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Take Pictures with Volume Buttons on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to use the volume keys to take photos with the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

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In order to use the volume key functions to take photos, we make sure that our phone is unlocked
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We should be on the home screen.

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Once we've unlocked the phone, we double-press the home button to open Camera
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Alternatively, we tap the Camera icon one time
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Once we tap the Camera icon, Camera will be launched
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From Camera, look at the upper-left side and tap once on the gear-shaped settings icon
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This will allow us to access the "Camera settings" menu.
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From "Camera settings", we scroll down until we see the "Volume key function" option
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We tap one time on "Volume key function"
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We will have the options to set the volume keys function to "Take pictures", "Record video" or "Zoom".
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We set the option to "Take pictures" by tapping it
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Let's test the option.

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We tap the back arrow near "Camera settings"
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What we'll do is we will place an object behind the camera
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Then, we will use the volume button to take a photo
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Either volume button, up or down, will let us take photos.
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Once we're satisfied with the photos, we can press the home button
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We'll go back to the home screen.
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