Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot.
- After this, your TV will find your smartphone: click on the device and your file will be transferred!
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More Screenshot Methods and Screenshot Features on Samsung Galaxy
Different Samsung smartphone models may have different available screenshot features, but on most modern models you will find the options described below.
- If you go to Settings - Additional features - Motions and gestures, you can enable the “Palm Screenshot” option. Just swipe the edge of your palm from right to left: a screenshot will be automatically taken.
- If your Samsung Galaxy has a feature such as displaying widgets in the Edge panel (sidebar on the right), then you can go to Settings - Display - Curved screen - Edge panels. There you can enable the “Select and Save” panel, which allows you to take a snapshot of the selected area of the screen, or the “Tasks Edge” panel, one of the items of which takes a screenshot of the screen.
- Also, in the “Advanced Features” settings section there is a “Screenshot” option. After turning it on, when you take a screenshot using the buttons on your phone, a settings panel will appear, allowing you, for example, to place areas of the screen that do not fit on the screen into the screenshot (scroll the page in the browser, and all of it will end up in the screenshot).
Well, Galaxy Note owners probably know that you can simply remove the stylus to display a menu, among the buttons of which there is also the creation of a screenshot of the entire screen or its area.
Where to look for screenshots on Xiaomi smartphones
Where are screenshots stored on Android on a Xiaomi phone? To search for screenshots, use Mi Explorer . Do the following:
Step 1. Launch Mi Explorer. To do this, find a shortcut on your desktop.
Step 2. Click on the folder icon at the top of the screen.
Step 3: Open the "DCIM" folder.
Step 4: Go to the Screenshots folder.
Step 5. To open the desired screenshot, click on it.
You can also find screenshots in the system Gallery :
Step 1 : Find the Gallery app.
Step 2. At the top of the screen, click on the inscription “New photos found”.
Step 3. You will see the latest photos from different folders including the screenshots you took.
Old Android operating systems and custom firmware
In order to create a photo of an image on the screen in OS 3.2, you should hold down the “Recent Applications” key, no additional settings will be needed.
The ancient versions of the “little green man” do not have such options at all, so only third-party programs can correct this deficiency.
Thanks to custom firmware, such devices have various additional functions. First of all, this concerns the creation of a photo display. You can do it immediately in the power key menu.
If you have Root rights
Android smartphones are sold without Root rights, which means you do not have access to some hidden features on your phone. The average person doesn’t need them at all, but Root is needed, for example, to install custom firmware. We will talk about this later. Follow the Workshop blog to stay updated.
So, if you have already done Root, then you just need to download one of the many applications for taking screenshots on Google Play and everything will be fine.
For example:
- Screenshot Ultimate
- Screenshot
- Screenshot
- Screenshot Ultimate
- No Root Screenshot It
Some of these apps supposedly don't require root access, but they do require connecting to your computer and rebooting. The latter program is even paid, but the developers promise that Root is not required. Once I was able to take a screenshot with its help, but a couple of times I wasn’t able to, so it doesn’t always work.
We use a PC
There are a lot of software products that make it easy to control a mobile device from a computer. The bulk were created by equipment developers, but only for their own models. It is worth noting that there are those that suit everyone. One of the most successful and popular applications of this type is the free MyPhoneExplorer. It will help you remotely control content, as well as take screenshots and save them to your computer.
The software has two modules:
- server - works on a PC with Windows;
- client - needed for installation on a mobile gadget.
Both modules, when working together, connect the PC to the smartphone using 3 methods:
- USB cable (USB must be activated on your smartphone);
- via wireless network;
- via Bluetooth.
If the lock button on the device does not work, the application will help you control its operation and control it in the same way as if you had it in your hands. To create a screen, you need to connect two types of equipment. Settings on your computer will help in this matter. The gadget should be reflected in MyPhoneExplorer, here we go to the “Miscellaneous” menu and select “Phone Keyboard”.
After the download is complete and the image from the display appears in the window on the PC, click save.
Asus Zenfone
The ZenUI shell offers users its own options. Here you can “make” screenshots with one touch; for this you need to slightly adjust the smartphone settings:
- go to device settings;
- open a tab with individual settings;
- Select the “Press and hold to take a screenshot” section.
- click on the “Recent applications button”;
If you are the owner of Zenfon 2, you should open the quick settings menu and go to the “Advanced settings” tab, where there will be a “Screenshot” section. You must agree to save, after which there will be an icon in quick settings that creates screenshots.
Where is the screenshot saved in smartphones running pure Android?
Let's look at the process of taking a screenshot from the very beginning:
Step 1. Simultaneously press and hold the “Power” and Volume Down buttons for 2-3 seconds.
Step 2: A pop-up message will appear at the top of the screen. If you click on it, the screenshot will open.
Step 3. If you did not have time to click on the pop-up message, open the notification area and find the screenshot there.
But what to do if you accidentally swiped a screenshot from the notification area and you don’t have a third-party File Manager ? Android system tools .
Where are screenshots stored on Android? To find them, do the following:
Step 1: Open the Files app.
Step 2: If the shortcut you need is not in the application menu, open Settings.
Step 3: Go to Storage and open the Files app there.
Step 4: In the Files app, tap the three bars in the top left corner or swipe in from the left edge of the screen.
Step 5: From the side menu, select Internal Storage.
Step 6: Find the “Pictures” folder and open it.
Step 7: Open the Screenshots folder.
Step 8: The contents of the Screenshots folder will be displayed and you will see the screenshots in a smaller scale.
other methods
To take a screenshot in WhatsApp on your phone, both on your smartphone and on your PC, you can use third-party applications and programs that specialize in working with screenshots. They can be downloaded on the Internet or in app stores. Such applications have a wide range of tools. The screen can be saved in the cloud or converted into a link. Share it with friends on VK or Odnoklassniki.
The most popular applications and programs for taking screenshots on WhatsApp:
For PC:
- Movavi Screen Recorder;
- Monosnap;
- Snagit;
- Ashampoo Snap;
- Screen Capture;
- Screenshot Captor.
For Smartphone:
- Super Screenshot;
- Screen Master;
- Touchshot;
- Screenshot Touch;
- Screenit.
New developments
On Android 6.0/7 the range of possibilities has become much wider. Agree, pressing several keys at once on different sides of the device is completely inconvenient. Fortunately, Google also thought about this and in 2015, specialists created an update for the sixth version of the operating system that allows you to take screenshots with one touch. The option is called “Google Now on Tap”, you can now find it in the “Share” section, it is activated by long pressing the “Home” key. On Android 7, of course, this function is also available.
The pictures taken this way are slightly different from those taken the traditional way. The difference is that they do not have a notification bar or navigation bar. This is quite convenient, because the image will not need to be cropped in order to publish it somewhere.
