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Is there any way on the stock device to take a screen shot?
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Power button and the home button works I think.

And a second method is power button + vol down. I find the timing tricky and sometimes end up switching the phone or the volume off but it does work when I get it right

SFP said:
And a second method is power button + vol down. I find the timing tricky and sometimes end up switching the phone or the volume off but it does work when I get it right
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Hit them at the same time and you're good.
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IMO it works better if you press and hold the buttons until it says "Screenshot Saved"

Yes...it works! I don't have to spent $4 at the market!
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I've found that if you're holding down the power button and tap the volume down or home button it usually works.

Help! Power button clicks but doesn't work!

Got the hardware checked out, all cleaned up and fine.
Had miui and it just happened randomly. So I restored a backup of aokp with matrix and still. Every once in a while the reboot menu comes up as a delayed reaction from hitting the power button. My current fix is the volume wake option. Also volume rocker works when the phone is on, but doesn't work to select recovery from the boot loader menu!! So weird!
Any help would be appreciated.
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There is a button test in the advanced menu in the recovery.
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venom_762 said:
There is a button test in the advanced menu in the recovery.
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No numbers come up hitting the power button, only for the volume and soft keys. What could be the issue if its not hardware?

joebarkho said:
No numbers come up hitting the power button, only for the volume and soft keys. What could be the issue if its not hardware?
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If it doesn't work in android AND recovery then I can guarantee you that it's a hardware issue.
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Power Button Problem

Hello guys, I just want to know is there any way through which I can increase the sensitivity of the power button? My phone is now one year old and I've found that the power button is very annoying. If any new person happens to use my phone, he is to be taught to apply a bit more force to the power button to lock the phone.
Also, long press is difficult! It's very difficult to take screenshots (with CM ROM that has power button screen shot option).
When I long press to take a screenshot, after releasing the button, the phone sleeps and gets locked. It happens several times and to take one screenshot I have to face it almost five times. I think it is because of dust that gets collected below the plastic button, is there any suggestion from you that can make my finger's life easy??? :banghead:
Uhh, and do not suggest opening the phone body and clean it!!!
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And how does a topic come under 'favourites' section of the xda premium app??? Such a stupid question but I am really not finding a way out!!!
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Same problem. Isn't much you can do with the power button. It's mechanical so to fix the actual button you would have to open up the phone and fiddle in there. (don't try this if you don't know what you're doing)
I, for one, am using this mod. It works on the rom level, not the phone itself so it needs to be flashed every time you install a new rom (even when it's the same one but different version) and it won't work when the phone is completely shut down, you still have to use the power button.

Oh yeah! I knew that mod but forgot!
Well then, for now I use a screen locking widget... but still to unlock power button is required...
Will have to stay with it only.. :banghead:
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Oh, and yeah, that same widget allows to lock the phone by long pressing search button.
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krazzyvishal said:
Oh yeah! I knew that mod but forgot!
Well then, for now I use a screen locking widget... but still to unlock power button is required...
Will have to stay with it only.. :banghead:
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Can't you just press any other button, like menu or the back key, and slide to unlock?

same problem with volume keys also

thatnextdoorboy said:
Can't you just press any other button, like menu or the back key, and slide to unlock?
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Yes I know I can, but sometimes just to see notifications or time, I don't take out the phone from the cover, only its head...

ScreenShot?

What is the correct method for taking a screen shot?

Power + Home button works

Power+Home doesn't work for me.
Power+Vol Down is what does it for me.

meteron said:
Power+Home doesn't work for me.
Power+Vol Down is what does it for me.
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I must of been not pressing hard enough. Volume Down and Power did work.
Volume and home, Does not work

Not sure how this varies, but Power + Home works on my phone, Power + Volume does nothing but adjust the volume. Weird.

th1rd3y3 said:
Not sure how this varies, but Power + Home works on my phone, Power + Volume does nothing but adjust the volume. Weird.
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What home button? Do you have a HTC One (M8) on Verizon? Mine doesn't have a dedicated home button. Power+Volume down produces a screenshot.

The soft home button. Yeah it's an M8. Just got it Wednesday.
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th1rd3y3 said:
The soft home button. Yeah it's an M8. Just got it Wednesday.
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Weird. That just shuts my screen off LOL

I can confirm without a doubt that both methods work. I find its 100x easier to just use power and volume down at the same time.
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Quick screenshot?

FWIW the only way I am able to take a quick screenshot in certain apps (eg Camera) if I have the screenshot button added to my primary nav bar... is there any way to use the Power + Down combo, like on any Android phone, without triggering a creen shutoff (ie Power click takes precedence)? Also for the latter one has to really do gymnastics as this requires the squeeze-push which is not something you can do with two fingers, you have the get a grip on the slab...

For now using two buttons for screenshot is not working, that's why you have to use the button on navbar. They are working on it, that both buttons work together.
But you can also map the edge sense to make a screenshot of long or short squeeze
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You can also add this button to your secondary navbar, and swype between those in every App.
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szlevi said:
FWIW the only way I am able to take a quick screenshot in certain apps (eg Camera) if I have the screenshot button added to my primary nav bar... is there any way to use the Power + Down combo, like on any Android phone, without triggering a creen shutoff (ie Power click takes precedence)? Also for the latter one has to really do gymnastics as this requires the squeeze-push which is not something you can do with two fingers, you have the get a grip on the slab...
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press and hold power + press home doesn't work?

Just Call Me Lucifer said:
press and hold power + press home doesn't work?
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Doesn't work this way on phones with a software navbar. Only if you would have a physical home button, never worked on other devices afaik this way too
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DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
Doesn't work this way on phones with a software navbar. Only if you would have a physical home button, never worked on other devices afaik this way too
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The guy in this video is doing it on his U12+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abQWpdmYe1I

Just Call Me Lucifer said:
The guy in this video is doing it on his U12+
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Ok then they have changed it Because of the pressure sensitive buttons
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