{"id":15425,"date":"2011-03-01T18:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=15425"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:03:58","slug":"android-2-3-3-gingerbread-to-allow-screenshots-without-rooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-2-3-3-gingerbread-to-allow-screenshots-without-rooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 2.3.3. Gingerbread to allow screenshots without rooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a former Android user, I could never understand why I couldn&#8217;t take <strong>screenshots<\/strong> on my phone as easily as I could on my iPod Touch. Taking screenshots on Android phone required having root access on your device, or using the SDK for Android &#8211; which wasn&#8217;t the best solution either. Luckily it seems that this issue will finally be sorted out in the upcoming Android version <strong>2.3.3<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Gingerbread<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15427\" title=\"android-screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/03\/android-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/03\/android-screenshot.jpg 500w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/03\/android-screenshot-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/android-233-allow-screenshots-without-rooting\">Androidcentral<\/a>, the <strong>root-free screenshot feature<\/strong> will be implemented in this new version of Android, meaning that applications created by third-party developers will be allowed to grab whatever is being displayed on the screen. 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