This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to take screenshots of your BlackBerry screens.
- Start out by downloading Caputre It from http://www.thetechmogul.com/CaptureIt/CaptureIt.jad. It’s an over the air installation, so I’ve created a “shorter” URL to type out in your BlackBerry browser: http://is.gd/8fsD.
- Install it as you would any other BlackBerry app.
- Once installed, it will appear in your list of BlackBerry Applications. Don’t click it quite yet – otherwise you’ll be taking a screenshot of your Application list. The first thing to do is assign it a Convenience Key.
- Instead, select Options from your Application list.
- Select Screen/Keyboard from the list of Options
- Scroll down a bit until you get to the Convenience Key section. I prefer to use the Voice Dialing Convenience Key to take screenshots, because I never use the Voice Dialing feature. You can of course select a different Convenience Key. Click on the key you want to change
- Select Capture It from the list of applications
- You should now have Capture It as the application assigned to your selected Convenience Key
- Exit out of the Options, and when prompted, make sure to select Save.
- Now each time you click your assigned Convenience Key, Capture It will take a screenshot of whatever is displayed on your BlackBerry screen.
Thanks for highlighting this neat piece of software.
CaptureIt put a menu item into your BlackBerry menu as well. Using that will get a screen shot, without the menu in it. May not work in some third party programs, though.
J
I installed this and when I launch the application, I get an error. The error is “Error starting CaptureIt: Symbol ‘JPEGEncodedImage.encode’ not found.” I am using an 8830.
The reason you get that error is because jpegencodedimage.encode really is not found. If you have the 8830, most likely you also have the OS version 4.2.2.xxx. The next upgrade should do it for you. If your BB is setup as an enterprise device you may have to request the upgrade from your I.T. Department.
Exceltente articulo, estaba de viaje y necesitaba enviar un screenshot de mi ubicacion por correo (tengo un blackberry bold, estoy en venezuela y uso google maps) y con este articulo no tuve problemas! Muchisimas gracias!
Hi,
welches BlackBerry hast du und welches Theme ist das?
Gruß
Cool
Soo… what do you do to retrieve the screencap?
I used the “capture it” program and all I got was a white screen. No picture was visible in the media section.
Thanks for the information – was able to install Capture It easily – and now have the screenshots needed.
I as well with kevin cannot take screenshots, I “capture it” and all i get in the media section is a white screen… Any help?
I’ve just installed Capture it on my Bold 9700. Like Kevin and Ryan I also get a white screen. Advice appreciated.
I finally figured out how to use CaptureIt!!!!! Well… Actually took me an hour searching for an answer on how to fix that white screen when you use CaptureIt. Go to this link http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458865 . On your phone, go to Options, then click on Applications, then look for the CaptureIt icon, click menu, Edit permission.