Camera fix local.prop not working - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0

TheRealJobe said:
Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0
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Coincidentally, I also have tried the #2 option after researching earlier today how to silence the camera shutter. It did not silence it.
In fact, the first time I deleted the folder and files after it didn't work, I must have deleted the wrong file because I got all kinds of pop ups, force closes, and a boot loop that would end in a power down.
I had to Flash a Nandroid Backup. Luckily I had 2 Nandroid backups, because one of them was bad due to checksums not matching.
I have found answers regarding silencing the shutter, including
ROM's that have this baked in, and there is a camera app, camera fx I believe.
I have the ICS Camera installed from Overstew and ssconceptz. I may ask them regarding this.
Anyway, you're not alone, and ALWAYS have a Nandroid Backup, just in case

delete the media files, then edit the apk and remove the additional hidden media files compiled into the apk.

TheRealJobe said:
Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0
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download Camera ICS from the market coupled with rom toolbox and block ads and your are good to go... It has an option to silence camera

playya said:
download Camera ICS from the market coupled with rom toolbox and block ads and your are good to go... It has an option to silence camera
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I downloaded the Camera ICS app.
I silenced the camera, but the shutter still click clacks.

remove the camera apk file from any custom Rom in the development section and replace your existing one.

Found a Very Easy Solution!!
Shut up! Camera!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237466
Just download, and you're good to go.
You can turn it on and off with a touch.
Works Perfectly on my SE4GT!!
No more Shutter click clack!!

Related

[Q] Original Evo Ringtones

i flashed the CM6 final build last night but i miss the original evo ringtones that i had become so fond of. does anyone have a zip file of the ringtones that come preloaded with the phone?
Anyone?....
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dundada08 said:
i flashed the CM6 final build last night but i miss the original evo ringtones that i had become so fond of. does anyone have a zip file of the ringtones that come preloaded with the phone?
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You could just download the Stock rom unzip it and go to system/media/audio and get them.
zone23 said:
You could just download the Stock rom unzip it and go to system/media/audio and get them.
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Thats true. But now here is the question, I have tried replacing the audio folder with the one that comes with CM6.1.2 and I have like doubles of each ringtone but they all make the same 1 sound.
Any fix for this?
Is it possible you have them on your storage card too? I'm not real sure how CM structures his audio stuff so I can't really answer that. You could unzip his rom replace the files zip it back up and flash it and see if it does the same thing.
So this may be a nub question but if lets say i create a zip with the folder "system/media/audio/xx" and flash it, it will flash? dont I have to sign it?
For example, I replaced the /system/media/audio/x content with the default ones from the stock rom, but when I go to Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone, i got like tons of other ringtones in the list and they all play the same sound when previewing.
If that helps break it down on what I'm trying to fix lol. I have a nandroid but I have made so many adjustments today, I would loose a lot to roll back.
All you need to do is download a stock rom, take out the Audio folder of that rom and then place that Audio rom onto the root of your SD card. Once the Audio folder is placed on the SD card go into sound settings, ring tones etc.. and you will see that all the files from that Audio folder are there and there will be doubles of some sounds. Once you confirm that the stock sounds are there, go back and delete the Audio folder you put on the root of the SD card and then all the double files will go away and you still have the stock ring tones along with CM tones.
Jfree3000 said:
All you need to do is download a stock rom, take out the Audio folder of that rom and then place that Audio rom onto the root of your SD card. Once the Audio folder is placed on the SD card go into sound settings, ring tones etc.. and you will see that all the files from that Audio folder are there and there will be doubles of some sounds. Once you confirm that the stock sounds are there, go back and delete the Audio folder you put on the root of the SD card and then all the double files will go away and you still have the stock ring tones along with CM tones.
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Thanks for you response. Yeah thats what I was doing earlier. But the list kept showing doubles after reboot. Then I gave up for a good 15...20 minutes and everything was back to normal, Had all the regular ringtones back on there, Guess it was hung or something, no idea lol.
Thanks though;-)
When I unzip the ROM it only contains image files. Am I using the wrong ROM?

