My iPad took a picture?!

[stewart715]

Before you read this, know that I am a software developer for both Mac and Windows and am well capable of recognizing bugs.

My iPad didn't literally take a picture BUT I locked my iPad and it became unresponsive. Then it finally came on after a few seconds and the screen flashed white very quickly and made a camera shutter sound (just like any Mac does in photo booth). What the heck?!

Could this possibly be a trace of front facing camera featured in previous testing models of the iPad and i perhaps triggered some sort of short cut to take a photo?

 

[CapedJackass]

When it froze, you probably hit the sleep and home buttons at different times, but since it was frozen it registered both at once, thus taking a screen shot.

 

[Yoda3984]

I don't have an iPad, but if it's like the iPhone it will take a screenshot if the sleep button and home button are pressed at the same time.

 

[topmounter]

Sounds like it was just the unlock sound stuttering... or yeah, the screen shot

 

[stewart715]

That's what i thought too, but i wasn't touching the lock button and there is no trace of a saved screenshot in my photos. But you are probably right th at it is related...

 

[DifferentialApp]

Yeah, it's probably a screenshot.

 

[whocaresit]

Press Home+Power.

 

[aohus]

all u did was take a screenshot...

 

[nixiemaiden]

Haha awesome. I didn't know the iPad could do screenshots!

 

[Don Kosak]

Haha awesome. I didn't know the iPad could do screenshots!

Yeah, it's an awesome feature. As a developer you can use it to report bugs, or do "step by step" screen shots for issue reporting, walk throughs, documentation or what ever.

I use it as a super fast "clipping" feature. When I see an App I might want to research "click!", or a web page with something interesting "click!". Later on, I can sort through them in the "camera roll" on the iPad.

 

[Zazoh]

I use it for my WiFi ipad when taking a trip, plan the trip at home and take screen shots of the maps, then when you are on the road you can launch photos and scroll through as needed.

 

[Alvi]

Pretty cool you didn't know that being a developer, Sleep Button + Home Button makes a screenshot, check your photo albums

 

[spillproof]

Or you did this.

 

[wrkactjob]

By your own description your a clever guy but you couldn't work this out?

 

[Shasta McNasty]

My 10 year old cousin figured this out...let's get off the high horse first mr "developer"

 

[eye]

My iPad has an 8 mp camera on it. Yours doesn't?

 

[iSingandiDance]

lol @ the replies

I love this forum.

 

[Zethca]

I let out a sigh when I saw another thread about this but I had to click. Only when I read that the author was a software developer well capable of detecting bugs did I begin laughing hysterically.