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nifty trick: screenshot without root!

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Hmm, I don't know -- it "just works" for me: I touch the home button and then, just a split second later, I press the power button, the screen flashes and there's a shutter-click sound, and the screen shot is saved in /sdcard/CapturedImages with the filename being the date and time.

What were you doing when you tried it? Did you try it on the home screen, or were you running an application? What happened when you did it?
 
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