[APP] Silent Samsung Camera App [EK02] [12/10/2011]

For some reason, the autofocus beep on the Samsung camera really bugs me.
The audio files for this are inside Camera.apk:
/res/raw/autofocus_ok.ogg
/res/raw/autofocus_error.ogg
/res/raw/cameratimer.ogg
I tried 7zip, MetaMorph, and a few other things to replace these with silent ogg files, but Camera.apk would Force Close.
I ended up just decompiling Camera.apk using apktool version 1.4.1, replacing the ogg files with silent ogg files, recompiling, signing, and then replacing the stock Camera.apk/odex files.
The attached Camera.apk worked for me, with no autofocus beep, and no Force Crashes.
REQUIRES ROOT
MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR EXISTING /system/app/Camera.apk and Camera.odex
IN CASE THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU
Edit: To clear up some of the confusion, I'm going to explain the steps a little more clearly.
First, unzip the attached file as Camera.apk to the root of the sdcard ( /sdcard ).
Using ADB (original files will be backed up to /system/bak) :
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
# mkdir /system/bak
# mv /system/app/Camera.* /system/app/bak/
# cp /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app/
exit
Or Using Root Explorer (original files will be backed up to /system/bak) :
Code:
Go to /system
- Mount R/W
- Menu - New Folder - Name: bak
Go to /system/app
- Move Camera.apk and Camera.odex to /system/bak
Go to /sdcard
- Copy Camera.apk to /system/app
If you want to change the other camera sounds, they are in:
\system\media\audio\ui
You can just rename, move, or delete (after backing up) them.
The files are:
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg
EDIT 2 (12/10/2011): I've added the Camera.apk from EK02 with silent focus sounds. The newer camera version seems to have a few more options in the settings than my first upload.
Awesome, why couldn't you make it an install by .apk save some of us that are waiting to root.
natelw said:
Awesome, why couldn't you make it an install by .apk save some of us that are waiting to root.
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The only way to make it installable to update the existing Camera.apk is to sign this with the Samsung signature. I don't have that.
can I just flash this through cwm?
imacomputa said:
can I just flash this through cwm?
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I'm not quite sure how to make it flashable. I just used ADB in the Android SDK:
adb remount
adb pull /system/app/Camera.apk ./Camera.apk.backup
adb push Camera.apk /system/app
will this install along side the original or replace it?
BLOWNCO said:
will this install along side the original or replace it?
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It replaces the original Camera.apk. That's why you should make a backup of the original first. The only difference is that there is no focus sound. You will still have the shutter sounds in the \system\media\audio\ui directory, but those are easy to change if you need to.
If you really wanted to, I suppose you could recompile it under a different app name, so that you could have both versions.
I just used root explorer instead and replaced the camera app, however its constantly force-closing whenever I go into settings or try to take a video. The focus square in the middle of the camera is all crazy too. It takes photos just fine though. Should I try again using adb instead?
kcbedo said:
For some reason, the autofocus beep on the Samsung camera really bugs me.
The audio files for this are inside Camera.apk:
/res/raw/autofocus_ok.ogg
/res/raw/autofocus_error.ogg
/res/raw/cameratimer.ogg
I tried 7zip, MetaMorph, and a few other things to replace these with silent ogg files, but Camera.apk would Force Close.
I ended up just decompiling Camera.apk using apktool version 1.4.1:
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool if twframework-res.apk
apktool d Camera.apk
Replacing the ogg files with silent ogg files,
...and then recompiling:
apktool b Camera
Finally, I signed the Camera.apk and pushed it to /system/app.
The attached Camera.apk worked for me, with no autofocus beep, and no Force Crashes.
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MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR EXISTING /system/app/Camera.apk
IN CASE THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU
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Just tried it and it is working good. Any way to remove the shutter sound also?
crawrj said:
Just tried it and it is working good. Any way to remove the shutter sound also?
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The other camera sounds are in \system\media\audio\ui
You can just rename, move, or delete them.
The files are:
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg
imacomputa said:
