iPhone 4 wont take a screen shot

Many folks find it difficult to do. It requires pressing and releasing the Home and Power buttons together very quickly.

I do it this way;

1. Press and Hold the Power button

2. Quickly press and release the Home button.

If you see a momentary flash of white on the display you were successfull and will find the screenshot in the Camera Roll of the Photos app.

Push the lock and home button at the same time the release

Nine people with iPhones in the same location with the same issue. Are these personal phones or are they company issued phones? If personal, are they bought at different times and different locations? Are they all the same model? Do they all use the same cellular carrier's service? Do they use the same carrier's service plan?

it doesnt make sence that the feature would be disabled, is it even possible? I suppose I could contact the company IT Dept

I think that until you have asked you will not know. Do the cameras function? I have heard that some companies do not allow cell phones with functioning cameras. Perhaps IT has jailbroken the phones in some way.

On my iPhone 4s I have to hold down the home key and double click the (on/off) button at the top of the iPhone. The phone then makes a sound and my screen goes black, I then unlock the phone and the photo can be found in 'photos'.

Took me a little while to work it out as it seems the 'how to' was missing a step. Hope this helps.

Thank you thank you lilemsy!!! I tried everything!! Holding the home button and double clicking the top button did it!!!

I have been frustrated for months as a single hold never worked

Thanks!!

No worries. 😉

This worked for me!!

I was having the same problem as our friend in the thread here but I had previously been able to take a capture on my 4 before using the Power and Home method described. When I did the iOS 6 update, it stopped working. Now the double tap works! Go figure...

I have the same problem with my company issued iphone 4s. When I press the home button and double press the power button, the device promptly goes to sleep. I am still looking for a solution on this one.

That isn't how you take a screen shot.

You take a screenshot by pressing and releasing the Home and Power buttons at the same time.

However, the easier method for me is to press and hold the Home button and then quickly press and release the Power button once. Quickly release the Home button after your see the screen flash white.

I know thanks,

None of that was working, but I found out why. There is a security policy where I work that is set to disable the feature. I am putting in a request to change that. I will beleive it when I see it.