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How to Take screen grabs on your Android cell phone with the Android SDK

Aug 2, 2010 04:47 PM

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There's a lot of questions about screen capture on Android cell phones like Motorola's Droid and the HTC Droid Incredible. Currently (and unfortunately) there is no simple way to take screenshots of you Droid's screen. There are no applications, except for ones that require a rooted phone. But this way may be the easiest for you…

This video will show you how to take screen grabs by using the Android SDK and your Android phone with a USB connection to your computer, in this case… a PC. The process should be fairly similar for Macs.

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