Screenshot in Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860

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

An essential feature of modern mobile phones and tablets is the ability to take screenshots, or capture an image of what is currently displayed on the screen of your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860.

While there are apps that can perform this function, you don't need to install any additional apps as it is already included in the Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)| not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system.

When you take a screenshot, you can save a WhatsApp conversation, Tinder message, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video frame in the memory of your Motorola device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Motorola 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 should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

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 phone or tablet Motorola.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

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 screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Motorola MILESTONE 3 XT860 take the screenshot with the method indicated above, when taking the screenshot the capture will appear and the screenshot menu for a few seconds at the bottom left.

Before it disappears, click on "Scroll" icon and wait while the scroll is made on the screen, capturing all the content.

When you want to cut the screenshot, press the "Stop" button that appears at the bottom of the screen, since if the web page or application has a very long or infinite scroll it can generate an image that is too large and block the system.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the MILESTONE 3 XT860 image gallery and 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 a processor Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9, a graphics card PowerVR SGX540, a RAM memory 512 MB RAM 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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