Android/Screenshots: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:43, 24 April 2014

To take a screenshot on an XO-4 with Android:

press the power button and then X game key and hold them for a second, then release,
a sound is played, and an animation of the screenshot,
the screenshot is available in a file browser or gallery,

It won't work if the X game key is pressed before the power button.

As a alternative there is a binary which can do the some thing via adb shell

adb disconnect && adb connect 192.168.XXX.XXX
adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screen.png
adb pull /sdcard/screen.png
gimp screen.png

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+To take a screenshot on an XO-4 with Android:
-Android has a keys combo for screenshots; press the hard volume down and power buttons at the same time, and hold them for a second.
+* press the power button and then X game key and hold them for a second, then release,
+* a sound is played, and an animation of the screenshot,
+* the screenshot is available in a file browser or gallery,
+It won't work if the X game key is pressed before the power button.
-On XO-4 the hard volume down is mapped as game button "X" on screen pad. So the screenshots combo are
- "Power button" and "Game button X" press at the same time and hold them for a second.
-tips:
- press power button sightly earlier than "X" button would be easier to trigger screen shot.
-For old build which does not has Game button mapped as volume down, please following this alternative to take shot.
 As a alternative there is a binary which can do the some thing via adb shell