Screen recording hit the smartphone industry years ago with the advent of iOS 11 and Android 11. Starting the screen recorder automatically captures the smartphone’s display and its audio. However, users have complained that the screen recorder doesn’t work fine when they intend to enable or disable it.
Are you experiencing the same trouble on your Android or iOS smartphone? Well, there are a few easy solutions. You can expect such glitches due to corrupt installation of Android OS or iOS updates. Some users have reported that there are quality issues with screen recording as well.
Check out the following solutions to eradicate screen recording issues on iOS and Android devices.
Reboot your Device
This is the easiest and quickest way to solve the screen recording issue. Perhaps, your smartphone is dealing with some internal issues, and a restart might eliminate those glitches. Therefore, try restarting your iPhone or Android device to rectify the screen recording problem.
Hold down the Power button of your Android and tap the Reboot option to restart the phone. On the other hand, long-press your iPhone’s Side button and any Volume button together.
Drag the power slider as soon as it appears. Let your iPhone rest for a while, and then restart it by holding the Side button.
Include Screen Recorder in Control Centre
Chances are there that you might not be following the right steps to enable screen recording. Therefore, it’s better to add the screen recorder to your iPhone or Android phone’s Control Centre or Notification panel.
Here’s how you can add a screen recorder shortcut to iPhone’s Control Centre:
- Navigate to Settings from your iPhone’s Home Screen.
- Then, scroll down to locate Control Centre and tap on it.
- Go to the Customise Controls option.
- Select the Screen Recording option to add it to your current Control Centre window.
Now, you can enable the screen recorder from the Control Centre. Similarly, you can add the screen recorder to the notification panel of your Android device.
Here’s the guideline:
- Swipe down your finger from the top of your Android device’s screen. This will bring the Notification panel.
- Now, locate the Edit or any similar option to change the Notification Panel’s content. Tap on Edit.
- After that, you can customise the Notification Centre at your convenience. Drag the Screen Recorder from the dormant stage to the active Notification area to add it.
Hopefully, you can now enable screen recording with a single tap on its corresponding icon.
Make Sure that You Detach Earphones while Recording Screen
With screen recording enabled, your smartphone should record the audio, too. However, you might fail to capture the phone’s audio if you have kept the earphones attached to your iPhone or Android device.
Hence, ensure to disable your Bluetooth earphones or detach headphones from your phones before you start recording the screen. In addition, check if you have given permission to your phone to record its audio.
What if Screen Recording is not Supported on a Particular App?
Numerous applications don’t let screen recorders capture. Additionally, a few applications might not be compatible with the screen recording feature. Therefore, you can’t simply record those applications’ screens.
However, there is a hack if you want to record the audio on a particular streaming application. For instance, you can play that streaming platform (for example, Spotify) and connect a speaker to your phone.
Increase the volume and start recording the audio with another smartphone. Remember that the audio quality won’t be that great.
In addition, your smartphone system might not allow the screen recorder to work properly. This mostly happens with iOS devices. Perhaps, there are restrictions on using the screen recorder for some specific apps.
Under this circumstance, you must give the app permission to allow the screen recording. Here’s how you can remove screen recording restrictions:
- Tap Settings from your iPhone’s Home Screen.
- Scroll down until you can locate the Screen Time feature and tap on it.
- Next, select the option that says, ‘Choose Content & Privacy Restrictions’.
- Navigate to the Content Restrictions section and find out whether Screen Recording is active on behalf of the Game centre.
Activate Notch on Android Devices
This solution is Android-specific, and you should apply this when the recorded video shows up squished or poor-quality. You might be suffering from this issue as you have deactivated the notch on your Android phone. So, give it a try by re-enabling the notch.
Aren’t you sure how to activate the Android phone’s notch? Here’s what you need to follow:
- Navigate to Settings, followed by the System option.
- After that, tap Developer Options.
- Now, locate an option that says, ‘Stimulate a display without a cutout under the drawing section’. Or, it can simply be noted by a Display cutout option. Tap on it whatever suits your phone availability.
- Make sure that you choose the device default option from the list.
Now, you should restart your Android device and check if the screen recorder produces quality video.
Turn off Low Power Mode on iPhones
Saving power is the functionality of the dedicated Low Power Mode on your iOS device. Reportedly, enabling Low Power Mode can disrupt the screen recording from functioning properly.
Therefore, you can attempt disabling the Low Power Mode and then start recording the screen.
Check out the following guidelines to disable the Low Power Mode:
- Go to Settings and scroll down to find the Battery option.
- Tap the Battery option.
- You can notice the Low Power Mode option. Toggle its slider to disable the mode.
Now, you can check out whether the screen recorder issues have disappeared or not.
Check Available Storage
This can be a common mistake for both Android and iPhone users. If your device lacks enough space to store those recorded screens or videos, the overall screen recording won’t work.
Use the following steps to check how much storage space is left on your iOS device:
- Open Settings and tap the General option.
- Next, head towards the iPhone Storage option and tap it.
- You can check out how much data or storage space system data and diverse applications have occupied.
You can clean up unnecessary data or files to make space for recorded videos. For Android devices, the process is very similar to checking how much storage space is left. Explore Settings on your android smartphone and scroll down to tap on the Storage option.
You can see how much space is available and if that’s sufficient for saving the recorded video. If not, then you can delete some unnecessary data and free up the space required for screen recording. Additionally, clear cache data to make things smooth for storage management.
Additional Workarounds
You can try updating your smartphone’s operating system and check if that makes a difference. On the other hand, you can reset your device to its factory settings, and this might bring back the screen recording feature into functionality.
However, if your device is too old to support screen recording, then you should upgrade it. Hopefully, the guide helped you to fix screen recorder issues.
