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hi welcome to Android Authority I'm mark sometimes you need to share to another person whatever is displayed on your screen for such occasions what you need is a screen shot do you want to learn how to take screenshots and your Android in this video I'll teach you how a screen shot is a snapshot of your phone or tablet screen some people make screenshots to share to friends or colleagues while others use screenshots to take note of something important other devices screens whatever your purpose for taking screen snaps they're easy to make on Android however the procedure for taking screenshots may vary according to the Vice software version or even ROM there are many ways to capture screenshots on Android but generally it involves pressing button combinations on your device the most widely used combo is the volume down and power button combo this is the button combo used on most Sony LG and Google Nexus devices ass Wallace from Samsung devices the home and power button combo is also used as in the case of some HTC devices and some recent Samsung devices there are also other alternate methods that don't need button combinations device manufacturers often add custom ways to grab screen ease the Samsung S Pen for instance can be used to grab screen ease I'll tell you more about such alternate methods as we go along on most Samsung phones including the Galaxy s2 and galaxy s3 you can capture a screenshot by holding down the home button and power button at the same time until the screen flashes and you hear the camera shutter sound the home and power combo also works for the Galaxy Note and galaxy note 2 for certain Samsung devices without a physical home button such as the Galaxy Note 10.1 at the Galaxy camera the volume down in power button combo usually works certain recently released high-end Samsung phones support hand motions by enabling the palm swipe to capture option you can take screenshots just by swiping your palm over the screen like this the Galaxy Note Galaxy Note 2 and galaxy s3 for example have this feature even Samson's magical s-pen for the Galaxy Note series can be used as a magic wand to catch some screen EES just hold down the pen button and touch the screen until the screen flashes this works even on the Galaxy Note 10.1 speaking of Galaxy Note 10.1 this tablet has its own virtual screen shot button of course the volume down and power key combo works too but those keys can be tiresome to reach on a tablet this huge especially if you take a lot of screenings this quick launch button here can be set to capture screenshots just tap it to grab a snapshot for HTC devices such as the One X Desire X and desire you the button combo to use is still home plus power but with a slight difference from the usual instead of holding down both buttons simultaneously you hold down the power button first then quickly tap the capacitive home button there screenshot captured what about on Sony Xperia phones for these the button combo to use as power and volume down let me demonstrate it using the Xperia T hold down the two buttons at the same time and they're screening captured this key combo works for the other experience too such as the Xperia TX Xperia v and Xperia J there's an alternate method to through the power menu although this method doesn't seem to be present in all experience hold down the power button until the power dialog appears then tap on take screenshot to capture the screen underneath the dialog on most LG phones such as the Optimus Gene just long press the volume down and power buttons together to take a screenshot another interesting way to grab a screen snapshot is by using the quick memo applet you can launch it from the notification shade like this or you can press the volume up and volume down keys together to save the screenshot just tap the Save button at the corner or you can write or draw annotations on the screen first before you save it last but not least the Nexus devices whether on the Galaxy Nexus Nexus 4 Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 the method for grabbing screenshots is uniform press the volume down and power buttons at the same time and the screen flashes and the screenshot thumbnail flashes on the screen now you know how to grab screenshots of your Android devices screen you can share your screenshots to your colleagues you can even edit them after all they are just plain images I hope you find this video helpful for more Android guides news and reviews visit android authority comm and subscribe to our youtube channel i'm mark thank you for watching and remember the power of Android is yours