I have the vx7000, and what i know about it is this...to take a picture with it closed, all you do is hold the left button down until the front
lcd swithces to the camera mode, about 3 seconds, then push it again to take the pic. I don't think you can use the flash or do video with the phone closed ans you should also make sure the image isn't flipped, which is done with the top right side button, which also does the volume. hope this helped.