Most Android phones require Root access and/or an app in order to be able to take a screenshot of your phone’s display. Well, that’s no longer the case for the EVO 3D! The latest update (Aug. 18, 2011) for the EVO 3D has provided the ability to take a screenshot easily without any third-party software! Follow the easy steps below to take a screenshot on your HTC EVO 3D.
Instructions:
1. Hold down the POWER button and then press the HOME button.
2. That’s it! Seriously, it’s that easy! You’ll see a message appear on the screen that says “screenshot saved to Camera shots”. You can then go to your Gallery app to see the screenshots that you have captured.
Now go try it out and start capturing some cool images of your Android screens! Leave us a comment if you have any questions.
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THANKS so much, i was doing this accidentally and couldn’t figure out how to do it on purpose!
No problem! Glad it helped you out! 🙂
hey erm what if u have a htc cha cha is it the same???????
Omg i was doing it accidentlly to &&couldn’t figure out how it worked,,it was driving me crazy!! Lolz
Same here i was as well LOL
Lmao glad to know that I’m not the only. I’m like…”how did I do that?..”
haha i know i was too and i was like what the f@$! and then yeah i was like oohhh
Me too lol
Me too. LOL, I was wondering, “Why do I keep on taking screenshots?” When I tried to repeat it I couldn’t figure what I did.
I have four screen shots of my alarm clock going off.
That’s what happens when you’re desperately trying to go back to bed I guess!
Haha
LOL, that’s great. Glad you stopped by our site and got it figured out!
Me too so i use google and it helped 😀 thx 😀
Same. I kept taking pictures of my screen and couldn’t for the life of me figure out how. Glad I know how to avoid when needing to avoid and how to use when need to use 😀
Srsly.
Major thanks for posting this. I would do this sh!t accidentally and not know how…and then when I *wanted* to do it I couldn’t figure out how to! 😛
SAME! lol
Lol me too!! I thought I was the only one.
dude! me too! and i always wanted to take screenshots! i couldnt figure out how i kept doing it back accident. and i get really funny pissed off texts from girls and ive always wanted to screenshot them and show them off and make my friends laugh ya know and now i can, THANKS DROID LESSONS!
I too was doing it by accident and could never do it on purpose!
same here!!! i did it on accident this morning and couldn’t figure out how to do it and this helped!! thx a million!1
mehh i want this for the evo 4g.. i don’t have evo 3d ;(
LOL. You can take screenshots on evo 4g! Just not as simple to do as the evo 3d. But look for an app called “ScreenShot It”. That ought to work for you!
I might be the only one, but it’s not working on my evo 3d at all: when I press the power button, and then the home button, it just takes me back to the home screen.
You have to HOLD the power button, and then quickly press the HOME button while the power button is still being held.
Thank you for the clarification!
woo hoo, it workeddddddddd!! #cuts cart wheel………….. 😉
Swweeet! HOLDING was the problem. You rock! Now I officially love, love my phone. Thanks Smartypants!
I second Vadinne. Awesome feature.
And to think I was just about to buy the five dollar app….
Thanks a bunch!!(:
For the past few weeks I have been wondering why my gallery is always filled with random screenshots of my phone. Thanks, they must have rolled this feature out recently.
I couldnt do it I held the power button then i pushed the home key and bothing happened
Don’t hold it down until the menu screen pops up. Hold it down for half a second then press the home button.
Thanks so much! I was trying to figure it out and all the other forums are trying to sell me screen shot apps! You kick butt…
Thanks! I just did this accidentally like twice and couldn’t figure out how to do it. Great!!!
My daughter did it by accident & I asked her how she did it, she said she didn’t know so here I am googleing it, Thanks millions for the info. SWEET!!!!!
No problem! Glad you were able to find this article! Hope you find the other lessons here to be just as helpful. 🙂
I was getting screen shots accidentally n i had no idea how 2 do it 4 reals… This was really helpful thanks a lot! =)
what a swagfest. thank you
THANK YOU! I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS !!
Omg…my misery gone now..like u guys ive accidently svreenshot too.. n cudnt figure out how i did it..thanks gor this superb info..
Didn’t work on my evo
EVO 4G or EVO 3D? These instructions are only for the EVO 3D so that may be why it didn’t work for you.
omg!!!! thank you soo much!! i saw that i took a screenshot the other day and couldnt figure out how i did it…. i totally loved the app on my evo prior to changing to gingerbread. – best thing ever 🙂
No problem! Glad I was able to help you out! 🙂
Is there other new tricks on the htc evo 3d because the screen shot was cool
There are alot of other cool tricks you can do if you root it! 🙂
I try it but it fail
Clear, informative, simple. Could I send you some e-hugs?
Haha, thanks Tommy!
