Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 May 2014

Screenshots on Huawei Androids

Taking a screenshot is a much better idea than taking a photograph showing your screen. The screenshot captures exactly what you see, but without being blurred, having issues with being too bright/dark or being photographed from a bad angle.


  • On a Huawei Android device (e.g., Huawei Ascend), you press the power button and the volume down key at the same time. The picture is now accesible through the notification area of the phone and can be tapped on. It can now be shared and sent around as any other picture of the device.

Notice, that looking at the screenshot can be confusing as it looks exactly like your screen in exactly the same resolution. That means it looks as if it was the actual screen, but it is just your screenshot (i.e., a picture of your screen). The device is actually just showing a picture in full screen mode. This is especially confusing after tapping the screenshot from the notification area.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Screenshot on Sony Androids

Taking a screenshot is a much better idea than taking a photograph showing your screen. The screenshot captures exactly what you see, but without being blurred, having issues with being too bright/dark or being photographed from a bad angle.

  • On a Sony Android device (e.g., Sony Xperia), you press the power button and the volume down key at the same time. The device typically produces a shutter sound as if you have taken a photo using the camera. The picture is now placed in your gallery and can be shared like any other picture.

Notice, that looking at the screenshot can be confusing as it looks exactly like your screen in exactly the same resolution. That means it looks as if it was the actual screen, but it is just your screenshot (i.e., a picture of your screen). The device is actually just showing a picture in full screen mode.

Screenshot on Samsung Androids

Taking a screenshot is a much better idea than taking a photograph showing your screen. The screenshot captures exactly what you see, but without being blurred, having issues with being too bright/dark or being photographed from a bad angle. On a Samsung Android device, there are two methods to try.
  • If you have a Galaxy S3 or S4, press the home button (the physical button at the centre bottom) and the power button at the same time. You have to hold it for a few moments. The device produces a flashing white margin on screen and a shutter sound as if you have taken a photo using the camera.
  • If you have any other Samsung Android, you press the power button and the volume down key at the same time. The device typically produces a shutter sound as if you have taken a photo using the camera.
In either case, the picture is now placed in your gallery and can be shared like any other picture.
Notice, that looking at the screenshot can be confusing as it looks exactly like your screen in exactly the same resolution. That means it looks as if it was the actual screen, but it is just your screenshot (i.e., a picture of your screen). The device is actually just showing a picture in full screen mode.

Friday, 11 October 2013

Forward button in Google Chrome for Android

As in every browser you can move forward and backward. This is restricted to the tab that you have opened.
Moving backwards means returning to a page that you have just navigated away from. That means you clicked on some link or typed in another web address and now return to the previous website.
Moving forwards is only applicable after you have navigated backward. For example, you clicked the back arrow once too often. In this case the forward button moves you forward through the pages that you have left. That means, moving forward is undoing your backwards move.
  • There is a go forward and a go backward button in the top row of the menu (bottom left button of the device ).
  • Moving forward in history: No buttons or keys
  • Moving backward in history: back button (bottom right of the device )