Is there an APP for taking a "screenshot" on the DROID X??

[jaylan222]

Does anyone know if there is an APP that will allow me to take a "screenshot" on my droid x and save it as a pic?  The only ones I've found in the Android Market (that i'm aware of) are for phones that are "rooted".... and as we all know, the droid x cannot be "rooted".....  Anyone know of any APPS?  Thanks!!

[Steve_CTR]

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jaylan222 wrote:

Does anyone know if there is an APP that will allow me to take a "screenshot" on my droid x and save it as a pic?  The only ones I've found in the Android Market (that i'm aware of) are for phones{edited to comply with Terms of Service}


.....  Anyone know of any APPS?  Thanks!!

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There is a way to take screenshots with a computer, it requires the Android SDK though, and you may not be willing to go to those lengths.

Thanks!
Steve from CrappyTechReviews.com

Be Careful. While our members are generally helpful and eager to provide useful information, Wireless customers need to be cautious on what you decide to download as there is always potential risk that your device may be damaged or void your warranty.

Further, any posted content that states any benefits of why rooting or hacking should be done is also not allowed.

Thank you.

[silver6055]

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Steve_CTR wrote:

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jaylan222 wrote:

Does anyone know if there is an APP that will allow me to take a "screenshot" on my droid x and save it as a pic?  The only ones I've found in the Android Market (that i'm aware of) are for phones{edited to comply with Terms of Service}

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Be Careful. While our members are generally helpful and eager to provide useful information, Wireless customers need to be cautious on what you decide to download as there is always potential risk that your device may be damaged or void your warranty.

Further, any posted content that states any benefits of why rooting or hacking should be done is also not allowed.

Thank you.

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Moderators, so this post was edited after 5 months to remove ToS violations!

I would urge you to reconsider your policy.  You are driving people to other forums which *do* discuss such things, which may contain bad information, and you may not know what is being discussed there and lose the chance to correct.

I would suggest that instead of deleting the text, add something like your text above:   "Rooting violates your Terms of Service with Verizon and will void your warranty.  It may damage your phone or even cause it to become completely unusable."   People ARE going to discuss this somewhere, and pretending otherwise doesn't help anyone.

[gerio]

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silver6055 wrote:

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Steve_CTR wrote:

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jaylan222 wrote:

Does anyone know if there is an APP that will allow me to take a "screenshot" on my droid x and save it as a pic?  The only ones I've found in the Android Market (that i'm aware of) are for phones{edited to comply with Terms of Service}

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Be Careful. While our members are generally helpful and eager to provide useful information, Wireless customers need to be cautious on what you decide to download as there is always potential risk that your device may be damaged or void your warranty.

Further, any posted content that states any benefits of why rooting or hacking should be done is also not allowed.

Thank you.

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Moderators, so this post was edited after 5 months to remove ToS violations!

I would urge you to reconsider your policy.  You are driving people to other forums which *do* discuss such things, which may contain bad information, and you may not know what is being discussed there and lose the chance to correct.

I would suggest that instead of deleting the text, add something like your text above:   "Rooting violates your Terms of Service with Verizon and will void your warranty.  It may damage your phone or even cause it to become completely unusable."   People ARE going to discuss this somewhere, and pretending otherwise doesn't help anyone.

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I disagree, respectfully or otherwise....

As for 5 months, so what?

People CAN and Do discuss "Rooting" somewhere, lot's and lots of "somewhere's and there's enough of it going on without cluttering up this forum with that discussion. The biggest majority of the participants here are more interested in discussing phone features and/or issues and all the various phones offered by Verizon. And what's to stop the "bad information" from being discussed here? The Mods here have enough to do dealing with sarcastic jerks like me without having to police the world of phone modding. 

It isn't needed here, period. Go discuss it at one of the dozens of Android Geekboy websites out there ( I visit a few of them from time to time). As usual, participate in those places at your own risk.

And drop the superior attitude already about Verizon "pretending otherwise".  A good business decision is not pretending, unless you are online in Mom's basement  and counting conspiracy theories. 

Geri O

[silver6055]

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gerio wrote:

I disagree, respectfully or otherwise....

As for 5 months, so what?