I got an EVO 3D back on September 15th & was able to take screenshots on that one but I had to exchange for a new EVO 3D today & for some reason I can’t take screenshots on this one. Is there something I need to do so I can take screenshots?
You may not have the latest software updates on it. Go to your main home screen, click MENU button -> Settings -> System Updates -> HTC software update -> Check now. Hope that fixes it for you!
Do these updates cost any money or are they free? I have the Sprint HTC Evo 3D
I just found out abt the screen shots…was doing it accidentally..and cldnt figure out how…called Sprint and they didn’t even know…found this and I’m so thankful!! But sometimes I’m assuming the power button gets stuck and all I have to do is hit the home key…weird…but thnx sooo much…
Oh my gosh! I accidentally did this and was freaking out. I’ve always been jealous of people with iPhones who could do this. So excited! Thank you so much!!
Just like everyone else, I too accidentally did a couple screen shots and couldn’t figure out how. Thanks so much!!!
Every time I try this, once I hold down the POWER button, my screen goes black, putting it to sleep. Is there a setting I need to change to be able to get screen shots?
Thanks for your help!
No, Christina, your just holding the power button down too long. Try hitting the power button and the home key almost at the exact same time. Hope this helps!
Hi Emily,
I’ve tried that as well, still no luck, it always goes to the “sleep” mode. Any other thoughts??
thanks!
I was in the same situation as most of people here said about accidentally taking screenshots and I googled it once and found this and it greatly helped. It’s really the same to that of the iPhone screenshots keys holding down power and home screen button. Thank u so much!
No problem! Thanks for visiting our website. 🙂
Im having the same problem with my 4g but don’t have any software installed to do it. Sucks to download 579 picturs and 413 of them are of random screen shots, some ot them I don’t even remember viewing. Virus?
Very handy, thanks! Any good place you folks know of that lists other handy stuff like this for the EVO? There’s got to be other good builtin tricks I’m missing…
I have the EVO 3d and i did the steps, but it won’t work 🙁 help please!!!
No reason it shouldn’t be working for you! Did you check to make sure your phone is updated and running the latest version of the Android software? You can check by going to your Settings -> System Updates -> HTC software update. Hope that helps!
Dude THANKS A LOT… Have a Good One \m/
No problem! Hope you have a great one too! 🙂
For some reson mine won’t do it! My sisters will and we have the same exact phone….
Check to make sure you are running the latest version of the HTC/Android software. Check the comments above for instructions on how to do that. Hope that helps!
I followed the directions and it didnt work how exactly do you do it?
Make sure your software is up to date. If it is, all you need to do is hold the power button briefly, then hit the ‘home’ button on the bottom of your phone without letting go of the power button. The length of time you hold the power button is very short. If you hold it too long, you end up getting your power menu instead.
Hilarious. I did it by accident while putting it in me belt case. Spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how it happened. Concerned it was a rogue app misusing permissions, I googled it and found this. I have only had the 3VO for a couple weeks, and hadn’t known it did it. Thanks for being “johnny on the spot” with the story.
Haha, no problem! 🙂
Yea I def was doin it by accident too! It was driving me nuts! LOL until I thought let me google this real quick! LOL, THANKS!
thanks,this helped my husband on his sprint evo 3d. he kept doing it on accident but couldnt figure out how to do it when he needed to lol.go figure. anywho. i have the sprint evo shift 4g, and cant figure out a way to get screen shots on here without having to be plugged into a computer. any idea? thanks.
Great, you’re welcome! I do not know of a simple way to take a screenshot on the Evo Shift 4G. You may have to wait for a future software update to get that feature. In the meantime, you could use an app to do it. Search for “Screenshot It” or “No root Screenshot it” app on the Android market.
I didnt work for me at first. Then after taking off the lock on my phone it began to work . Hope this helps others who are having trouble.
how do i find the screen shots ive taken? i go to my gallery and there is nothing in there. i checked every album i have and nothing 🙁 HELP!!!
They are stored by default in the ‘camera shots’ folder of your gallery. When you take the shot and it makes the camera shutter sound, it immediately flashes a notification on the bottom of your screen telling you this.
FREAKIN MONEY! Almost spent 4 dollars on screenshot it!!! WHOOOHOOOOOOO NICE
The screenshots have been working fine for me, but they are no longer being saved in my camera shots even though thr screenshot takes and says that its been saved in camera shots. Any ideas on what’s going on?
I’m having the same problem on my evo design 4G. i can take a screen shot and it says its saved in the camera shots, but its not there 🙁
Thanks, I was wondering how i did that. i looked everywhere on the for for the screen shot button, and couldnt find it, but there it is, lol, much abliged.
I am from Pakistan , its working absolutely fine on my evo 3d … thx for the help…
This works for my EVO 4D as well, weird? I kept doing it on accident, and honestly spent 30 minutes searching to do it on purpose! But everywhere I went they told me to root my phone! Thank you sooo much!(:
Tried it with HTC Sensation XE. Nice Tricks~!!!
