How to take screenshots of Xoom?

keitht · Mar 6, 2011

I started this to discuss how to take screenshots with the Xoom. Here are the instructions that work for me. If something is not working for you, reply here and we will see if we can get you up and running.

You have to have the Android SDK loaded on your computer:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

You will also need Java Development Kit installed (make sure you download the proper version for your OS. Use Windows for 32-bit and Windows x64 for 64-bit):
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/[email protected]_Developer

You run the ddms.bat file from the Android SDK tools folder in a CMD window (to see if there are any errors). While you can just double click the file, if it doesn't bring up the application window, there may be an error that will not be displayed unless you launch it from a CMD window. If you didn't change the default installation path when installing the Android SDK, you will find the ddms.bat in C:\Program Files\Android\Android-SDK\tools.

The Xoom will need to be in debug mode under Settings > Applications > Development. When you launch ddms.bat successfully, a window will launch and you select your device from the list and choose Device > Screen Capture. You do not have to be rooted. See attached screenshot of the main application window.

If you still have problems especially getting the computer to recognize the Xoom in debug mode, follow the instructions here: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...vers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers?pubid=987654

EDIT: I will tweak the instructions based on input provided in replies.

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 5:33 PM

Ok, I uninstalled everything and reinstalled... still the same issue. Here is what I get when I run in the CMD window (notice that I installed the Android SDK in C: Program Files (x86) \ instead of C:\Programs Files\ like I did in the other thread. The reason being is that I installed the Java in Program Files (x86) also and I didn't know if that mattered. For some reason I have a Program Files folder and a Program Files (x86) Folder and most of my programs, it seems, are in the Program Files (x86) Folder.

Anyway, here is the screen shot:

When I changed the path in System Variables, I replaced everything that was on that line with what you wrote in the other thread. I have a feeling I may have replaced something that may have been needed.

Right now, this is what I have in System Variables in the Path section:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK\tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK\platform-tools

Also, I am not sure if I need the USB Drivers. I can drag and drop files to my xoom with no problems but when I plug it up with USB Debugging selected, it tries to find drivers unsuccessfully so I just "X" out of it.

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 5:39 PM

ghoticov said:
Ok, I uninstalled everything and reinstalled... still the same issue. Here is what I get when I run in the CMD window (notice that I installed the Android SDK in C: Program Files (x86) \ instead of C:\Programs Files\ like I did in the other thread. The reason being is that I installed the Java in Program Files (x86) also and I didn't know if that mattered. For some reason I have a Program Files folder and a Program Files (x86) Folder and most of my programs, it seems, are in the Program Files (x86) Folder.

Anyway, here is the screen shot:

When I changed the path in System Variables, I replaced everything that was on that line with what you wrote in the other thread. I have a feeling I may have replaced something that may have been needed.

Right now, this is what I have in System Variables in the Path section:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK\tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK\platform-tools

Also, I am not sure if I need the USB Drivers. I can drag and drop files to my xoom with no problems but when I plug it up with USB Debugging selected, it tries to find drivers unsuccessfully so I just "X" out of it.

For one, you should not have replaced everything in the line for the path. That may cause system instability and other applications to stop working. You should have appended to the end of the line! The path variable is important because it allows Windows to know where to look for things without specifically entering the path.

Do you have regular Java installed?

http://java.com

I know you installed the JDK but try installing regular java too and see if that helps. By the way, I do not have to launch anything as Administrator.

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Please also post what version of Windows 7 you have... is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 5:58 PM

keitht said:
For one, you should not have replaced everything in the line for the path. That may cause system instability and other applications to stop working. You should have appended to the end of the line! The path variable is important because it allows Windows to know where to look for things without specifically entering the path.

Do you have regular Java installed?

http://java.com

I know you installed the JDK but try installing regular java too and see if that helps. By the way, I do not have to launch anything as Administrator.

Yes, I have regular JAVA. I went to the site to check and got this:

Verified Java Version
Congratulations!
You have the recommended Java installed (Version 6 Update 24).

My system seems to be running ok even thought I replaced everything in the Path with what I put above. Could there have been something there that I deleted that could mess up the process?

Also, Is there any way to find out what I deleted? lol

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM

keitht said:
Please also post what version of Windows 7 you have... is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

I am running Windows Vista 64 bit.

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM

ghoticov said:
Yes, I have regular JAVA. I went to the site to check and got this:

Verified Java Version
Congratulations!
You have the recommended Java installed (Version 6 Update 24).

My system seems to be running ok even thought I replaced everything in the Path with what I put above. Could there have been something there that I deleted that could mess up the process?

Also, Is there any way to find out what I deleted? lol

No but it may be possible to do a system restore to the last checkpoint to restore what you had in the path variable.

Vista ick. It should work on Vista but it is nothing but a bag of problems.

The error is complaining that it cannot find java in c:\program files\java. With 64-bit systems, there are two Program Files:

C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86).

Do you have a java folder in c:\program files? If you open that in Explorer, do you see what I have in mine? Screen attached.