People CAN and Do discuss "Rooting" somewhere, lot's and lots of "somewhere's and there's enough of it going on without cluttering up this forum with that discussion. The biggest majority of the participants here are more interested in discussing phone features and/or issues and all the various phones offered by Verizon. And what's to stop the "bad information" from being discussed here? The Mods here have enough to do dealing with sarcastic jerks like me without having to police the world of phone modding. 

It isn't needed here, period. Go discuss it at one of the dozens of Android Geekboy websites out there ( I visit a few of them from time to time). As usual, participate in those places at your own risk.

And drop the superior attitude already about Verizon "pretending otherwise".  A good business decision is not pretending, unless you are online in Mom's basement  and counting conspiracy theories. 

Geri O

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Thank you for your comment, respectfully or otherwise.  To respond:

The 5 months comment:  if comments about rooting need to be shut down, leaving the information there for 5 months isn't so good.  Yes, they had other things to do but presumably the sky didn't fall.

The discussions aren't fully deleted, the posts are just left with some text deleted, so they do continue to clutter up the place.

I would prefer they removed the post than do this, which (presumably) leaves some people to wonder what has been cut, maybe do a google search and then find good/bad forums etc)

A lot of Android discussions begin with "What are all those useless apps on the phone and why can't I delete them?"  I think it would be useful to have the explanations that in fact they don't cause any harm, but if you REALLY want them to go, you can do this, but you will void your warranty etc. 

"Pretending otherwise" was hardly a superior attitude, perhaps bad language.  I wasn't suggesting a conspiracy theory, merely pointing out that refusing to have it discussed here doesn't make it go away.  Whether theirs is a "good" business decision was what I was questioning.

[gerio]

Another opportunity for Red-Letter discussions.....

Here goes....

(SNIP) 

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Thank you for your comment, respectfully or otherwise.  To respond:

The 5 months comment:  if comments about rooting need to be shut down, leaving the information there for 5 months isn't so good.  Yes, they had other things to do but presumably the sky didn't fall.  This time.... (still wondering why we can't get  a red smiley face, LOL)

The discussions aren't fully deleted, the posts are just left with some text deleted, so they do continue to clutter up the place.

I would prefer they removed the post than do this, which (presumably) leaves some people to wonder what has been cut, maybe do a google search and then find good/bad forums etc) Certainly a good point, didn't catch that the last time

A lot of Android discussions begin with "What are all those useless apps on the phone and why can't I delete them?"  I think it would be useful to have the explanations that in fact they don't cause any harm, but if you REALLY want them to go, you can do this, but you will void your warranty etc. I've seen that style of post and that post being allowed to stand, except for the "R" word being removed. I guess we notice the "It's my phone and I should be able to delete any app and grow corn with it, if I wish. My civil rights have been violated!!!!" style of posts more often...

"Pretending otherwise" was hardly a superior attitude, perhaps bad language.  I wasn't suggesting a conspiracy theory, merely pointing out that refusing to have it discussed here doesn't make it go away.  Whether theirs is a "good" business decision was what I was questioning. This is the part I was referring to about the Mods having their hands full with sarcastic jerks like me.... . I, for one, am of the belief that is was the right decision. I'm certain that there will disagreement over this issue, and that's fine. It makes for lively conversation on an otherwise dreadfully cold morning (of which I must now face the truth that I HAVE to go to work now).

Take care, Geri O

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[mdram4x4]

wasnt there somesort of ruling that said "that which shall not be names" was legal, yes it may void your warranty, but its still legal

[silver6055]

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mdram4x4 wrote:

wasnt there somesort of ruling that said "that which shall not be names" was legal, yes it may void your warranty, but its still legal

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Yes, this was the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) ruling that bypassing certain types of software protection on phones did not constitute breach of copyright.

Of course, nothing in that ruling forces Verizon Wireless to allow discussions of "it" on their site

[Wildman]

I really think the old rule still stands, what they don't know wont hurt them... The more users speak of doing this to their device the more chance that users that has no knowledge of this will wonder what it is and that will open the decision to the unknowledgeable users and cause a large number of new issues.

Sometimes I think restricking this subject is wise in some situations...

[AZSALUKI]

what are you all talking about?  

[silver6055]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

what are you all talking about?  

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Why the iPhone is far superior not to just any other phone, but to simply everything.  What else is there to talk about!