I just used root explorer instead and replaced the camera app, however its constantly force-closing whenever I go into settings or try to take a video. The focus square in the middle of the camera is all crazy too. It takes photos just fine though. Should I try again using adb instead?
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I'm not quite sure why it would do that. You could try rebooting and clearing Dalvik cache. You are using it on an SPH-D710 with Samsung firmware, right?
I forgot to check video recording, but I went back and it didn't Force Close on me. I'm able to get to Settings okay also.
kcbedo said:
I'm not quite sure why it would do that. You could try rebooting and clearing Dalvik cache. You are using it on an SPH-D710 with Samsung firmware, right?
I forgot to check video recording, but I went back and it didn't Force Close on me. I'm able to get to Settings okay also.
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Yep I am. I'll try it again wiping the dalvik cache and report back. thanks.
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Nope, still not working.
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Okaaaay... so I made a few mistakes here and there, SOMEHOW it's working now. Went into recovery (did the stock kernel + root trick, so I am on stock) but for some reason the stock recovery immediately scanned my sdcard root for apks and started installing them by itself(where the camera.apk of yours was stored). I forgot I needed Clockworkmod, so I went ahead and reflashed cwm and cleared dalvik cache but it didn't work. So next thing I tried was just installing the camera.apk like a normal apk. It didn't work and actually made my phone reboot. I then reinstalled the stock apk like a normal apk, then went back and cleared the dalvik cache again. Finally, I went back into root explorer again and copied over the camera.apk file (yours) and replaced the old one, AND installed it like a normal app. It now works totally flawless with the exception of the video recording still making shutter noises, but still pictures is completely silent. Thanks for all your help!
I tried installing this but didn't have any luck. First when I would browse to your .apk and download it, I'd tap it and get the warning about replacing an existing app. I would say OK, but kept getting "application not installed". So I manually removed /system/app/Camera.apk and retried. This time it let me, but when I would open the app it would force close - i.imgur.com/INl0Z.jpg . I would up restoring the stock Camera.apk and it's ok now. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
OK to get this to work with Root Explorer and have everything working perfectly (No weird autofocus crosshairs) I moved BOTH orginal Camera.apk and Camera.ODEX out of the system/apps folder and onto my memory card for backup purposes.
Then extracted the camera.apk from OPs zip file and moved it into System/Apps and DID NOT install. Just placed it in there and then went and ran the program. I am running perfectly fine. No FCs, and it is completely silent.
I did also go into the sounds folder like OP says and changed the name of all the sounds that you will have to do. But other than that I hope that clears up any confusion on how to get this working by using root explorer.
you cannot install it you have to remove the old version and replace it using adb or root explorer
aiverson23 said:
OK to get this to work with Root Explorer and have everything working perfectly (No weird autofocus crosshairs) I moved BOTH orginal Camera.apk and Camera.ODEX out of the system/apps folder and onto my memory card for backup purposes.
Then extracted the camera.apk from OPs zip file and moved it into System/Apps and DID NOT install. Just placed it in there and then went and ran the program. I am running perfectly fine. No FCs, and it is completely silent.
I did also go into the sounds folder like OP says and changed the name of all the sounds that you will have to do. But other than that I hope that clears up any confusion on how to get this working by using root explorer.
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Confirmed. I had to remove Camera.odex as well and NOT install the .apk, simply replace it. Now I have regular crosshairs and no sounds. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks, I figured out it was the odex file that was screwing me up. Thanks!
Got it working with Root Explorer... I had the issue yesterday with FC and crazy focus bracket things being I didn't remove the Odex file.
Anyone else have problems with the Camera "shortcuts" within the camera app disappearing after the app closes?
WOndering if this is a bug in the Camera app itself. Most settings save but not the shortcuts. The other thing I noticed with the unmodded app was the if you set the camera to black and white, the selection does not survive a reboot. On the original Epic, the selections remained until changed.
Great find. This was driving me crazy. This was the one place I hadn't looked.

