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disable/change camera sound?

Is it possible to disable/change the camera sound on a non-sense rom? The "click" sound gets annoying when taking several pictures.

I think that's part of privacy protection policy employed by EU govt. If u want no sound, just install 3rd party camera app..
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bharata212 said:
I think that's part of privacy protection policy employed by EU govt.
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I supposed that but I find it weird since I have a Nokia N95 and you can actually disable the sound...

I disable the click sound for the camera on my phone. You just need to turn on the camera and go to the setting and set the sound to off.

thongster27 said:
I disable the click sound for the camera on my phone. You just need to turn on the camera and go to the setting and set the sound to off.
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Problem is the rom I'm using (OpenDesire) doesnt display that option in the camera settings.
What I've though is to move/rename/modify the "click" sound that does with another one via adb.

You could try SilentSnap as it may work. It is supposed to launch your camera app with the shutter sound off, but since I use Sense/Froyo, I've no need of it.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
You could try SilentSnap as it may work.
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It works like a charm, thanks for the tip!

No way to turn off shutter sound? Really? Even my PALM PRE could do that

I can't believe this isn't an option. I was trying to take some picture of a textbook in a very quiet environment and that damn shutter sound was disturbing everyone. How could they not have a option for this?!
Serious fail

Root and flash a custom rom, or just the audio tweak in the dev. section.
But I agree Samsung fail on that and the stupid increase ringtone bs.
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bob_ross said:
I can't believe this isn't an option. I was trying to take some picture of a textbook in a very quiet environment and that damn shutter sound was disturbing everyone. How could they not have a option for this?!
Serious fail
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It isn't a fail, it is to avoid legal issues. In some areas it is illegal to shut off the shutter sound on a phone/camera. AOKP allows you to shut off the sound, but will give a warning that it is not legal in all areas.

yup above is right
And if ur rooted go to system/media/audio/ui and delete anything with the word camera in it. May also be called shutter_sound I think. Problem solved

billard412 said:
And if ur rooted go to system/media/audio/ui and delete anything with the word camera in it. May also be called shutter_sound I think. Problem solved
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I wouldn't just delete the sound but replace with a silent .ogg file because the system still searches for the file. If your rooted with cwm look in post #3 of my wicked thread and I have a flashabe zip to silence just the shutter sounds and another to silence all camera and camcorder sounds. Just download the file and flash in recovery and it replaces the files with silent files. That should work on any custom deodexed rom.
Here is a link to the thread and its in post #3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30142897
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You cant compare this phone to the best phone of all time! The Palm Pre was way way ahead of its time... Still miss that guy

stu5797 said:
You cant compare this phone to the best phone of all time! The Palm Pre was way way ahead of its time... Still miss that guy
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I still have mine, it's charged and every thing. I think about web os every now and then, power it on and play on Wi-Fi lol.
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bob_ross said:
I can't believe this isn't an option. I was trying to take some picture of a textbook in a very quiet environment and that damn shutter sound was disturbing everyone. How could they not have a option for this?!
Serious fail
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I nt sure it is applicable to other country roms version..
In Msia Rom version, u could turn off ur shutter sound by putting it into silent mode before u opening the camera.
This is wat i did often when went to quiet environment such as library.
U could try this solution see it works or not.

We all know you are using your camera to take up skirt picks and are getting caught
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stevesprivateaccount said:
We all know you are using your camera to take up skirt picks and are getting caught
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lmao i knew it was coming

Lol howd you know that..guess u r one of the eye witness..

[Q] Turn-Off Camera Sound [GT-I8160]

Hello guys :victory:
Is there a way to turn-off the camera sound when we took pictures on our SGA2? (GT-I8160) without setting the phone to Silent?
I cant find an option from the Camera app...
I saw a thread here that needs busybux and a little commands, is there another way to disable the camera sound?
Thanks for your inputs...

here is camer sound patch i made http://d-h.st/Aa2
- Type "su" and give root permissions;
- Type "camerasoundoff" for disable camera capture sound;
- Type "camerasoundon" for enable;

Rename following files in system/media/audio/ui with any root explorer (Solid Explorer i.e.):
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg
That's what I've done, but I still get a little sound in the standard camera app (not really noticable in my opinion), so I think I missed one file. However, with Camera ZOOM FX, all sounds are gone.

