Screenshot in Sony Ericsson Xperia ray

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a Xperia ray

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 Sony Ericsson Xperia ray.

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 (Gingerbread)| upgradable to 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 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 Sony Ericsson device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Sony Ericsson Xperia ray, 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 Sony Ericsson Xperia ray

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Sony Ericsson Xperia ray 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 Sony Ericsson Xperia ray, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

Home screen

2- Second step:

Press simultaneously the power button of your Sony Ericsson and the volume button below. If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power button and the volume up button.

Screenshot in Sony Ericsson Xperia ray

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Sony Ericsson Xperia ray.

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.

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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 Xperia ray, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

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Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on Xperia ray

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray 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 Sony Ericsson.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Sony Ericsson Xperia ray. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

Open Android quick panel

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.

Xperia ray screenshot icon

4- Fourth step:

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

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 Sony Ericsson Xperia ray?

To take a screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Sony Ericsson Xperia ray 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.

Before it disappears, click on the "Capture more" icon and an editing menu will appear where you can select up to what point on the screen you want to capture.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the Xperia ray image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

Scrollshot in Xperia ray

About the device:

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm (4.37 x 2.09 x 0.37 in), a weight of 100 grams, a screen size of 3.3 inches (~51.0% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 480 x 854 pixels (~297 ppi pixel density).

It has a processor 1.0 GHz Scorpion, a graphics card Adreno 205, a RAM memory 512 MB RAM and an internal memory of 1 GB (300 MB us.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray comes from the factory with the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)| upgradable to 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system.

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