Am I dumb, or could you always take screenshots with Iphone?

[A MacBook lover]

So I held down my home button then hit the top button and it added a screenshot of whatever was on my screen to my photos.

Is this...new?

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Always been there...

 

[JBaker122586]

It's definitely been there since 2.0, maybe a little earlier.

 

[jmann]

It's a new feature as of OS 2.0. Before you had to use jailbroken apps to do screenshots pre OS 2.0 .

 

[TwinCities Dan]

It's a new feature as of OS 2.0. Before you had to use jailbroken apps to do screenshots pre OS 2.0 .

I stand corrected. But, its been there for a while...

 

[skwoytek]

Always been there...

Well, since 2.0.

It's great for developers to post screenshots of their applications.

It's also great for taking a screenshot to show an Apple Genius all the times your iPhone shows "searching" instead of having a cellular connection.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Always been there...

Lies. It came with 2.0

EDIT: beaten to it by 100 other people. I really need to stop tabbing these topics.

 

[jmann]

Lies. It came with 2.0

EDIT: beaten to it by 100 other people. I really need to stop tabbing these topics.

It's all about replying right when you click on it, not tabbing ten threads and then going through them all one-by-one.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

It's all about replying right when you click on it, not tabbing ten threads and then going through them all one-by-one.

Too true. You would think I had learned my lesson by now since this is the n'teenth time this has happened to me.

 

[sk8mash]

So to answer your question, yes, you are dumb

 

[Interstella5555]

am I dumb, or could you always take screenshots with the Iphone or is the ability to take screenshots new?

Fixed that for you

 

[9822679]

can we get a sticky for this

I feel sad for every newbie that keeps on posting this

 

[actorkid]

you're dumb

 

[NinjaHERO]

Don't feel bad, I only figured it out a few months back when I read an article about the 10 things you didn't know your iphone could do.

We should really have stuff like that on one big sticky on this site. All the things your iphone can do. Unless its already here and I missed it.

 

[pavvento]

what a loaded question...

 

[LimeiBook86]

I may be wrong, but I heard it may of been in there earlier then 2.0 by holding down the Home key and hitting the silent/vibe switch. However I've never tested this myself.

 

[jmann]

I may be wrong, but I heard it may of been in there earlier then 2.0 by holding down the Home key and hitting the silent/vibe switch. However I've never tested this myself.

I was interested in this, so I did a bit of digging and found this:

While working on the Caterpillar update, we've discovered a fun fact - the SpringBoard can perfectly take screenshots without the help of 3rd party apps!

Here's how: after setting a specific variable in the SpringBoard preferences file, you're able to take screenshots of anything, including the Lock screen, and the pictures will appear in the Photos so you can instantly share them just like any other picture.

To enable:

* Add http://repository.ripdev.com/ to Installer.app if you haven't already
* Install Apple Screenshot Enabler from the RiP Dev category
* Take your screenshots ))


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!

Credit goes to Apple for implementing this... We just found how to activate and use it.

Enjoy.

I got this from hackint0sh.com

 

[LimeiBook86]

I was interested in this, so I did a bit of digging and found this...

Very interesting! So I guess it was enabled for developers much earlier then it was for us (when 2.0 came out). Cool find!

 

[Bodycalming]

How can you be Dumb

This function has always been there. Dumb! No chance, you chose the best phone on the market; and it's about to get even better with software version 3 ?

 

[jmann]

This function has always been there. Dumb! No chance, you chose the best phone on the market; and it's about to get even better with software version 3 ?

Umm not it hasn't. Didn't you read the rest of the thread? It was a feature that was release for the public with the 2.0 OS. Your phone had to be jailbroken prior to make screenshots..