iPhone 101: Taking screenshots

With the advent of the new iPhone firmware 2.0, users who have installed it report that you are now able to easily take and share screenshots of your iPhone -- all without downloading any additional software. To take a screenshot, just hold down the home button while quickly pressing the sleep/wake button at the top of the phone. The screen will flash and an image will be saved in your Camera Roll.

You can easily share your screenshot by e-mailing it using the share option in the Photos app.

For more iPhone tips and tricks like this, check out the iPhone 101 section here on TUAW.

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Gleb

I noticed that Safari lets you save images now.

July 16 2008 at 2:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

catfishcollage

You can also save images on the web to 'Photos' by "touching" the image and holding for about a second. I'm not sure if this functionality existed before the 2.0 update, but it's definitely supported now.

July 15 2008 at 9:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikel egurra

anyone has any idea on how to get a screenshot of the locked screen ? right before you slide ?

i can get normal screenshots with the 2-button method, but this one seems impossible to get...

July 15 2008 at 6:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Justin

I tried it on my iPod Touch, which has the 2.0 software. It works! The screenshots are saved under a Saved Photos album inside the Photo app.

I also found out that after you take screenshots and you connect your Touch to the computer, iPhoto will load. You can then import your photos from the Touch.

I've got some screenshots and details on my blog post here - http://www.shinywhitegadgets.com/2008/07/ipod-touch-tip-how-to-take-screenshots.html

July 14 2008 at 5:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric

Ha ha! That's cool! It worked, not sure why the average person would want to do this. But most of us don't consider ourselves average. Great tip anyway.

July 10 2008 at 11:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bill holz

I liked your screen shots, In version 1, users were allowed
only 9 pages which I soon filled up, plus using some from address book URL's and Mock Dock I was able to add more but I would like additional screen pages. Does any one know if we will get more pages in version 2 for our APPS?

Thanks.

July 10 2008 at 8:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Loiselle

Works great...

July 10 2008 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ainsophaur

Works for me! Great tip!

July 10 2008 at 3:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ainsophaur

I went ahead and installed and haven't had any problems yet. However, one of my friends who works at an Apple Store has said that a few people have already started filtering into the Genius bar with iPhones that are crashing since installing the update.

Just a heads up!

July 10 2008 at 2:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tannerozzy

amazing tip! thanks cory!

July 10 2008 at 2:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply