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iPhone beta screen-shotting

by Erica Sadun Mar 31st 2008 at 2:30PM

TUAW reader Scott writes that he's discovered how to grab screen shots from the iPhone or iPod touch running the new beta developer release. While attempting to reboot the phone, he noticed the "infamous" white flash I wrote about a few weeks ago. A little experimentation revealed the magic key combo was Power Button followed by Home Button. Unknowingly, he had shot about 5 of these due to several lockup-reboots.

We have no way to confirm this because none of us are running 1.2/2.0 but let us know if this magic key combo works for you.



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James

I wish someone could do something similar on the iPod as we lack a "mute toggle".

April 01 2008 at 12:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aaron Alexander

yes, but you have to do a modification to make the home/mute trick to work, this works out of the box, no hacks required.

March 31 2008 at 4:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mingistech

I first read about this a few weeks ago here:
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=34459

To take a screenshot, hold down Home (Menu) button on the phone and toggle the Mute button. The screen will flash and the screenshot will be saved to the Camera Roll. Simple as that!

March 31 2008 at 3:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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mingistech

And yes... it works in 1.1.4

March 31 2008 at 3:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Danny

i'm afraid it's not working in 1.1.4.

April 01 2008 at 4:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben

Hope they leave this in when June rolls around.

March 31 2008 at 3:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iPhoneGuy

I can confirm that under the 2.0 beta SDK pressing power and then immediately pressing home does indeed make the screen flash white and drops a screen-shot into the photos folder. Very Useful! (Thanks!)

Here is a question however, can anyone confirm that under 2.0 the iTunes store and Apps store icons are gone? When I installed 2.0, I get the new Contacts icon, but both the store icons are absent.

March 31 2008 at 3:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Gregory Pierce

Confirmation received.

March 31 2008 at 3:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lanejasper69

well my iphone 1.1.4 took a snap, but don't see it in the camera rool, photos, or wallpaper....where does it go?

Thanks,
Lane

March 31 2008 at 3:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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bob.francis

I don't think it does it on 1.1.4 my 2.0 phone flashes and the picture ends up in the camera roll. My 1.1.4 phone just shuts off.

March 31 2008 at 3:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pete Zich

I wish I could get the SDK so I can do multi-touch, accelerometer, and Open GL, but I'm still very early in the Obj-C learning process and the $99/year isn't a good investment for me now.

March 31 2008 at 3:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Hemant Torsekar

The SDK is free to download. The iPhone 2.0 software is available to the folks who want to sign up for the enterprise Beta program ($99) to try out developed software on 4-5 phones their company wants to use in their pilot program.

Go to developer.apple.com and download the SDK to your heart's content, mon friend. It even comes with a simulator. But if you want to test an application on an actual iPhone, yeah, it'll cost you the big bucks; one aformentioned c-note.

March 31 2008 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pete Zich

Right, I mean 2.0 firmware, I've been messing with the SDK but it's limited.

March 31 2008 at 4:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aaron Alexander

its actually, home button, and then sleep/wake and itll take a snap.. this is tested on 2.0 :D

March 31 2008 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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