HOW TO TAKE SCREENSHOT ON ANDROID PHONE / TABLET

Have you ever experienced a situation when you needed to note something and you had to search a lot through the menu? Have you ever wanted to share to your friends what do you exactly have on the device’s screen? That kind of problems can be solved just by screen capturing your device. So here we give you a method to take screenshot on android phone. On any android you can take a screenshot, but the method varies from device to device.

Many people even though they own an android device and they may need to take screenshot on android phone, they do not know how to do that. There a few methods of taking screen shots, most of them are very similar to each other.

1. Take Screenshot on Nexus Phone: The first method is to hold simultaneously the power and the volume down button for 1-2 seconds. The screen will flash and will get a notification. Nexus devices have this feature and maybe some other android devices.

2. Take screenshot on Samsung Phone: Press and hold the home button and the power button – this is available for a lot of Samsung devices. (physical home button)

3. Take screenshot on HTC Phone: Press and hold the right home button and the power simultaneously – for HTC devices especially. (the home button is a soft key)

4. Take screenshot on Samsung Galaxy Phones / Tablets: The swipe hand feature – for advanced devices (Samsung Galaxy S3/S4/Note etc.) – go the settings menu, tick the capture screen in the motion area, and then swipe with your hand. A flash will appear.

5. Take screenshot on Windows Phone / Devices: For windows phone devices – hold the window button and press the power button. You will see a flash.

After you take the screenshots you will get a notification and the pictures/screen captures will be saved in your sd card (if you have an external micro sd card) or into your internal storage. You will find them in the gallery in a folder called “Screenshots”. That folder will be automatically be created by your android device as soon as you take a first screenshot.

In certain situations it can be really useful, so when you really need to note something from your screen or send somebody what you have on the screen, the screenshot feature is really helpful.