[Wildman]

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silver6055 wrote:

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AZSALUKI wrote:

what are you all talking about?  

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Why the iPhone is far superior not to just any other phone, but to simply everything.  What else is there to talk about!

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If you believe you can go on Apple site and discuss unlocking or jailbreaking their device you are mistaken, they just simply brick your device with next update for tring and move on...  Apple does not allow any freedom to their device, you have to jailbreak it to change the wallpaper or a icon, how is this superiour, you are allowed your views but to come on a Android forum and talk down about a OS that user have used and acknowledged the quality features makes no point really... 

Apple has some features that made them stand out but so many has made decision to find something new and this doesnt make any device better than the other, one just offer more for some users and the user made a sound decision that worked for them.

Can we please move on with the Android and Verizon bashing because its going no where for the topic of this thread?

[Wildman]

There is other ways but for some reason the possiblities hasnt been investigated enough, I noticed that a number of applications like Lock2 and AWD seem to figure out a way to be able to do screen shots of there apps while open without being rooted, I have tried to get more information on how this was accomplished but havent had luck getting any further information..... {edited to comply with Terms of Service}


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[johnM356]

I just followed this procedure on my Moto Droid.

it's not nearly as painstaking as it looks and it works great.

How to: Take Screens Shots without Rooting your Motorola Droid

I'm not sure if a Droid X requires a different procedure, but I can't see why it would.

[johnM356]

EDIT:

Here's an article on how to How to take screenshots on the Motorola DROID X.

The procedure looks identical - same tools, same everything.

[Wildman]

The SDK way is fine if you are sittung in front of a pc with this configured all the time, I perfer to be able to do a screen capture from the device because I have had a number of questions on how to do something and I usually do screen shots to allow the individual to see what I am explaining to maximize understanding..  I dont want to root device to do a simple screen shots and application backup.

[johnM356]

Root isn't necessary using the SDK.

[Wildman]

Realize that but you do have to be sitting in front of a pc to do one, like I explained that I use screen shots for instructional photos to help individuals understand how to do something and being in fornt a pc screen to do a screen shot makes no since when doing a simple function like that should need to be {edited to comply with Terms of Service}


to take a shot from devices when I have noted several applications that can do screen shots not on device that isnt rooted but it the user does have to be in the developers app to take shot that means it can only work on screen shots of their application.

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[MurZimminy]

I often do training myself and I researched screenshot information when I got my Droid.  What I learned is that as of Android 2.2, the only way to do screen captures without rooting the system is to use the SDK development tools.  The reason is to protect users from themselves.  If you are around technology long enough, you know that this is usually a good idea.  To prove my point, when you installed your last few apps and got the "warning" about all the potentially bad or costly access that app will have rights to do, did you read through and try to understand why the app needed those permissions?  Unless you are one of those "special" types that DOES do that, you have no idea.  You just trust the developer to be good.

Providing screenshot access would mean that I could build an awesome app that is both useful and popular but at the same time, capture and send screenshots of your data or activities to my server without you knowing.  Sure, someone might eventually catch on, but by then I have a ton of information and I have fled the scene and probably already created more apps to do the same.

After really considering my need for the screen captures, I realized that I really didn't need an app.  The developer tools work just fine for those times I need to capture something.{edit for TOS violation}

Hope this helps!

-= MZ =-

[dhouse]

I have a D Inc so not sur if the apps can be used interchangeably w/ the X or not but I have an app called "webshots" and it works. It takes a little getting use to but it works nonetheless. Good luck.

[taklbry]

After googling for months, I inadvertantly (sp) found ...    MyPhoneExplorer ....

When tethered, it has a screen capture option under the 'extras' drop down menu within the desktop program.  You can download it on the market and the desktop version for your PC and ....IT IS FREE!  and you do NOT HAVE TO BE ROOTED TO USE IT.

you can get it here http://www.fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php

AWESOME App and works great on my droid X.  You have to be tethered (USB phone charge and debugged) or thru WIFI.

You can sync your contacts, calendar and see all the files on your phone and SD card as well.

Unbelievable that someone else hasn't already shared this on the forums.  I hated that dang sdk process.

oh, btw the screenshot can only be taken from a desktop not on the phone itself from what Ive seen.