How to Screenshot on BlackBerry
Many times, in order to get help on a forum or service, or to tell a friend how to do something with a computer, the screen capture images or "snapshots" are invaluable. With the increasing complexity and functionality of mobile phones, this resource is also useful in the case of our favorite gadgets.
Last night, surfing the support page for the BlackBerry out of curiosity (which is what has to be boring to 7,000 km from home), I found the official mechanism to capture the active screen at one time on your BlackBerry phone , so you can explain a problem or a solution. Just to be near a PC with the desktop program for managing BlackBerry device, download photos, videos and other installed and the USB cable that comes with the BlackBerry.
USB device connects to the PC. Do not run the BlackBerry Desktop program, if it is running, quit it.
Opens a command prompt: Windows Menu> Run ...> type cmd [ENTER]
Navigate to the directory c:\Program Files\Common Files\Research in Motion\AppLoader (on computers configured in English, C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader) by typing the following, with quotes including: cd "c: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ Research in Motion \ AppLoader" [INTRO]
To store the current screen on the phone in the d:, type: Loader.exe / screenshot d: \ pantallazo.bmp [INTRO]
The images are obtained in BMP format, which is characterized by not being compressed. If you're going to send someone this image by email, or upload to a website, a good idea to reformat it with a program such as Paint or GIMP.
On the other hand, there are additional considerations if the phone is password protected or if the Windows version is 64 bit, for more information, this is the original link to that page in the BlackBerry Technical Support (in English). The above solution is for versions of Windows 32 bits.
More information is also on the Web if you want a way to store screen shots without having to have a computer nearby. For example, in How To Capture Screenshots of your BlackBerry Screen (in English).
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