[REQUEST] Silent ICS Camera Mod

Hi, could someone please help me mod the ICS camera so that it does not have an autofocus sound?
I tried using APK Manager 4.9 to remove autofocus_ok.ogg and autofocus_error.ogg from /raw and even made blank ogg files with Audacity and recompiled it (kept system app signature), but it wouldn't work and froze for a minute before giving me the Not Responding dialogue every time.
So if someone could figure out where I went wrong or succeed where I failed, it would be very much appreciated!
Camera.apk is attached to the post if needed; I am using Westcrip's Remix 9.4 ROM.
Dude get camera ics on market.it hv option to disable shutter sound
Its better to hv someone can mod the camera to use vol button to capture a photo
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If you are rooted... here's how I did it (since I didn't want to lose my CM9 modded camera that uses the power button on my Nexus S as a shutter key).
Step 1: Use an app like Root Explorer to navigate to /system/media/audio/ui
Step 2: Mount R/W
Step 3: Delete the file called camera_tick.ogg
Done.
That doesn't work because it's the camera's autofocus sound I can't get rid of, and that's embedded within Camera.apk.
ICS Camera app works fine but if you accidentally try to zoom while recording video it freezes my phone entirely, and I usually have to reboot.
So I'm still trying to figure out how to mod it, but after I recompile, it never works.
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Delete ore rename the following files in /system/media/audio/ui
camera_click.ogg --> camera_click.ogg.bak
camera_focus.ogg --> camera_focus.ogg.bak
Works for me
There is no such file in the folder. The autofocus sound is embedded into the camera apk itself. There is no way to get rid of it without modding the camera apk.
Note: this is the Android 4.0.3 AOSP camera
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waylaidwanderer said:
Hi, could someone please help me mod the ICS camera so that it does not have an autofocus sound?
I tried using APK Manager 4.9 to remove autofocus_ok.ogg and autofocus_error.ogg from /raw and even made blank ogg files with Audacity and recompiled it (kept system app signature), but it wouldn't work and froze for a minute before giving me the Not Responding dialogue every time.
So if someone could figure out where I went wrong or succeed where I failed, it would be very much appreciated!
Camera.apk is attached to the post if needed; I am using Westcrip's Remix 9.4 ROM.
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hi waylaidwanderer,
I've tried too to remove those files and to recompile the apk but without success...
the app crashes at startup...
if I find something I will write here
You could try this, those files have been removed and volume key capture is enabled too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24593016
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Stumbled upon this:
http://www.chromefans.org/android/h...us-sounds-on-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100.htm
I haven't tried it myself, but seems promising...
Hi there,
Thanks a lot for this fix. I was searching for this since ages.

[MOD] Really disable camera sounds in ICS

I have tested this to work on LP8, should work on other stock ROMs too.
Step 1.
Rename the camera shutter sounds. You can find these files in /system/media/audio/ui. The files are outlined below. You can either do this in a file explorer that supports root, or through adb. In fact the commands below are the exact commands you need to use after you use adb root and remount the /system as read/write.
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/media/audio/ui
mv camera_click.ogg camera_click.ogg.bak
mv Shutter_01.ogg Shutter_01.ogg.bak
mv camera_click_short.ogg camera_click_short.ogg.bak
mv Cam_Start.ogg Cam_Start.ogg.bak
mv Cam_Stop.ogg Cam_Stop.ogg.bak
Step 2.
