How to take a Screenshot on an iPhone or iPod Touch

December 10, 2009 By Greg Mombert

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Learn how to take a screenshot on an iPhone or iPod Touch with just a few simple steps. Screenshots from the iPhone and iPod Touch can be emailed, giving you the ability to capture anything on your device and quickly show it off to friends.

Taking a screenshot with an iPhone or iPod Touch running firmware 3.0 is a very easy process. Follow the simple steps below and you can email your friends screenshots showing proof of your highest gaming scores or hilarious text messages in no time.

Locate the buttons. You need to locate the home and sleep buttons on your device. The home button is located at the bottom of the screen for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. The sleep button is on the top right for the iPhone and top left for the iPod Touch.

Take a screenshot. Press the home and sleep buttons at the same time. Your screen will flash white and you’ll hear a camera shutter sound.

Locate your screenshots. To locate the screenshots go to photos and look in camera roll. The screenshots will be located at the bottom because they are your latest images.

Download or email the image. You can either sync your device with iTunes to download the screenshots to your computer or email them to yourself or friends.

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Bigdaddy at 2:18pm 16th May 2011 I have an ipod touch with 3+ software and it used tork but not anymore i have 126 pictures; could this be why email me my problem
kjoijo at 12:47pm 16th September 2010 for it to work on OS 4 you need to hold the home button and just click the sleep button
davidrone at 2:53am 13th July 2010 Works for me on v4
iphone_addict at 4:00am 28th June 2010 wow, didn't know that. Thanks for the trick.
Terry Morse at 7:36pm 24th June 2010 Not working with software 4.0. Pressing both buttons simultaneously brings up the shut down screen.
1. Ricardo at 7:06am 19th February 2011 It does work.. you maybe pressed the sleep button only