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How to Take Screenshots on Android Without Root

You can take screenshots from an Android phone without root.

Android already allows the shell user to capture normal, non-secure windows through the system screenshot path. The catch is that the usual command is not very friendly:

adb exec-out screencap -p > screen.png

It works. It is also slow, always PNG, and awkward when you are taking screenshots inside a loop.

Handsets gives you a smaller command:

hs see screen.jpg

No root. No installed app. Just adb.