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From reading screenshot is supposed to be holding the home button and power button at the same time until a white flash appears. I am unable to get mine to do this, am I doing something wrong?
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toothmkr57 said:
From reading screenshot is supposed to be holding the home button and power button at the same time until a white flash appears. I am unable to get mine to do this, am I doing something wrong?
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When I preform a screen shot I dont see the white flash, I just hear a click and the "saving screen shot" message in my notification bar.
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But you hold those two buttons, right?
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Do I have to turn some option on somewhere? Not that this would be common... I can't get it to do anything but bring up the recently open list
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toothmkr57 said:
Do I have to turn some option on somewhere? Not that this would be common... I can't get it to do anything but bring up the recently open list
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Yes, power and home buttons.
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toothmkr57 said:
Do I have to turn some option on somewhere? Not that this would be common... I can't get it to do anything but bring up the recently open list
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Are you pushing them at the same time? If the home button is pushed first nothing happens, if power is pushed first recent apps c9mes uo.

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erickmtz said:
Try holding the power button until some options appear, among those there is a screenshot button.
Mine works that way
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That's a custom ROM option - I think you're in the wrong thread. Or you're trolling. Either way...
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toothmkr57 said:
From reading screenshot is supposed to be holding the home button and power button at the same time until a white flash appears. I am unable to get mine to do this, am I doing something wrong?
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It took me some tries to get the timing right - power then home RIGHT after and hold both until you get the screenshot flash.

_Dennis_ said:
Are you pushing them at the same time? If the home button is pushed first nothing happens, if power is pushed first recent apps c9mes uo.
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I thought I was, if I'm not it's insanely sensitive...
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alacrify said:
That's a custom ROM option - I think you're in the wrong thread. Or you're trolling. Either way...
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It took me some tries to get the timing right - power then home RIGHT after and hold both until you get the screenshot flash.
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Sweet, got it!
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toothmkr57 said:
I thought I was, if I'm not it's insanely sensitive...
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Not sure then. Other way to take screen shot is palm swipe.
Settings > My Device > Motions and Gestures > palm motion > Screen capture
Ensure its on then with a "karate chop hand" swipe from one side to the other.

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erickmtz said:
To enable screenshot option go to:
Settings/Customizations/System/Power button/ check screenshot option.
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What thread do you think you're in? This is the Samsung GS4 thread. There is no "customizations" menu. If there is on the stock GS4, post me a screen shot and post a screen shot of your "about phone".

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why my nexus 4 doesn't take a screen shot when pressing power and volume down button

I'm running stock, haven't changed a thing since getting it from Google play.
Need HELP!!
Thank you!
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Are you doing it simultaneously? Give it like a second or two before releasing
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press the power button first and the the volume down button...and then wait for your INSTANT WIN!!
need to press them the same time. its a little tricky at the start but you'll get used to it.
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
Sparta507 said:
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
zephiK said:
no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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strobex said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It's very tricky. I said the same thing when I was doing it on my galaxy Nexus but got the hang of it.
Place your hand on the volume down and power button before pressing them and then hold them both at the same time until your phone makes a screen shot animation.
I will give Samsung this though the slide to screen shot is very intuitive on the touch wiz platform.
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eminemead said:
thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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Oh so that's why. Since the new diztronics cover the buttons, it's probably not being pressed correctly.
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joshnichols189 said:
It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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I was about to start *****in hard ..but got it to work
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zephiK said:
It's very tricky. Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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It's actually not lol.
cloud1111 said:
It's actually not lol.
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Tell that to the people who had difficulties
It is tricky at the beginning but like I said over again and again, once you know how to do it. It's not tricky and is very easy to do. I understand depending what case they have on it may be trickier because the case covers the buttons that all of us overlooked
Screen shot working on Nexus 4 after trying this!!!!
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.
PTS_Nexus_4 said:
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
ceag235 said:
Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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My nexus had the same problem... and yes, I know how to take screenshots...
But by doing this the problem was solved... thanx man!

(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
Try these methods - How to take Samsung Galaxy S4 screenshot?

Changing capacitive buttons sound.

OK, maybe someone will answer me here. Lol. OK, so I've changed the annoying stock tw touch sound, but the water drop sound is still there when I touch the capacitive buttons or home button.
So my question is, does anyone know where the sound file is for this? Kinda odd that touching the screen only clicks, and the buttons make the water drop sound.
Thanks!
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wotandsdwys said:
OK, maybe someone will answer me here. Lol. OK, so I've changed the annoying stock tw touch sound, but the water drop sound is still there when I touch the capacitive buttons or home button.
So my question is, does anyone know where the sound file is for this? Kinda odd that touching the screen only clicks, and the buttons make the water drop sound.
Thanks!
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This should be in Q&A btw since your asking a question. Lol >. <
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
This should be in Q&A btw since your asking a question. Lol >. <
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I've already posted in Q&A and have had no replies. This is why I said that maybe someone would reply.
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I forgot what the capacitive buttons are called. I'll find it later when I get off work
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Ok I believe it is /system/media/audio/ui/S_HW_Touch.ogg
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xCovErtWolFx757 said:
I forgot what the capacitive buttons are called. I'll find it later when I get off work
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Ok I believe it is /system/media/audio/ui/S_HW_Touch.ogg
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Thanks a lot! So tired of the stock water dropping sound. I will never know how the people at Samsung can go "yes, that's the perfect sound for touching the screen". I need to find the HTC one touch sound and use that.
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wotandsdwys said:
Thanks a lot! So tired of the stock water dropping sound. I will never know how the people at Samsung can go "yes, that's the perfect sound for touching the screen". I need to find the HTC one touch sound and use that.
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>Download HTC one rom
>Extract
>Move to correct directory and edit the partitions
>Rename
>????
>Profit
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xCovErtWolFx757 said:
>Download HTC one rom
>Extract
>Move to correct directory and edit the partitions
>Rename
>????
>Profit
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Well yes, but that's gotta be bad luck or something. Just worried that I will add something from the HTC one to my s4, then all of a sudden, the device build quality will become complete crap, will lose 4g, and will get dirty just looking at it.
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Go to the same file system and listen to the ui sounds. Always add .Bak to your own file so if something does happen or you font like it you delete the new one and change the old one back to normal
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/system/media/audio/ui/S_HW_Touch.ogg
Add .bak to the original. Choose whatever sound you want (needs to be in .ogg format). Rename it to S_HW_Touch. Profit.
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Actually it doesn't need to be an ogg - it can be an mp3. It just needs that exact file name.

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.

Unresponsive Screen During Calls!

Hi
I've had my S4 for a while now and just got the 4.3 update of late I've noticed that during a call my screen goes black but I can't get it to comes to life or doing anything, I can't hang up either, it comes to life when the person hangs up the call!
Any ideas
Thanks
Steve
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Any ideas!
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sgw81 said:
Any ideas!
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- Go to Apps
- Go to Settings
- Then My Device, Call
- Then unckeck the option: Turn off screen during call
- Press THANKS button if I helped ya
Yeah that is a work around Thanks cause it disables the proximity sensor BUT doesn't Fix the issue of the screen staying dark, the screen just stays on now lol
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go to my thread for proximity sensor issue. it happns to lot of people cz of bad value in prox_cal file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564710
hope it will solve ur problem.
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Joku1981 said:
- Go to Apps
- Go to Settings
- Then My Device, Call
- Then unckeck the option: Turn off screen during call
- Press THANKS button if I helped ya
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go to my thread for complete and permanent solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564710
Thnks & Regards

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