Photo of home screen showing up in photo library

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Photo of home screen showing up in photo library

Should I be concerned that photos of my "phone locked" screen are showing up in my photo library?

Here's an example:

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7002/img0001.png

That was the first. The second came the next night at 11:44pm. I wasn't using the phone at either time.

I've installed a few apps from the app store, but that's it. No jailbreaking, etc.

iphone, 1st gen, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 31, 2009 9:06 AM

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Answer 1

tokatta

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Mar 31, 2009 9:11 AM in response to MC Ready

If you hit the home button and the power button at the same time, the iPhone will take a picture of the screen.

Are you sure you didn't push any buttons at all at this time?

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Envision99

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Mar 31, 2009 9:20 AM in response to tokatta

This is the case. I just tested it on my phone and I can still take a snapshot of the lock screen by pressing the home and sleep button together.

Don't worry about it, there is nothing wrong with your iPhone. This is just a feature that Apple included and it looks as if you accidentally triggered it to take a picture of your lock screen.

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MC Ready Author

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Mar 31, 2009 9:37 AM in response to tokatta

Yep, I totally did that while fumbling in the dark. I remember it flashing, but assumed it was just because I tried to turn it off with the power button, then on with the home button in the same half second.

I'm an idiot. Thanks guys.

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