How to take a screenshot of the screen on the Xiaomi phone

Modern Xiaomi and Redmi smartphones have become powerful multimedia centers where users spend a significant amount of time. Saving visual information from the screen is one of the most popular features, whether it is saving correspondence, a ticket to a concert or a game result. The MIUI operating system and the new HyperOS have many ways to capture an image, from classic to advanced.

Understanding all the methods available will allow you to act instantly in any situation, especially when you need to quickly screen a map or an important dialogue without interrupting the current task, and then we will discuss in detail each method available and fine-tuning the system.

Classical method using physical buttons

The most common and quickest way most smartphone owners are familiar with is using hardware buttons. This method requires both the volume reduction and the power button to be pressed simultaneously. On devices with a Touch ID, the power button is often combined with the scanner, but the principle of operation remains unchanged.

It's important to press the buttons simultaneously, not sequentially. If you press the power button earlier, the smartphone can respond to a long press and offer a shutdown menu or call the Google Assistant voice assistant. A short, confident tap guarantees an instant shutter click and a thumbnail in the upper right corner of the screen.

This method works even when the touchscreen is partially unresponsive or blocked, but when using one hand on large Xiaomi smartphones, reaching both buttons is physically inconvenient, and shell software solutions come to the rescue in such situations.

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If the volume buttons are tight, try first to press the volume button slightly, and then, without letting it go, add the power button press.

Use of control panel and notification curtain

The second most popular way that doesn't require physical manipulation of the body buttons is to use a notification curtain, which requires swiping your finger from the top edge of the screen down to open the control center, and among the quick access icons, you should find an item called "Screenshot" or a scissor icon.

Once you click on the icon, the system automatically snaps a picture of the current contents of the display, which is ideal when the smartphone is lying on the table or connected to the docking station, and you don't want to pick it up to press the buttons. The MIUI interface allows you to flexibly adjust the position of this icon.

If you don't find the button in the top row, click on the edit icon (usually a pencil or three dots in the corner). In the menu that opens, you can drag the Screenshot icon to the active area so that it is always at hand. This action does not require root rights and is accessible from the box.

Gestures and control without touching buttons

The MIUI shell is famous for its convenience, and one of the most elegant solutions is to take screenshots with gestures. The Three Fingers feature allows you to take a screenshot just by swiping three fingers from top to bottom across the display. This action works in most applications and system interfaces.

To activate this feature, you need to go to the system settings. The path may vary slightly depending on the firmware version, but it is usually located at: Settings → Additional settings → Screenshot. Here you need to switch the slider "Three-finger Screenshot" to the active position.

There is also a lesser-known but useful "Triple Knock" gesture, which is that tapping three fingers lightly on the screen also causes a snapshot to be created, a technique that may be more convenient than swiping in applications where vertical scrolling is the main one (such as in a browser or news feed) to avoid accidentally scrolling the page while creating a screenshot.

Long screenshot and function of the Scroll

One of the most sought-after features in Xiaomi’s ecosystem is creating long screenshots, or “scrolls,” which is indispensable when you want to save long WhatsApp or Telegram correspondence, a web page or a contact list that doesn’t fit on a single screen.

After you've taken a regular screenshot (in any of the ways described above), a thumbnail appears in the upper right corner for a few seconds, and it will have a button with an arrow down or a scroll icon on it, and when you click on it, the system will automatically scroll down the page, stitching the image into one long tape.

The scroll stops by touching the screen at any time, but the maximum length of the scroll is limited by the system, usually around 100 screens or a certain pixel limit in height, and if the content is too large, the system will suggest that you keep what you have already shot.

Advanced settings: timer, sound and formats

There are some useful options hidden in the screenshot settings menu that allow you to tailor the process to your needs, and you can turn on a delay timer, which gives you time to remove your fingers from the screen or open the desired pop-up menu before shooting.

This section also configures the save format. JPG is the default, but for text documents or diagrams, it is better to choose PNG, since this format does not lose quality when compressed and clearly displays small details.

The feature “Hide the elements of the interface” deserves special attention. When activated, the system will try to automatically remove the status bar (time, battery, network) and the bottom navigation bar from the screenshot, making the image cleaner and more presentable.

Below is a table with the main settings of screenshots for quick orientation:

Editing and working with the clipboard

Once you've created a picture, the system offers basic editing tools, so you can cut the edges, add text, draw by hand, or blur sensitive data (such as card numbers or passwords) with the Blurring tool.

The thing about MIUI is that it's a smart clipboard, so if you put it in a chat or a note right after you create a screenshot, it's copied as an image, but if you try to paste it into a text editor, the system can suggest that you recognize text (OCR) and paste the text content of the image.

All images created are automatically saved to the gallery in Screenshots, from which they can be sent, deleted or edited later.

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Use the blur tool immediately after the screenshot is taken so you don’t forget to hide your personal details before sending the image.

Problem Solving: Why a Screenshot Is Not Getting

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where the usual methods do not work, most often due to the security limitations of Android. applications of the banking sector, the Incognito mode in the browser and some streaming services block the ability to create screenshots to protect your data and copyright.

In such cases, a black screen may appear on the screenshot or the system will simply ignore the command, it is not a malfunction of the phone, and problems may occur if the system has a temporary interface failure.

If screenshots are no longer created in all applications, try restarting the device. In rare cases, cleaning the cache of the system application Screenshot through the application management menu helps, but a simple reboot is usually enough.

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When you try to take a screenshot in a banking app, you get a black screen.This is normal Android security behavior, not a bug from your Xiaomi.

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