Screenshot in Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a MILESTONE 3 XT860

One essential feature of modern smartphones is the ability to take screenshots, capturing an image of what is currently displayed on your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860's screen.

Although there are apps for this function, you don’t need to install any additional ones, as it’s already built into the Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)| not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system.

Taking a screenshot allows you to save a WhatsApp conversation, a Tinder message, an Instagram story, a Facebook photo, or a video frame directly to your Motorola device's memory.

If, on the other hand, you want to record a video of your MILESTONE 3 XT860's screen, such as a video call, a story, a web page, or part of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen on MILESTONE 3 XT860

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860 you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Press the power key simultaneously and the volume key down. If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power key and the volume key up.

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

4- Fourth step:

Open the image gallery, the images and photos will appear sorted by date, click on the capture that you just made on your MILESTONE 3 XT860, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on MILESTONE 3 XT860

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860 because they are broken or you do not want to use them because it is a problem for you to press both buttons at the same time to take the screenshot, there is an alternative so you can continue taking screenshots without the power and volume buttons that we tell you about below:

1- First step:

Go to the screen or application you want to capture the screen on your Motorola.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

3- Third step:

Press the screenshot icon, if you don't see the icon, swipe down again to display the full panel.
If you can't see this icon, you may need to add it to the shortcuts panel.

4- Fourth step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your Motorola phone or tablet.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

How to capture a full page in Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860?

If what you want is to capture a complete web page, a chat or an application with "scroll" on your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860, even if this function is not yet incorporated into Android, you can do it if the operating system is updated to the latest version since Motorola has incorporated it into its layer of personalization.

To take a scrolling screenshot of a web page, WhatsApp conversation, or any other app on your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860, use the method described above. Once the screenshot is taken, it will appear along with the screenshot menu for a few seconds in the bottom left corner.

Before the menu disappears, tap "Scroll" and wait while the screen scrolls to capture all the content.

If you want to stop the screenshot, press the "Stop" button at the bottom of the screen. This is especially useful for very long or infinite scrolls, which could create an excessively large image and potentially slow down the system.

Once the screenshot is complete, it will be saved in the MILESTONE 3 XT860's image gallery, where you can edit and share it on social networks.

About the device:

Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860 is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 123.3 x 64.1 x 12.9 mm (4.85 x 2.52 x 0.51 in), a weight of 184 grams, a screen size of 4.0 inches (~55.8% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 540 x 960 pixels (~275 ppi pixel density).

It has Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 processor (CPU), a graphics card (GPU) PowerVR SGX540,a 512 MB RAM RAM memory, and an internal memory of 8 GB.

The Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860 comes from the factory with the Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)| not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system.

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