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Cannot take screenshot on Android phone

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zlloyd1

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Hello all, I have an LG LML212VL Android 8.1.0 smartphone device, and I am unable to take a screenshot as it has been instructed to me because I cannot click & hold the Power + Down Volume button together....
If I try to, one of two things happens, either the phone asks to turns off, or the volume goes down, but no screenshot is taken.
Is there another way that I can take a screenshot on my phone please?? If so, can you provide easy to follow directions??
Thanks in advance!!
 
I just created a Tasker profile to take a screencap after an up and down shake of the phone works like a champ
 
dontpanicbobby said:
Thanks for the update @zlloyd1.
Heck, on my Samsung S20 5G I'm always taking them by accident; Enough times Google has been asking me If I want to cleanup my screenshots on the status bar messages.
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When I made a Tasker profile to take a screenshot as described above with a phone shake, at one point I set the sensitivity to its highest, at which point I was getting a screenshot about everytime a butterfly flapped his wings in Tokyo!
 
dontpanicbobby said:
You have to pay for Tasker don't you @Trom?
New users want to know.
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Yes, I don't remember the charge, but it seems to me it was six, seven bucks maybe. Best app I ever purchased, hours of fun automating this thing to do the craziest stuff. It came on my radar when I wanted a way to keep music apps from autoplaying when I started the car, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. :)
 
Dannydet said:
I should have said, use 3 fingers and hold on the screen. That option will take a screen shot too
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That is exactly what you wrote before, and still makes no sense to me. I tried placing 3 fingers on the touch screen but nothing happened at all....
I got an app. called ScreenShotGo, that was free, and seems to work very well for me, since nothing else would work!!
 
zlloyd1 said:
Hello all, I have an LG LML212VL Android 8.1.0 smartphone device, and I am unable to take a screenshot as it has been instructed to me because I cannot click & hold the Power + Down Volume button together....
If I try to, one of two things happens, either the phone asks to turns off, or the volume goes down, but no screenshot is taken.
Is there another way that I can take a screenshot on my phone please?? If so, can you provide easy to follow directions??
Thanks in advance!!
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It's actually a timing issue of hitting the buttons simultaneously.. keep trying until ya get the timing right..
Edit: some devices are more a PITA than others..
 
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bcrichster said:
It's actually a timing issue of hitting the buttons simultaneously.. keep trying until ya get the timing right..
Edit: some devices are more a PITA than others..
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Yes, this phone can be somewhat of a pain, but I guess that is what I get for buying a cheaper phone....
Still, as I said, I got an app that works just fine, without having to do funny combinations of buttons on the device!!
 
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