The above will still leave the camera auto-focus sound. To remove that, replace the Camera.apk in /system/app with the attached file.
It is best to take a backup of the Camera.apk before you replace it by copying it somewhere else.
If you have placed the Camera.apk attached here in a folder called NoSound, then the commands below can be run on adb to do this -
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Camera.apk
adb pull /system/app/Camera.odex
adb push NoSound\Camera.apk /system/app/Camera.apk
works perfectly on lpf
What also works: use Automateit Pro or Tasker:
Make a rule that kicks in when:
camera starts -> disable sound
camera stops -> eable sounds
That kills the focus beep, also the crazy beep beep with the self timer.
As simple as that.
Plus remove all unwanted oggs with root explorer.
A couple of questions...
Can I manage the focus beep by downloading Automatelt or do I need Pro ??
also can post 1 be done on a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 phone or only ICS ?
markmessier8888 said:
A couple of questions...
Can I manage the focus beep by downloading Automatelt or do I need Pro ??
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can anyone verfiy that it 100% works?
I have been looking for this, i will try it
Any one tried this on LPS?
it seems to work only on LPF, when i tried on LPG, my camera app was lost.
it shouldn't affect your camera app in any way but I dunno why it happened to you. I removed all the ogg files in the /system/media/audio/ui/ folder except the one for low battery notification since it's the only one I ever need. After that no more focus, shutter or beep sounds.
Working fine on my lpg. the icon itself may have moved location in touchwiz...
The autofocus sound is part of the camera.apk
You can create this yourself with your current camera.apk by copying it to you computer, open in 7zip (or similar) and replacing 2 sound files
To remove sound from the apk, all that is needed is for 2 sound files to be
replaced by empty files (0k in size):
camera.apk\res\raw
autofocus_error.ogg
autofocus_ok.ogg
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I've attached two blank files you can use
Brendo said:
Working fine on my lpg. the icon itself may have moved location in touchwiz...
The autofocus sound is part of the camera.apk
You can create this yourself with your current camera.apk by copying it to you computer, open in 7zip (or similar) and replacing 2 sound files
I've attached two blank files you can use
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THANK YOU!!!
i copied the original camera apk to my computer,
use 7zip to open it, its my first time looking inside an apk file, didnt know 7zip can do that.
i replaced the 2 files with yours, and it worked!!!
simply amazing!!!!
i'm so happy, thanks.
Good to hear
I tried playing around with vrtheme to see if I could create flashable zip, but having not created one before, kept getting errors...
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So I have exactly the same problem in my SGS II phone (JB ROM): after renaming all the sounds in the mentioned directory, the focus sound is still there (although it is silent when phone is silent mode but I want the camera to be always silent).
I tried replacing those two files in SamsungCamera.apk (the camera app in Jelly Bean). After restarting, I launched the camera app and the focus sound was gone. But there is one significant problem: the camera does not focus at all - picture taken is all blurry!
I really have no idea what this could have to do with the sound files!
So I thought that maybe it does not like the ogg files being just 0 B files (which is no proper format for empty ogg file). I made an empty ogg file in Audacity and exported it, it had like 4 kB. I used it to replace the two files in the apk. After replacing it in my phone, the camera does not even start and tells me that Camera app has stopped. Any idea what might have gone wrong?

