I installed the same exact screen shot grabber app as I had on my Bionic and it always say error. It basically doesn't work. I checked the box for un-rooted device and it still won't work. Is it because it's a new phone and the old app won't work with it?? I really liked that screen shot app.

ICS has built in screen shot. Power and vol down on Maxx HD.

I thought that was a rapid reboot technique, power and volume down??

That maybe power and vol up?

Power and vol down definitely takes screen shot

I'm looking for an app or some way to use the app I already have. To many moving parts with the button option.

Volume down and power, I just used it. You need to hold both buttons for a second.

You need to press both at the same time. Holding them down after screen shot will reboot your phone.

Maxx HD

You have to hold them down for much longer to do that. To take a screenshot, it's just for a couple seconds.

Seriously please, is there a soft way to get a screen shot? The Screen Grabber on my Bionic still works great. I compared all the settings on the two devices and they're both the same. It won't work on the Maxx HD.

Read above, holding the power button and volume down buttons for 1-2 seconds will take a screen shot.

Again, I'm looking for a way to use the touch screen, not the mechanical buttons.

are you rooted? and what app were you using / are you trying to use?

I'm using an app called Screen Grabber.

Not rooted, but there is a check box for root/non root. I checked the non root. I did try checking the rooted just to see what would happen and it won't even launch. So I definitely did everything I could.

Even though they may have the option to allow you to try, many screenshot apps don't work properly or won't work at all on unrooted devices. If you're really dead set on absolutely having to use a third-party screenshot app, your best bet in order to get one that functions consistently is to root your phone. If you don't want to root your phone, just use the stock method with hardware buttons. It's really very easy to do.

I don't have a great need to root my phone, not for just this, and I don't want to wreck it, I paid full retail price for it. I'm not confident in doing it, phones and computers are a personal interest, not my expertise or profession.

The Screen Grabber app works just fine on my Bionic.

As I mentioned, screen shot apps such as Screen Grabber work fine with some unrooted phones, but not with others. There are a lot of software differences from phone to phone, even from the same manufacturer. The only way to get apps like that to consistently work across most phones is with root. If you don't want to root, and have not been able to find another third-party app that happens to work with the phone, your only guaranteed option is to press and hold the power and volume down buttons for a couple seconds.

And where does the phone store the image?

On my phone it stores in the Gallery under a folder called "Screenshots"
First time I tried saving a screen shot it stored it there and added the new "Screenshot" folder.

Thanks for the reply.

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