I have the Evo 3D 4G, and this is not working. It’s just putting my phone to sleep. Does it matter that it’s the 4G 3D?
Nevermind! There was an upgrade that I’d missed, works great!
I went through hell, but after updating my phone it works…FINALLY! 🙂
Thank you
And yes, I’m a member of this “me too” crowd 😀
I keep trying it and its like sometime it works sometimes it dont..i just have to keep practicing….question does it matter if my phone has a lock on it or not?
yezzzzzzz thanks!!!!
Thanks for this. I was trying to figure out why I have random pics in my gallery.
This will be helpful to save some hilarious Draw Something pictures!
wow i have been doing screenshots in accident, not knowing how lol, well i know, this is sooo amazing!
THANKS so much, i was doing this accidentally and couldn’t figure out how to do it on purpose!
>>> ditto!!
Thanks!!
Works, too easy!
i would be walking home form school and i would unknowingly take a screenshot and it pissed me off so much so one night i sat for 2 hours trying to press every button combination in the hope of finding out how to take the bloody screenshot i even looked on the net and they were no help until i stumbeled across some angles who have rescued my from midnight unwanted screen shots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanx a bunch!!!!!!!!!
all these people taking accidental screenshots. I have never done them on accident. And when i purposely want to take one it takes me 10 minutes of locking/unlocking my phone before it actually takes. #sonofab!tch
i am sure that everyone’s problem is the same with me, did it but couldn’t figure out how. even though i’ve known it before, still thanks anyway for the useful info.
😀
Awesome 😀 thanks guys
i still cant do it!! after i hold down the power button and the options come out and i press screen: my recents come out instead… plzz help!!
Tnx man
It’s not working for me I’ve taken random screenshots before but its not working when i try can u tell me exactly which button is the home button maybe I am just being slow
Actually thank u lol I finally got it to work thanx!!
thanks for the tip. now I don’t need to install a screenshot app. this is awesome
No problem! 🙂 Glad it helped you out and saved you the trouble of installing & paying for an app!
This is so insane! I spent weeks trying to find an application that would let me do this, but as everybody here knows I got nowhere. But then the shots started happening by accident, because the phone is so sensitive. A group called the “geek squad” told me it had to be a fluke because the Evo will not do it. I find you, 30 seconds later I’m doing it! Thank you much!
Btw! This has got to be the craziest and funniest comment thread that I have read in quite some time. I have always been a Windows user, so Android is new to me. Thank you again!
thanks mate It happened to me accidentally and I was wondering how and tried with the power button many times and didn’t get it and I did not know about the home key and thank again.
i have been doing the same thing did it accidentally and then cound not do it purposely thanks!
Umm yeah it is not working for me. i have downloaded all of the updates and all but still nothing. can someone tell me what i am doing wrong?
Hey Devon. Try power button + vol dn key at the same time. A small picture will appear in the middle of the screen. Or try power key then wait half of a second – then home key.
Just noticed this thread. My friend has the HTC EVO 3D and I was telling him about how to do screen captures, but for some reason his would not work. later on, his voicemail wasn’t working and he factory reset his entire phone and set it up again. Voice mail worked (besides the issue)..but I said..”hey..try the screen capture (power+home)..and it worked…so for those that are all up to date and still no capture..maybe give factory reset of your phone a try, if you don’t mind going through all the setup again!
cheers!
That’s a great tip. Thanks Rob!
OMG thank you.. I was doing and not even knowing how.. then I was trying to find apps but i would have had to root my phone but I am so glad that this works..
I have the EVO 3d and my old one let me take screen shots but my new one won’t allow me!
Thanks I got a stalker, now I can prove my case with post they put up & then call them self deleting latter.
Only took me a little over a year but i found the answer on your site! Thank you so much!
Thank you sooo much. This was driving me crazy. I was doing this by accident and no clue how I was doing it, and even thought the HTC evo 3d was not capable of screen shots. I know my Asus tf201prime tablet is capable of screen shots and use it quite often. This is great knowing I now have this feature on my HTC evo 3d. Thank you
Thanks!!! My Galaxy Player v5 needed an app for screen shots. This is so much better!! None of the apps I tried worked, and this worked perfectly the first time!!! Thanks again!!
No problem! Glad it worked well for you and saved you from having to use an app! 🙂
u are awsome thanks
Thanks a lot!! I spent a lot of time chasing down what others wrote that wasn’t working. Thanks for sharing!
THanx BUDDY….! Feeling so relaxed n happy cause had a match wd xperia arc… n couldnt find da way to take a screenshot on ma cell.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u helped alo00oot.. thanx again..!
thanks so much this really helped me and now i am screen shotting everything.