[Q] Turn off camera shutter sound

I love this phone.
But, I can't turn the camera shutter sound off.
I have seen the following solutions:
Edit build.prop and set the camera sound value to =0
or
Use Camera Zoom Fx app and delete the camera_click.ogg file
I would prefer to do the former.
I guess I need to root my phone to do this - or is there an easier way?
I have never rooted a phone and I don't have a need for a rooted phone other than to be able to r/w the build.prop file.
Can I root it, edit the build.prop file, and then unroot it and have the build.prop file keep my edits?
Does anyone have any straightforward steps on how to root and then unroot this phone?
Thank you for any guidance you can provide!
J-Ha
can't freaking delete this post... tried to edit it and since im a new member it wouldn't let me within 5 minutes...my full reply is farther down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994626
I believe that you can unroot directly from the superuser app that is sideloaded via this rooting method. Once unrooted, the changes that you made should remain. If they don't for some reason, all you have to do is keep root and just deny apps that request superuser access.
jhaaaa said:
I love this phone.
But, I can't turn the camera shutter sound off.
I have seen the following solutions:
Edit build.prop and set the camera sound value to =0
or
Use Camera Zoom Fx app and delete the camera_click.ogg file
I would prefer to do the former.
I guess I need to root my phone to do this - or is there an easier way?
I have never rooted a phone and I don't have a need for a rooted phone other than to be able to r/w the build.prop file.
Can I root it, edit the build.prop file, and then unroot it and have the build.prop file keep my edits?
Does anyone have any straightforward steps on how to root and then unroot this phone?
Thank you for any guidance you can provide!
J-Ha
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You would need to root it to edit the build.prop, as it is located in system. That other way to unroot might work to keep it but if you use lgnpst it would replace all the system files, giving you your stock build.prop again. If you wanted to delete the ogg file you would still need to root for that. At least on my phone the camera_click.ogg file is located it /system/media/audio/ui directory. You could just move it somewhere else as a backup. But....being rooted is awesome
is their a complete fix to this.?
HelloDominick said:
is their a complete fix to this.?
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jat255 said:
HelloDominick, any reason my post above doesn't work for you? That fixed the sound issue for me.
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You had to root the phone first right or no.?
This solution didn't work for me. I did all of it, and upon resetting permissions, it makes a new file" build.prop.bak and I still get shutter sound. Using es file explorer
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i rooted my device where is the location to edit the camera sound.?
I dont see this code "ro.camera.sound.forced=1" anywhere
NVM. I found it, im getting old now.
but tested it and it works like a charm
HelloDominick - I still haven't gotten around to rooting the phone, so I haven't done this yet. Do you really have to have the sound off on the phone in order for this to work?
Colonel Travis said:
HelloDominick - I still haven't gotten around to rooting the phone, so I haven't done this yet. Do you really have to have the sound off on the phone in order for this to work?
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Yes. Even deleting the camera shutter sound and editing the build.prop result in this. I just did it myself
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Anyone try repackaging the camera apk wi th out the shutter sound. Its what we had to do with the evo 3d`s
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jat255 said:
Hmm... That's interesting. Only thing I can think of is maybe set the permissions via adb? Maybe ES has some issue?
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Found the solution to be rebooting after the entire process. I forgot I hadn't done it, and decided to just reboot for the hell of it. No shutter sound
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I think (once rooted) is safest to just overwrite the click sound(s) with a silent one. Then it plays but you can't hear it. works for me and any camera proggy that defaults to the system will use it too.
thecolor said:
I think (once rooted) is safest to just overwrite the click sound(s) with a silent one. Then it plays but you can't hear it. works for me and any camera proggy that defaults to the system will use it too.
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Where is the camera sound located in the filesystem? Thx!
hallucinate said:
Where is the camera sound located in the filesystem? Thx!
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On the LGoG it's in: system > media > audio > ui > camera_click.ogg
It may be in a different location on other devices.
You have to be rooted in order to write over system files, but I just renamed the original to camera_click.ogg.bak and then copied the silent version in with the same original name "camera_click.ogg" less the quotes and making sure it's an ogg file too, so there is no system playback error.
Hope that helps.
thecolor said:
On the LGoG it's in: system > media > audio > ui > camera_click.ogg
It may be in a different location on other devices.
You have to be rooted in order to write over system files, but I just renamed the original to camera_click.ogg.bak and then copied the silent version in with the same original name "camera_click.ogg" less the quotes and making sure it's an ogg file too, so there is no system playback error.
Hope that helps.
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Replaced the file but no love, same click sound... Any other path?
hallucinate said:
Replaced the file but no love, same click sound... Any other path?
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I assume it's the LGoG you are attempting this with?
Mine is the first generation (incase there are other generations.)
You'll also want to verify it was overwritten. I'd try playing the sound once you do... just to be sure it's the write file.
Otherwise, you might search your device for the sound and see if it's listed elsewhere.
In case the program you are using does not have "system" write capability, I might suggest ES File Explorer.
Either way, you will have to access the settings to turn on the ability to "write" to root in order to "overwrite the file".
Additionally (if the file is changing back - or so it would seem)... be sure to check the permissions it has before you overwrite it and when you do (assuming success).. make sure to set the "new" files permissions to the same as what the old file had. Else, the OS might overwrite the "new" file with a tared (backed up) version... knowing that it's been screwed with.
It's kind of a form of protection from corruption (computer sees potentially bad file and replaces it with good file.)
Good luck and happy fourth!
Phantom camera_click.ogg
I beg your forgiveness for my ignorance, but I've never done much tweaking to file systems after a rooting... but my gf has the Sprint Optimus G and can't find the camera_click.ogg file at all using Astro File Explorer. Does anyone know any other location it may be at? As a computer technician, I'm embarrassed at my lack of know-how around the Droid OS!
Not sure if you looked at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051384
Read the op then go to page 11 and you see there are 2 fields that need to be changed.
After you do that and reboot as it states, you will have sound when you have your volume on and no camera sound when you turn the volume down to vibrate or silent. At least that is how it is for me. I prefer it that way.
Hope this helps
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Naturally
Per Murphy's law, after she and I both looked for around 30 min before giving up and me posting on the forums, I downloaded the ES file explorer and found both files within seconds.
Got it with the silent camera while the phone is on silent/vibrate. Now for a little tweaking to silence it with the volume up.
Thanks for your help, guys and gals. No wonder XDA-devs is one of, if not the, top-notch sites!
Regards,
Agnati

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