How to Take Screenshots on the Samsung Galaxy S2
Taking screenshots on the Samsung Galaxy S2 is very easy and it doesn’t even require an app. The Galaxy S2 comes with an inbuilt feature of taking screenshots so you can share your phone’s screen with others. Here’s a quick-guide explaining how you can use this inherent feature to take screenshots on your Galaxy S2.
I. Taking Screenshots on the Samsung Galaxy S2:
1. Go to the folder/app of which you want the screenshot.
2. Press and hold both the Home and Power keys together.
3. You will hear a sound confirming that the screenshot has been taken now.
Here’s a screenshot that I took on my Galaxy S2 using above method.
The screenshots that you take using this feature are saved in the ScreenCapture folder inside your SD card. You can use these screenshots to explain something to your friend, to teach someone or just for fun !
I still can’t get it..the screen task keeps coming up instead of taking a picture
Hey Candace,
You need a little bit of practice to get it work. It takes some time to get used to the button combinations, to be frank, it took me half an hour to get used to it.
Keep trying on and you’ll eventually learn it!
Thanks!!
Omg!! Me too, so just keep trying? It does feel /sound like I am pressing the home button more than once but I just can’t seem to get it
Press the both keys simultaneously and hold them, then you will hear a sound
iCnt Get Miine To Screen Shot >.<
Samee Here
can i knw where is home button exactly in s2??
It’s the Middle button given beside the capacitive buttons.
press and hold the volume down and the power button at the same time. i found this works best for me
Try downloading and running TextSecure and you will see that this does not work while that app is active.
I had the screen shot button until I updated, now its gone. I tried the volume down and power buttons together n now itnworks. Was much nicer efore the update cuz it was right there. They can never leave well enough alone!
Got it on the 1st try. Woohoo!!!
That’s great Christine!
Thanks a lot!
You gave to press home and lock at the same time.
Thank you soo much! I have the galaxy express & it worked perfectly!!
You’re most welcome Tarra!
You can now share your screenshots with your friends and let them see how your screen looks like!
Thank you so much! You have to hold both buttons down for 2 secs
Hi Jon,
You’re welcome!
On my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 – SGH-I777, I found that I had to press the “Home Button” & then the “Power Button”. Ü
Totally worked! Had to hold both buttons at the same time for about two secs.
Awesome! Hope you did it successfully.
And thanks for sharing the screenshot! It’s nice!
Thanks
Omg omg.. It works tried it twice and got it thx !
yesss endelig en forklaring på screenshot som funka.. skjønner ikke jeg ikke prøvde det tidligere… xDDDDDDDDDD loool
Thanks to the person who mentioned holding it a few seconds, more useful that this entire “tutorial”.
HA, I did mine the first try….WOOOHOOO thank you..muah
Yeah! It really workes. But the task manager still coming up:-( oops
Trying to learn the screen shot method and i hear no sound and dont kno where to go and look for the pictures helppppp
When I do this the volume control icon hides the top of the photo
ho ni rha bc
Took me a good minute, but I finally got it! Haha. Here is proof! 🙂
Screenshot.
Hi Caty,
That’s great! Enjoy capturing your screen!
And keep coming back for more…