[ale] How do I do screen captures on android?

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Tue Sep 24 12:10:48 EDT 2013


I have cheap D2 tablet with Android 4.1.x screen capture is built in.

quote from forum "It's very easy to take screenshots in Android 4.0.
For the majority of devices, all you have to do is hold the power and
volume down button simultaneously."

On 9/24/13, Ron Frazier (ALE) <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> In that case, I have 4.0.3.  How would I access the feature?  I need to get
> a picture of the screen into a file.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>4.0 is when it started.
>>
>>On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:25 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>>> If you run the latest Android, capturing the screen is built-in.
>>> For older Android versions, a rooted device and special app is
>>necessary.
>>> Sorry, don't remember exactly which 4.x release included this.
>>>
>>> On 09/24/2013 10:53 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have the acer a500 tablet.  I need to take screen captures of some
>>of the screens in certain programs for my records.  Anybody know a good
>>way to do that.  In Windows or Ubuntu or Mint, I'd just hit the print
>>screen button.  While there is a PrtSc button on my bluetooth keyboard,
>>I don't know if it does anything.  There is no obvious response either
>>pressing the button by itself or with the alt key.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>
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