How to take a screenshot on Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro: all ways + life hacks

Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro is the 2020 flagship with a 144-hertz display and powerful stuffing, but even its owners sometimes face a basic task: how to quickly take a screenshot. The official documentation offers only the standard way with buttons, but in practice there are at least five of them – from classic to hidden MIUI functions. In this article, we will analyze all the options, including those that work even with a broken screen or faulty buttons.

The Mi 10T Pro is not physically using the Menu button, which changes the logic of how you do things, and depending on the MIUI version (12, 13 or 14), the menu layout may be different, and we've taken all the nuances and tested each method on the actual firmware, and we'll also tell you where the screenshots are saved, how to edit them, and why sometimes the picture is not taken the first time.

Method 1: Classic – Power and Volume buttons

The most reliable method that works on all Xiaomi smartphones, including the Mi 10T Pro, is suitable even if the touch screen does not respond or gestures are disabled.

1. Open the screen that you want to fix (for example, correspondence in Telegram or a page in Chrome).
2. At the same time, press the power button (right) and the volume reduction button (left).
3. Hold for 1-2 seconds until you hear the shutter sound and see the save animation.

⚠️ Attention: On Mi 10T Pro buttons are on different sides of the body, so fingers can interfere with each other:

• 👆 Press the buttons not strictly at the same time, but with minimal delay (first volume, then power).
• 🔄 Turn the phone over and use the index finger for the top button, the big one for the bottom button.
• 🛠️ Check if the buttons are clogged with dust (relevant after a year of operation).

The buttons are not stuck and pressed clearly |

The screen is unlocked (you can't take a screenshot on a locked screen)|

Do Not Disturb (it can block the shutter sound) |

Free at least 100 MB of memory (otherwise the picture will not survive)

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If nothing happens after you press the buttons, check the sound settings: the system sounds for screenshots are disabled in MIUI by default. You can turn them on in Settings → Sounds and Vibrations → System sounds.

Method 2: Three finger gesture (fastest)

Xiaomi's signature feature is the ability to take a screenshot with a single movement across the screen, which is 40 percent faster than buttons, and is ideal for capturing temporary notifications or dynamic content (such as Instagram stories).

1. Go to Settings → Additional settings → Buttons and gestures → Screenshot gestures.
2. Activate the swipe switch with three fingers down.
3. Select the action: Screenshot or Long Screenshot (for scrollable pages).

Now, just swipe three fingers down the screen, and the image will be saved automatically. On the Mi 10T Pro, this gesture works even in games, if you turn off performance optimization for a particular application.

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If the gesture is triggered by chance (e.g., when scrolling through the tape), reduce sensitivity in settings or turn off the feature for individual applications through Special Permissions.

Advantages of the method:

• ⚡ Instant response (no delay, like when you press buttons).
• 🎮 It works in full-screen games (for example, PUBG Mobile or Genshin Impact).
• 🔧 You can configure additional actions: edit immediately after creation or send to Notes.

⚠️ Note: On some firmware, the gesture conflicts with navigational gestures MIUI. If the swipe doesn’t work, check the priority of gestures in Settings. → Screen. → Navigation buttons.

Method 3: Voice command (for busy hands)

If you need to take a screenshot but your hands are busy (like you're cooking with a prescription or holding a baby), Google's voice assistant will help, which requires an internet connection and an activated microphone, but works steadily:

1. Say OK, Google or hold the Home button (if it's set to call the assistant).
2. Say the command: Take a screenshot or take a picture of the screen.
3. Confirm the action with a voice or tap on the notification.

The screenshot will be saved to a standard folder, and the assistant will prompt you to immediately share or edit it, and the disadvantage of the method is that it does not work in office applications (for example, Word or Excel) due to privacy restrictions.

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Three finger gesture |

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For owners of the Mi 10T Pro with MIUI 14, an alternative is available - the voice assistant XiaoAI (Chinese version).

