Taking screenshots on your G1 - Even if you have RC30

[shlongwoodian]

not in vain. it's super easy to do. 1) download and install the Android SDK 2) connect your G1 in USB Debug Mode 3) point Windows to the driver located in the directory the Android SDK was extracted to.

that's all, very easy. anyone who can unzip a .ZIP file and connect their phone can do this. weeeeee!!!



oh, question though, what do you mean by "RC/linux console"? RC = Release Candidate? (typically what it means to me). i'm running Windows XP, i downloaded the free SDK and there's a driver, that's it. the only thing Linux here is the kernel inside Android. sure sounded super flashy though!

[JohnnyLicious]

it was pretty easy.

mac is even easier to do. dont gotta download any extra drivers

- just download Android SDK
- unzip
- open ddms
- opens the debug mode app
- go up to the menu bar click device and screenshot

and tada

life is great on android yayayaya

[rynosaur]

not in vain. it's super easy to do. 1) download and install the Android SDK 2) connect your G1 in USB Debug Mode 3) point Windows to the driver located in the directory the Android SDK was extracted to.

that's all, very easy. anyone who can unzip a .ZIP file and connect their phone can do this. weeeeee!!!



oh, question though, what do you mean by "RC/linux console"? RC = Release Candidate? (typically what it means to me). i'm running Windows XP, i downloaded the free SDK and there's a driver, that's it. the only thing Linux here is the kernel inside Android. sure sounded super flashy though!

There are definitely plenty of advantages to being able to ADB/ddms into the G1, many of which I haven't used yet. I mis-typed when I wrote "Rc/linux console" I meant PC/linux console. It is much easier to do in Ubuntu than it is in Vista. I would recommend people use Ubuntu Live CD to do it if they don't want to install Linux itself.

[shlongwoodian]

okay, so if you want to take screen shots without doing all the root stuff (which on its own is great, but not everyone wants to do that just to get a screen shot), here's what i have done on two Windows XP SP2 computers...

1. download the Android SDK via the following URL => http://code.google.com/android/download.html

i run Windows, so i selected the .zip file for Windows and saved it to my computer(s)...





2. once the .zip file has finished downloading, you need to extract it to a particular location. this is done by right-clicking the .zip file (again, this be fer Windows) and choosing "Extract All" (built-in to Windows XP) or in my case, "Extract To XXXXX" via WinRAR...



i chose to extract my files to c:\android...



which left me with the full path to the Android SDK as C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2.

3. now we need to set the Environment Variable, more specifically, the Path System Variable for the Android SDK. this is done by right-clicking My Computer, clicking Properties, clicking the Advanced tab and then the Environment Variables button. this brings up this screen...



click "Path" and then click "Edit" to get to the following screen...



place a semi-colon (i can't believe some people still don't know the difference between ; and : but, whatever) at the end of the existing text and then paste ('cause you don't trust yourself to type) the path to where you have unpacked the Android SDK, more specifically, the \tools directory. again, in my case, C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools.

now it's time to connect the G1 in USB Debug Mode!

4. on your G1, click Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and make sure there is a check next to "USB debugging"...



5. when you connect your G1, Windows will find new hardware. select "No, not this time" and click Next...



select "Install from a specific location (Advanced)" and click Next...



now you need to specify the location to which you have extracted the Android SDK, more specifically, the usb driver within said extracted contents. in my case, i extracted to C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2, so i need to tell the Found New Hardware Wizard about C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\usb_driver...





once i click OK and the Next, the driver is installed...





and in Device Manager, my device shows up as...



now we're ready to launch Dalvik Debug Monitor so we can take screen shots!

6. browse to the tools folder in the Android SDK folder (in my example, C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools) and double-click the file named ddms.bat.



this launches a command window and eventually, the Dalvik Debug Monitor...





*you may need to actually <click> your G1/HTC device over on the left there.

hit ctrl + s or Device > Screen capture... to start capturing images from your G1...



this should cover anyone running Windows XP! in a nutshell, we...

1. download the Android SDK
2. extract the files that are the Android SDK
3. specify the Path to the Android SDK
4. connect the G1 in USB Debug mode
5. install the driver found in the Android SDK sub-folder \usb_driver

hope this helps!

[mixpix405]

Ok, so I've gotten it to work... Kinda.

I've been able to make these (and more) random screenshots:






Unfortunately, I've got a strange problem. The method mentions works just fine - but only for about 15 seconds after first connecting the G1 to my computer.

Running Vista Home Premium 32bit

Anyone else had the same problem? Or similar? I just have to disconnect/reconnect the G1, but that's annoying.

And yes, I've thought about the fact that the driver may not work with Vista - but it obviously works - at least partially... else I wouldn't have been able to make ANY screenshots.

[mixpix405]

bump bump!

Anyone able to help me out?

[JohnnyLicious]

i wanna see more screenshots

where is everyone!!!

[mixpix405]

ShopSavvy scanning a bottle of Diet Coke

Unfortunately, I'm still having the problem of only being able to take screenshots for about 10-15 seconds after initially connecting to the PC...

help?

[JohnnyLicious]

Unfortunately, I'm still having the problem of only being able to take screenshots for about 10-15 seconds after initially connecting to the PC...

help?

hmm thats odd, maybe it has to be with your sdcard? maybe reformat and try to see if it takes screenshot quicker.

[mixpix405]

hmm thats odd, maybe it has to be with your sdcard? maybe reformat and try to see if it takes screenshot quicker.

I really don't see how the SD card would have anything to do with this... Screenshots aren't saved there, the SDK can't access the SD card, etc... And it's not a problem of taking screenshots "quicker"... I can only take screenshots FOR about 10-15 seconds after connecting... Meaning, in the first 10-15 seconds after connecting my G1 to the PC, I can take as many screenshots as I want... But after 15 seconds or so, the DDMS app just says "Screen not available" instead of the successful screenshot.