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Use the Camera without Unlocking the Lenovo A7000

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to take a photo when the screen is off, using the "Quick Snap" feature on the Lenovo A7000-series smartphone.

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Before we begin, we make sure that the phone is unlocked
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We should be on the home screen. When the screen is turned off, the Lenovo A7000-series smartphone does have the option to allow us to take a picture by activating "Quick snap". This will allow us to take a picture by double-pressing the up or the down volume button, which is located on the right-hand side of the phone.

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In order to turn "Quick Snap" on, we need to access the "Settings" menu
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For this tutorial, we'll tap the Settings icon one time. The icon is gear-shaped.

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We scroll down through the settings until we find "Feature"
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It is next to a yellow icon.
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Let's tap "Feature" one time
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The top option is "Quick Snap". The options says: "Double press any of the volume keys while the screen is off to snap a picture. If playing music, these will be used only for volume adjustment." If music is playing, and the screen is off, then double-pressing volume buttons will only decrease or increase the volume. We will not snap a picture. However, if we are not playing music, "Quick Snap" will be activated.

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Let's turn "Quick Snap" on by tapping it one time
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Then, we tap the radio button in the upper-right hand corner
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The button will turn blue, meaning that "Quick Snap" is activated.

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Let's go to the home screen by pressing the home button one time
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The button is at the bottom in the center.
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We turn the screen off by pressing the power button
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It is on the right-hand side of the screen.

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Now that our screen is turned off, we double-press the volume up or volume down button
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We will take a photo. We will have a photo that we can delete or save.
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We tap the delete icon in the lower right-hand corner
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We tap "OK"
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We will delete the photo.
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That does conclude the tutorial on how to take a photo when the screen is off, using the "Quick Snap" feature on the Lenovo A7000-series smartphone. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please leave them in the section below. Thank you for watching VisiHow! Have a great day!