Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

How to take screenshot or screen capture in a Xperia Z1 Compact

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 Xperia Z1 Compact.

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 4.3 (Jelly Bean)| upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop) 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 device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, 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 Xperia Z1 Compact

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 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 Xperia Z1 Compact, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

Home screen

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.

Screenshot in Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.

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 Z1 Compact, 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 Z1 Compact

1- First step:

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

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. 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 Z1 Compact screenshot icon

4- Fourth step:

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

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 Xperia Z1 Compact?

To take a screenshot with scrolling on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application of your Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 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 Z1 Compact image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

Scrollshot in Xperia Z1 Compact

About the device:

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 127 x 64.9 x 9.5 mm (5.0 x 2.56 x 0.37 in), a weight of 137 grams, a screen size of 4.3 inches (~61.8% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels (~342 ppi pixel density).

It has a processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, a graphics card Adreno 330, a RAM memory 2 GB RAM and an internal memory of 16 GB.

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact comes from the factory with the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)| upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop) operating system.

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