How to Take Screen Shot on iPhone Without Screenshot App
iPhone software version 2.x has a built-in screen capture function which allows you to easily take a screenshot from any application you are in. This iPhone secret is notoriously difficult to discover, but explains how everyone gets those gorgeous quality images of the iPhone to post in blogs or screenshots illustrating applications in the iTunes App Store. Why it's so difficult to find is anyone's guess. But here is the simple 1,2,3 on how to do it yourself.
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Instructions
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Screen Capture from iPhone
Navigate to the application, web page, or iPhone app you'd like the screen grab from so it presents the image you'd like to see captured. You can see in each of the attached images how it works from any application. If the image is one that includes text, you can even type instructions or descriptions on the screen.
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iPhone Screenshot in email application
Now comes the simple step which is built-in to iPhone software version 2.x and doesn't require an additional application to do screenshots. Simply press and hold the "Home" button at center bottom of the iPhone, then press and release the "Sleep" button on top right of the iPhone. This causes the iPhone to "flash" white briefly and the image is added to your "camera roll" on the phone.
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Web Page Screenshot on iPhone
Navigate to the iPhone "Camera Roll" application and you'll see the screen snapshot you just made as the last image on the roll. It's a high quality image in jpg format which you can email to yourself, so you can save it and upload to your blog or web site. The images come in handy to illustrate step-by-step instructions, as you can see here. ;-)
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Tips & Warnings
Make screenshots to illustrate how-to's
Share images of iPhone applications
Screenshots look like the real app - touch the screen to see.
If it's an image, the image navigation appears when touched
Remember not to show private info on the screen shots
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Comments
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On an iPhone 4s Version 5.0.1. You just push both buttons at the same time.
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cool, thanks for the tip!
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I got it wrong the first time too: press home, press sleep, release sleep, release home. Works in iOS 5 as well.
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thanks for this :)).
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on the 4S hold the sleep button for a sec and then press home once and you are set.