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:13 PM

keitht said:
No but it may be possible to do a system restore to the last checkpoint to restore what you had in the path variable.

Vista ick. It should work on Vista but it is nothing but a bag of problems.

The error is complaining that it cannot find java in c:\program files\java. With 64-bit systems, there are two Program Files:

C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86).

Do you have a java folder in c:\program files? If you open that in Explorer, do you see what I have in mine? Screen attached.

no, I do not have a java folder in c:\program files. I only have a Java folder in C:\Program files (x86)

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:15 PM

ghoticov said:
no, I do not have a java folder in c:\program files.

That may be the issue. Did you install Windows x64 version from here?

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/[email protected]_Developer

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:19 PM

keitht said:
That may be the issue. Did you install Windows x64 version from here?

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/[email protected]_Developer

Ah ha! I believe I installed the "Windows" version and not the "Windowx64" version. Do I need to uninstall the other version first?

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM

ghoticov said:
Ah ha! I believe I installed the "Windows" version and not the "Windowx64" version. Do I need to uninstall the other version first?

That is what I did. But uninstall the other one first then install x64 since you have 64-bit vista.

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:41 PM

keitht said:
That is what I did. But uninstall the other one first then install x64 since you have 64-bit vista.

I think I am almost there!!!!

I got the Dalvik Debug Monitor to come up. Now do I just plug my xoom in and it will come up on the screen?

Btw... I tried to run the ddms.bat file in the CMD window again but it told me to add : "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin\java.exe" to the end, so I did. I ran it again and got the Debug Monitor.

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:48 PM

ghoticov said:
I think I am almost there!!!!

I got the Dalvik Debug Monitor to come up. Now do I just plug my xoom in and it will come up on the screen?

Btw... I tried to run the ddms.bat file in the CMD window again but it told me to add : "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin\java.exe" to the end, so I did. I ran it again and got the Debug Monitor.

At this point it is a matter of connecting to the Xoom. Your Xoom needs to be in Debug mode to connect as seen in screenshot. Once selected, plug in and it should work unless you get an error in Windows.

Debug mode on the Xoom can be enabled in Settings > Applications > Development.

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM

Ok, I plugged up the xoom and it tried to find the drivers (which it didn't). Just clicked the "X" to get out of the driver search.

I then ran ddms.bat and got this:

My xoom is plugged up and USB Debugging is checked but apparently it isn't recongnizing the device as being plugged up because of not having the drivers. Do you know where I can get those?

keitht · Mar 6, 2011

ghoticov said:
Ok, I plugged up the xoom and it tried to find the drivers (which it didn't). Just clicked the "X" to get out of the driver search.

I then ran ddms.bat and got this:

My xoom is plugged up and USB Debugging is checked but apparently it isn't recongnizing the device as being plugged up because of not having the drivers. Do you know where I can get those?

In Windows 7, there are no additional drivers needed so I do not know what to do at this point unfortunately. You can try this although I am not sure if that will work since you can already transfer files from Vista to Xoom?

http://www.gigadroid.com/androidtalk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=41

Hate to keep beating a dead horse but Vista really sucks especially with drivers and devices.

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:56 PM

keitht said:
In Windows 7, there are no additional drivers needed so I do not know what to do at this point unfortunately. You can try this although I am not sure if that will work since you can already transfer files from Vista to Xoom?

http://www.gigadroid.com/androidtalk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=41

yes, I have been able to transfer files from my laptop to my xoom... pictures and movies. I will take a look at that link though.

Should the xoom just show up as a device once it is plugged in?

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 6:57 PM

keitht said:
In Windows 7, there are no additional drivers needed so I do not know what to do at this point unfortunately. You can try this although I am not sure if that will work since you can already transfer files from Vista to Xoom?

http://www.gigadroid.com/androidtalk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=41

Hate to keep beating a dead horse but Vista really sucks especially with drivers and devices.

Yea I would love to go to Windows 7 but I am not that great with computers and I assume it would take a lot of time (backing everything up) to do it.

keitht · Mar 6, 2011

ghoticov said:
yes, I have been able to transfer files from my laptop to my xoom... pictures and movies. I will take a look at that link though.

Should the xoom just show up as a device once it is plugged in?

Yes and since you copied files already, it is working for that. USB debug does not appear to use the same protocol. What is the error you are getting?

Also try: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers

ghoticov · Mar 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM

keitht said:
Yes and since you copied files already, it is working for that. USB debug does not appear to use the same protocol. What is the error you are getting?

Also try: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers

Well, when I plug my xoom in (when I have USB debug clicked), it starts searching for drivers. Then it asked for me to insert the installation disk for MZ600. I click check for solutions and then the attached error comes up.

View attachment 535149

keitht · Mar 6, 2011 at 7:19 PM

ghoticov said:
Well, when I plug my xoom in (when I have USB debug clicked), it starts searching for drivers. Then it asked for me to insert the installation disk for MZ600. I click check for solutions and then the attached error comes up.

View attachment 535149

Did you try that link I sent you from Moto?

How to take screenshots of Xoom?

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