For the first year or so the iPhone was around, the only way to take an iPhone screenshot – that is, a picture of what was on the screen of your iPhone – was with a camera or a third-party application.
With the introduction of iPhone Firmware 2.0, though, this changed. Firmware 2.0 added a screen capture feature that wasn’t widely publicized. Now, if you need to take an iPhone screenshot, you can – with two simple button clicks. Here’s how.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Less than a minute
Here's How:
- Begin by getting whatever you want to take a screenshot of onto the screen of your iPhone. This could mean browsing to a particular website or simply getting to the right screen in one of your iPhone applications.
- When you’ve got the screen you want to capture displayed, first hold down the iPhone home button. While holding it down, press the on/off button at the top right of the phone. You’ll hear a camera shutter sound and the screen will flash white for a moment. That’s the screenshot being taken.
- To view your iPhone screenshot, go into the Photo Album application and then the Camera Roll. In the Camera Roll, the most recent photo will be the screenshot you just took.
- Next time you sync your iPhone, you can sync the photo to the photo management software of your choice – be it iPhoto on a Mac or any of the various PC programs that sync with the iPhone. From there, you can manipulate your iPhone screenshot however you’d like.
