Xiaomi: How to make a screen screen – a full guide

Smartphone owners often face the need to quickly capture information, correspondence or image. The question of how to screen a screen on Xiaomi remains one of the most popular among users who first switched from other platforms. The interface of the shell MIUI or the new HyperOS offers many options for doing this task, far beyond the standard combination of buttons.

Modern devices allow you to take pictures of the display in a split second using familiar gestures or voice commands. This greatly simplifies the work with content, making the process of sharing information as fast and convenient as possible. In this article, we will discuss in detail all available methods, including hidden functions that can be useful in various situations.

Regardless of whether you have a budget Redmi or a flagship Xiaomi, the algorithms will be similar, although the location of menu items may vary slightly. Understanding all the nuances will help you manage media more efficiently and avoid losing important data at the most inopportune time.

Classical method using physical buttons

The most common and reliable way that works on the vast majority of Android smartphones, including Xiaomi products, is to press two keys simultaneously. You need to press the volume button and the on button at the same time. You do not need to hold them for long, short and clear pressing is enough.

If the device responds to commands normally, you will hear the characteristic sound of the camera shutter, and a thumbnail of the image will appear in the corner of the screen, a basic method that is guaranteed to work even if the touch screen temporarily stopped responding to touch or there was a malfunction in the interface.

It is worth noting that on some models with physical buttons under the screen (which were found in older versions), the logic may have differed, but in modern realities the combination "Loudness down" + "Power" is a universal standard.

• 📸 Pressing buttons at the same time is the fastest way to deal with stress.
• 🔊 The sound signal confirms the successful saving of the file in the gallery.
• 📂 The miniature in the corner allows you to immediately go to editing or cropping.

Manage screenshots through the Quick Settings menu

For those who are physically uncomfortable reaching for the buttons on the case, or if one of them is faulty, there is a software alternative. At the top of the screen is a notification curtain that you need to swipe down. Among the many icons you will find an icon with the image of the scissors, which is responsible for creating the picture.

This method is especially handy when the phone is lying on the table or you hold it with one hand and the other controls the interface.If the scissors icon is not on the first page, try to open the curtain again or press the pencil (panel editing) to add this feature to the active ones.

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where the button simply disappeared from the list of available, in which case you need to go to the control panel settings and drag the screenshot icon from the list of available widgets to the active zone, which takes a couple of seconds, but returns convenient access to the function.

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If you often take screenshots, move the scissors icon to the very top of the quick settings list so you don’t search for it every time.

Using a software button also eliminates the risk of random changes in media volume, which sometimes occurs when you sloppy press physical keys, making the method preferable for those who appreciate silence or watch video with headphones.

Screenshots with three fingers and other gestures

The MIUI shell is famous for its clever gestures that dramatically speed up interaction with the device. One of the most useful features is the ability to take a screenshot just by swiping three fingers from top to bottom across the screen, which is spectacular and instantaneous.

To activate this option, you need to go to the settings, select the "Additional" section and find the "Screenshots" option, where you need to switch the "Three fingers" switch to the active position, and then the system will recognize the touch of three fingers as a command to capture the image.

⚠️ Warning: The function may not work properly if a thick, low-quality protective glass is glued onto the screen, which distorts the multi-touch signal.

In addition to the standard shot, you can set up a long screenshot (scrollable) in the same menu, and after you grab the screen (by any means) you need to select a button with arrows down from the menu that appears, the phone will scroll the page and glue the image into one long picture, which is ideal for saving correspondence or web pages.

• 🖐️ A three-finger gesture saves time and looks professional.
• 📜 Long screenshot allows you to save entire articles without cropping.
• ⚙️ The setting is available under "Additional Features" or "Special Features".

Voice control and Mi AI assistant

Modern technology allows you to control your smartphone almost without touching, and if you're busy or in a situation where you're in a situation where you're not comfortable touching the screen, you can use a voice assistant, and on the global versions it's Google Assistant, on the Chinese version it's Mi AI, but the principle of operation is similar.

Just say "Take a screenshot" (or "Take a screenshot" in English), and the system will execute the request, which requires you to pre-set the voice assistant activation and allow it to access screen functions, and in some cases, you may need to confirm the action.

This may seem redundant for everyday use, but it becomes an indispensable tool for people with disabilities or in specific use cases, such as when driving a drone or shooting video from a screen of another device.

Automation and additional settings

There are features in advanced system settings that make the process even more flexible, such as setting up an automatic concealment of the notification panel before creating a snapshot so that there is no extra debris in the image, and this is done through the screenshot editing menu that appears immediately after capture.

You can also add watermarks with the phone model and the time of creation, which is useful for bloggers or those who maintain documentation where time and device binding is important, and you can set up in the same section as gesture management.

Developers and testers may be interested in the audio screen recording feature, which is often combined with screenshot tools, and in newer versions of HyperOS, these features are combined into a single media management center.

Remember to clean the folder of screenshots regularly, as they take up space in memory and can slow down the gallery when indexing.Automatic date sorting helps, but manual control is still necessary.

Problem Solving and Frequently Asked Questions

Sometimes users find screenshots no longer saved or black images are created, often due to app security policies, and banking programs, incognito browsers, and some streaming services block screenshots from being taken to protect sensitive data.

In these cases, the system either ignores the command or saves a black rectangle. You can't get around this with standard tools without root rights, which is not recommended for the average user for security reasons. If the problem occurs in regular applications, try restarting the device.

⚠️ Warning: Attempts to install third-party apps to bypass screenshot protection in banking programs can lead to account locking or data theft.

If screenshots are created but not visible in the gallery, check the settings for the hidden albums, and sometimes the system hides them in a separate Screenshots folder inside the main gallery, and you need to manually open access to this album.

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The main cause of screenshot problems is not a phone malfunction, but rather security limitations of specific applications or a device’s overcrowded memory.