All modern smartphones allow you to take a screenshot. This is useful when you need to quickly save something, like an address that you don't want to rewrite. You can share them so you don't have to retype or describe in words what is shown on the page. And sometimes this is the only way to forward the correspondence so that it looks exactly as forwarded, and not in the form of a solid text. In short, there are a lot of examples of using screenshots, but not everyone knows how to do it. Especially among those who are not very tech-savvy or just recently bought a new phone (manufacturers love to come up with their own ways). We will tell you how to do this, and at the same time show how you can edit them before sending or saving.
The screenshot is important for every user. At some point, everyone needs to do it.
How to take screenshot on Samsung, Huawei and other phones
Despite the fact that many manufacturers try to show off and make their own way to take a screenshot on their smartphones, there is also a universal solution.
As a rule, almost all smartphones have a combination of power and volume down keys, which must be pressed simultaneously. Sometimes you need to hold them, and sometimes you just need to press them. The second option seems to me more logical, since it allows you to take a screenshot at a strictly defined moment. This is especially true when you do it in a game or in a video. The combination of the power button with the volume up button also works less often, but the methods proposed by the manufacturers are even more convenient.
For example, Huawei prompts you to take a screenshot by tapping the screen twice with your knuckle. It is convenient and fast, although sometimes it doesn't work the first time. And also, outlining the area with a knuckle, you can take a screenshot of the eaten fragment of the screen.
Bang bang and the screenshot is ready.
Samsung for centuries offers its own alternative to the standard keyboard shortcut. To take a screenshot, you need to drag the edge of your palm from one edge of the screen to the other. It's not convenient for me to do this, but as an alternative it counts.
Other manufacturers suggest doing this using the side menu or squeezing the smartphone if it has such an opportunity, but the easiest and most convenient way is to press the power and volume down buttons at the same time.
How to take a screenshot on iPhone or iPad
Since we are talking about screenshots on phones, we need to tell you how this can be done on iPhone. Everything is simple here and there are only two ways, one of which refers to devices with a Home button, and the second to those that have lost it.
If there is a Home button (round under the screen), then a screenshot is taken by simultaneously pressing the power button and the Home button. If there is no such button, then you must also simultaneously hold down the power button and the volume up button. As a result, the screenshot will be taken and saved to the gallery. If the firmware is relatively new, you will be prompted to edit it first.
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In a similar way, screenshots are taken on iPad, because they are also divided into those that have the Home button and those that do not.
I hope that if you had any questions about how to take a screenshot, they have been resolved and now you can save what you need without any problems. There can be many examples – from a project that you made online and cannot download, to a moment in the game that you want to share. However, there are applications that do not allow you to take screenshots. Here it is worth going a little differently.
How to take a screenshot if the application prohibits it
There are apps that don't allow you to take a screenshot, but you can also work around that. At the same time, there is not one way that will allow you to do this, but two at once.
The first method can be called native, although in order to use it, you need to dig a little in the settings.
To do this, you need to launch the Google Assistant by holding down the button to return to the home screen. After that, open the settings by clicking the compass button in the lower right corner of the window that opens. Then open your profile by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner. Next, “Settings” and go to the “Assistant” section.
After going to the desired section, scroll down to the item “Phone”. Then again all the way down and activate the ability to take screenshots and share them.
After that, when you call the assistant, you will be prompted to take a screenshot. Then it can be shared by sending it to someone through the standard interface Android.
The second method is to download a third-party application that specializes in screenshots. You can find them in Google Play at the request “Screenshot” or “Screenshot”. One such application is the ReEnable Screenshot Module, which allows you to take screenshots immediately after being downloaded. But you can easily find your options.
How to edit or send a screenshot
Almost all modern smartphones, after the screenshot is taken, offer to edit or send it. To do this, a bar with suggested actions appears on the screen for a few seconds.
If you missed it or later decided to edit the photo, you can do it in the gallery or in Google Photos. To do this, simply select the desired image and click on edit.
Why do you need to take screenshots on a smartphone
There are just a lot of reasons to take a screenshot. For example, I do them almost every day. Sometimes in order to make an article – the above example with an assistant was also taken with screenshots. Sometimes just to send a piece of correspondence, and sometimes even to save an interesting picture with a caption or a useful comment.
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Another example would be the need to capture a photo from Instagram. I described the screenshot in a separate article on saving photos from Instagram as the most commonplace example. Although, there are more advanced methods and in that article I talked a lot about them.