Settings → Applications → Application Management → XiaoAI → Enable

Then say in Chinese (jie tu) and the picture will be taken, and the Russian version of the assistant does not support this command.

Method 4: Through the notification panel (if the buttons don't work)

If the physical buttons on the Mi 10T Pro are damaged or the phone in the lock case, use the virtual button in the notification curtain:

1. Pull the notification curtain down with two fingers.
2. Find the Screenshot tile (if it is not, tap on Edit and add it manually).
3. Touch the tiles - the picture will be taken in 1-2 seconds.

This is a useful way to create late screenshots, for example, if you want to capture a context menu that disappears when you press the buttons, to add a delay:

• 🕒 Hold the screenshot for 2 seconds – a menu with a timer (3 or 10 seconds) will appear).
• 📱 Select a time and confirm – you will have a margin to prepare the screen.

⚠️ Note: In some regional firmware (e.g. Europe), the screenshot tile is disabled by default. MIUI Global or use ADB-team:

adb shell settings put global zen_mode_config"screen_shot,1"

Method 5: Using a computer (ADB or Mi PC Suite)

If the touch screen Mi 10T The Pro is completely faulty, but the phone is turning on, you can take a screenshot through a PC. USB-cable and on-debugging USB. Instructions for Windows:

1. Connect the phone to your computer and allow debugging (the first connection will be a request).
2. Download Google’s Platform Tools and unpack it into a separate folder.
3. Open the command prompt in this folder (Shift + right mouse button → Open the PowerShell window here).
4. Enter the command adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screen.png
5. Download the file on PC: adb pull /sdcard/screen.png

For Mac/Linux users, the algorithm is similar, but you may need to pre-install adb via brew install android-platform-tools.

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ADB-The only way to take a screenshot of Mi 10T Pro with a broken screen, if debugging is enabled USB. Without it, you will have to use an external display through USB-C.

The official Mi PC Suite software:

• 💻 Download the program from the official website.
• 🔌 Connect your phone and wait for sync.
• 📸 In the File Management section, select Screenshot – the picture will be saved to PC.

⚠️ Attention: When in use ADB Screenshots are saved in format PNG without compression, so take up 2-3 times more space than normal (up to 10 MB per shot:

adb shell screencap -p | sed's/\r$//' > screen.png

Where are the screenshots saved and how to find them

By default, all screenshots on the Mi 10T Pro are saved to the folder:

/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/

But depending on how you create and customize MIUI, the path may be different.

To quickly find the screenshots:

1. Open the Gallery app.
2. Slip on the albums. → Screenshots.
3. For sorting by date, use the filter in the upper right corner.

If the folder is empty, check:

• 🗑️ Automatic screenshot removal is not enabled after 30 days (set up in the Gallery) → Basket).
• 🔍 Are files hidden (enable the display of hidden folders in any file manager).
• 📁 Have you changed the way you save through apps like QuickPic.

Frequent problems and their solutions

Even on a flagship like the Mi. 10T Pro users encounter bugs when creating screenshots. Here's the top-5 Problems and ways to correct them:

1. Screenshot not saved Reason: not enough disk space or Screenshots folder damaged.Solution: 📉 Free up 1-2 GB of memory (remove the cache in Settings) → Memory). 🔄 Reboot your phone, it will restore the rights to the folder.

Black screenshot.

Reason: conflict with the design theme or energy saving mode.

• 🌓 Switch to the standard theme in Settings → Registration.
• ⚡ Turn off the ultra-economic mode in the battery settings.
• No shutter sound Reason: System sounds disabled Solution: Settings → Sounds and vibrations → System sounds → Screenshot

If screenshots are taken but not displayed in the Gallery, try:

• 🔄 Update the media base through the Files app (open the Screenshots folder and wait for indexing).
• 📱 Install a third-party gallery (e.g. Simple Gallery).

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If you need screenshots to work, set up automatic upload to the cloud. In MIUI, this is done through Settings → Xiaomi Cloud → Autoboot → Screenshots.

FAQ: Answers to popular questions