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How did I do this ... seriously?

spiralynth

spiralynth

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Jul 23, 2008
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So I'm looking through my Camera Roll photo albums, and sitting im there is an actual image of my iPhone desktop. Somehow, the camera on the phone itself (obviously not through the external lens) took a snapshot of the desktop and saved it to my photo album. I've tried to recreate this event to no avail, nor can I recollect what I was doing at the time (short of some furious clicking around trying to get to another app).

I have no clue how I did this; anyone know?

Desktop.png
 
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it's very cool. Freaky if you don't know you've done it though. Lol
 
you can take a device screenshot by pressing the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously.
 
Ah ... such brilliant display of knowledge here, heh. Very nice, thanks for the answers.

An entire year, and somehow I've never managed to do this (accidentally or otherwise) until today.
 
I very well may be wrong, but I think that key combo triggering a screenshot was something new in 2.0. I don't remember if you could even take a screenshot before without jailbreaking.

Edit: beat to the punch. ;)
 
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u beat me to it. It's only been out since the update. It's very cool!!!!!!
 
spiralynth said:
So I'm looking through my Camera Roll photo albums, and sitting im there is an actual image of my iPhone desktop. Somehow, the camera on the phone itself (obviously not through the external lens) took a snapshot of the desktop and saved it to my photo album. I've tried to recreate this event to no avail, nor can I recollect what I was doing at the time (short of some furious clicking around trying to get to another app).

I have no clue how I did this; anyone know?

Desktop.png
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i effing loled
 
Press the Home + Sleep button at the same time. (Just making he gets it after 4 of you said the same exact thing even after he confirmed it)
 
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