How to Screenshot Snaps in Android without Notifications?

Speaking of Snapchat, the first thing comes to your mind must be that no matter what snaps you sent out - ugly, saucy, sexy, sarcasm, fool or other inappropriate photos, they will disappear in 24 hours. It seems that you can’t keep those snaps trending on Snapchat, but actually you can take screenshots of the pictures you want to download to your mobile phone. However, whenever you screenshot someone’s snaps, the sender will be notified by Snapchat. This post will show you how to screenshot snaps without being detected by the sender.

Also Read: How to Take a Screenshot on Android

This is a tricky and lesser-known way:

Step 1. Simply load up Snapchat, go to the snap you want to open and make sure it loads completely (you can tell a snap is loading if the icon beside a name isn't a solid square, but more like a little swirl).

Step 2. Turn off your WiFi, your Bluetooth, mobile data and anything else that keeps your phone connected, but toggle on Airplane Mode. This can usually be done via the Notification window on Android devices.

Step 3. Take a screenshot of the snap you prefer to save on your mobile phone.

Step 4. Now exit the app and close it, making sure the app is not running in the background. For further ensuring the closure of Snapchat, you’d better power off your Android phone and restart it.

Step 5. Turn off Airplane mode and reopen your Snapchat.

With all the steps, you can save others' snaps on your Android phone without them knowing. You should take care of the screenshots in case of loss due to some uncertain reasons. If you happen to encounter such bad situation, no fret, you can use Gihosoft Android data recovery tool to retrieve them from your cell phone.

How to Recover Snapchat Photos and Videos from Android Phone?

Snapchat has always been known as an image messaging and multimedia mobile application. And “photos disappear within a limited time” features the app and appeals tons of people’s attractions. Such kind of photostream is so interesting and creative than most people can’t help posting photos and video up there. Although some users don’t care about the missing photos and videos, others would like to save them on the mobile phone. This post will tell you how to keep the photos or videos you like and how to recover the disappeared ones from your Android phone?

Also Read: How to Recover Deleted Photos from Samsung Galaxy Phone

Method 1: Retrieve Snapchat photos and videos through screenshots

The easiest way to save Snapchat photos is no doubt taking a screenshot with your Android phone. You should be aware of that when you make a screenshot of others’ photos, they would be notified. If you have screenshots of the disappeared photos and video, you’re allowed to recover them via Gihosoft Android data recovery freeware. The software is free to download, after you downloaded it, launch it and follow the below steps to retrieve them from the Android phone.

Step 1. Select “photos” and “videos” and proceed with a click on “Next”.

Step 2. Connect your Android mobile phone to PC.

NOTE: The software can only access the rooted Android device, you need to make sure that your phone has been rooted before recovery. Refer to: how to root Android.

Step 3. Scan and analyze the lost Snapchat data. 

Step 4. Preview and restore disappeared photos and videos in Snapchat on Android.

Method 2: Recover lost Snapchat photos and videos from the default folder

When talking about recovering lost photos from Android, it would bother those who are not in the know of the Snapchat secret. The vanished Snapchat photos can be found in a particular folder inside on our Android phone. All received files usually end in being saved in .nomedia-- an extension that makes them 'invisible'. Here is the path where Snapchat data is stored: com.snapchat.android > cache > received_image_snaps.

Note: The more you use your Android phone, the more likely it is that the Snapchat pictures or video stored there get overwritten and lost everlastingly.

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