How to Take a Screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy S2

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Last Updated: October 10, 2022

To take a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy S2 or tablet, press and hold the Power and Home buttons at the same time. If your device does not have a Home button, you can press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. You'll be able to find your screenshots in the Screenshots album in your Gallery app.

Method 1

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S2 Devices With a Home Button

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Determine that your S2 has a Home button. This is a large button located at the bottom-center of the front of the S2. Pressing this button will take you to your Home screen when you're in another app.
- If you don't have a Home button, you can take screenshots with a different key combination.
2
Find your Power button. The Power button is located along the right side of the S2. It is normally used to turn the screen on or off.

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3
Open the screen you want to take a screenshot of. You can capture anything that displays on your device, but you may have difficulty with streaming video.
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Press and hold the Power and the Home buttons. Start pressing and holding both buttons at the same time.
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Hold both buttons for about a second.
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Release the buttons when the screenshot is taken. You'll see the screen dim for a moment and may hear a shutter sound. This indicates that the screenshot has been taken.^{[1]
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Tap the Gallery app.
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Tap the Screenshots album. Your screenshots will be collected here.

Method 2

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S2 Devices Without a Home Button

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Open the screen you want to capture. You can take screenshots of any app, but you may encounter difficulty with streaming video.
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Find your Power button. You'll find this button along the right side of the S2.
3
Find your Volume Down button. This rocker button can be found along the left side of the S2.
4
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. Start pressing both buttons at the same time. make sure you're pressing Volume Down, and not Volume Up.
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Release the two buttons when you see the screen dim. This indicates that a screenshot was taken. you may also hear a shutter sound.
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Tap the Gallery app on your S2.
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Tap the Screenshots album.
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Find your new screenshot. The screenshots will be labeled by date.^{[2]
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Community Q&A

Question

What if pressing the home and volume buttons just brings up the shut down screen?

Community Answer

Make sure you press the volume first, then quickly slide your finger up to the power button. This works for me.