Not able to screenshot - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I haven't been able to take a screen shot. Is it still power and volume down on 4.2.2?
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Power and home I believe. I usually just swipe palm from right to left

jlegrange said:
I haven't been able to take a screen shot. Is it still power and volume down on 4.2.2?
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hold in the power button and the home button. You can also swipe from left to right or right to left with the side of your hand which works.

Thanks for that!
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else use palm swipe over your screen
but need tick it under

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Is your power button hard to press?

It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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Um... it's easy to press and it ' clicks ' for me.
Foxy Roxy said:
Um... it's easy to press and it ' clicks ' for me.
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crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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a little on the soft / mushy side. requires a focused press for sure. in the official bumper however there is a satisfying click.
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I have the same...issue? It's not so much an issue as it is something I wish were a little different.
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Can't tell you, Google still has my phone
By hard to press you mean hard to find?
Takes sometime to get used to the button position, you know.
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PGM Nexus will hopefully be updated to support the n4 soon; awesome application!
No click, hard to press and mushy and way to high on the side.
Volume is the same way.
Bad design, just like placing the speaker on the back of a completely flat surface, who the heck approves these...
Maybe a few of you have sort of a defective button? ( as in not working as intended )
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Easy to press but I always seem to be pressing the volume rocker at the same time. I like the top power button location on my Sensation 4G better.
crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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I have the same problem. Its not by any means AWFUL but there are many times I attempt to press it and it doesn't press.
My power button also doesn't feel as solid as the volume rocker.
I'm afraid it will become unresponsive later.
Ok so it seems I'm not the only one with a mushy power button. I don't have a definite click that's for sure.
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Power button is good, volume down sticks though. Contemplating exchanging it
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CM10.1- how do I take screen shot pictures?

This is for the latest CM10.1 nightly. Power and volume down doesn't work. It worked this way with stock. :'( loving my new nexus 7!!
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You can always go to power menu and screenshot from there though it's really "clunky" (my vocabulary sucks)
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Settings-system-power menu. From there you can enable screenshots from long pressing the power button and tapping screenshot.
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the proper way to do it is to hold down the power and the up volume, or down, idk, and it will take a screenshot, it has to be pretty good timing though or youll turn your volume up or turn off the screen.
shinjielric said:
Settings-system-power menu. From there you can enable screenshots from long pressing the power button and tapping screenshot.
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Thank!!
Is it possible to assign gesture cover screen like Galaxy note II for capture?
How to take screenshot
All you need to do for 10.1 is hold power and volume down at the same time

(Question) How to SCREENSHOT

How to screenshot on non rooted S4 without using the motion/palm gesture? Horrible accuracy rate of the palm gesture for screen capture.
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Power button + home button that should be it
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Just tried it bro. Doesnt work. This is really irritating.
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gtizon said:
How to screenshot on non rooted S4 without using the motion/palm gesture? Horrible accuracy rate of the palm gesture for screen capture.
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hold pwr btn and w8 for power button menu
swipe on screen, "like S III"
pwrBtn + homeBtn
or a soft key for it
thr s no more method on android for taking screen-shot :cyclops:
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gtizon said:
Just tried it bro. Doesnt work. This is really irritating.
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go to settings then motions and enable palm swipe to capture and then go to learn about hand motions it will show u how to do it
Edit: forgot to mention it will show u how to properly do it
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Make home button into a camera button?

Hi! Im getting my galaxy s4 this week. Im a fan of on screen buttons. I know there are ways to disable the buttons and enable on screen controls. But I also love having a camera button and I think that the home button would be perfect for that. Is this possible? Thank you very much in advance for any answers/help.
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XpyroXcoreX said:
Hi! Im getting my galaxy s4 this week. Im a fan of on screen buttons. I know there are ways to disable the buttons and enable on screen controls. But I also love having a camera button and I think that the home button would be perfect for that. Is this possible? Thank you very much in advance for any answers/help.
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How would you then leave the app?
Far better solution would be to have volume key or power key the camera button.
On screen buttons
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has it already
XpyroXcoreX said:
On screen buttons
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Camera app - settings - volume key - camera

Disabling the power button

Is there a way or an app that can disable the power button so it doesn't wake up the phone?
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amf3 said:
Is there a way or an app that can disable the power button so it doesn't wake up the phone?
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How else would you plan on waking up the phone? Home button?
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amf3 said:
Is there a way or an app that can disable the power button so it doesn't wake up the phone?
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Not pressing it works
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daniel4653 said:
How else would you plan on waking up the phone? Home button?
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Yes I was thinking of just using the home button. And as for just not pressing it, that also works but I'm always pressing the button by accident since its so sensitive. But thanks for the advice
I have read you are able to disable the home button. I was just wondering if you could do the same with the power button.
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amf3 said:
Yes I was thinking of just using the home button. And as for just not pressing it, that also works but I'm always pressing the button by accident since its so sensitive. But thanks for the advice
I have read you are able to disable the home button. I was just wondering if you could do the same with the power button.
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With the power button I don't think so. I wouldn't even want to disable my power button never know what could happen
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amf3 said:
I'm always pressing the button by accident since its so sensitive.
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I agree. The volume and power buttons are very sensitive. I've had an Otterbox Defender case on since I bought the phone and never had a problem since the case makes those two buttons difficult to press. But I used the phone naked last weekend and I kept hitting those two buttons, especially when I was in landscape mode. Real PITA. Plus holding the phone was akin to holding a wet bar of soap. Needless to say, I put it back in the case.
In any event, if you disable the power button, what if the phone locks up or shuts down by mistake...how will you power it back on? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me.
You may want to consider looking for a slim case that covers the buttons, thus making them less sensitive to inadvertent activation.

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