I just put my phone on silent and i do't hear any sound, what do you actually want?
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Messi10 said:
here is camer sound patch i made http://d-h.st/Aa2
- Type "su" and give root permissions;
- Type "camerasoundoff" for disable camera capture sound;
- Type "camerasoundon" for enable;
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Cool.. That's great modd.. Going to try it asap...
riedlZ said:
Rename following files in system/media/audio/ui with any root explorer (Solid Explorer i.e.):
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg
That's what I've done, but I still get a little sound in the standard camera app (not really noticable in my opinion), so I think I missed one file. However, with Camera ZOOM FX, all sounds are gone.
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I thought of that too. Actually, that's what I did long time ago on my Symbian phone.. I just never thought to apply it on android :laugh:
Thanks to your input guys... Really appreciated it... :good:

gumball3000 said:
I just put my phone on silent and i do't hear any sound, what do you actually want?
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Setting the phone on Silent is not my option though its so easy to do, but that is actually my question;
How can we turn off the Camera sound with setting the phone to silent... Re-read the 1st post please..
What I actually want is; I want to turn off/on the camera sound quick and easy...

Camera app -> Settings (Gear) -> shutter sound -> off

soraxx said:
Camera app -> Settings (Gear) -> shutter sound -> off
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not available for everybody, because it's illegal in some countries
yethz said:
What I actually want is; I want to turn off/on the camera sound quick and easy...
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i'm not an android developer but i'm pretty sure it's very easy to make an app for renaming that files (with root ofc)

soraxx said:
Camera app -> Settings (Gear) -> shutter sound -> off
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I asked these questions because as what I've said no sound option on camera app...

Root your phone, then add the following line to the end of /system/build.prop:
Code:
ro.camera.sound.forced=0
It will be silent if your phone is in silent mode.
yethz said:
Cool.. That's great modd.. Going to try it asap...
I thought of that too. Actually, that's what I did long time ago on my Symbian phone.. I just never thought to apply it on android :laugh:
Thanks to your input guys... Really appreciated it... :good:
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oldherl said:
Root your phone, then add the following line to the end of /system/build.prop:
Code:
ro.camera.sound.forced=0
It will be silent if your phone is in silent mode.
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as stated on 1st post... I dont want to change silent mode just to capture pictures without sound capture...

Hi,
I found a way to turn off the shutter sound (by coincidence).
I turned off the 'systemsounds' and noticed that the shuttersound was off.
Settings>sound>volume>system (set to a minimum).
I don't know which other sounds I turned off as well by doing this.
I don't miss a sound yet.
My answer may be a little too late, but maybe I help other people with the same problem.
Greetings
wouter

[Q] Camera Shutter Sound

do we have anything on the camera shutter sound front? Id really love to silence it for good because not only is it abnoxious, but its also loud! preferably something simple for us who have the phones intact with all the bloatware and not rooted? plain old official out of the box stuff.

kostas90 said:
do we have anything on the camera shutter sound front? Id really love to silence it for good because not only is it abnoxious, but its also loud! preferably something simple for us who have the phones intact with all the bloatware and not rooted? plain old official out of the box stuff.
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Without root ... i don`t think so
U must modify /system/CSC/others.xml and add
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

with root it's possible by using wanam exposed.

junkyde said:
with root it's possible by using wanam exposed.
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SilviuMik said:
Without root ... i don`t think so
U must modify /system/CSC/others.xml and add
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
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was really hoping to avoid it. why is it so hard to do such a simple thing?

kostas90 said:
was really hoping to avoid it. why is it so hard to do such a simple thing?
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Because in some countries it is forbidden to make "silent photo" or "spy photo" that is why they disable that menu

SilviuMik said:
Without root ... i don`t think so
U must modify /system/CSC/others.xml and add
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
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Works perfectly, thanks!
PS: I needed to reboot my phone before the menu item in the cam options appeared.

kostas90 said:
do we have anything on the camera shutter sound front? Id really love to silence it for good because not only is it abnoxious, but its also loud! preferably something simple for us who have the phones intact with all the bloatware and not rooted? plain old official out of the box stuff.
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Has already been discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387273
Google Enforced Stream Silencer should mute the camera shutter sound on S4 mini.

Norris5 said:
Has already been discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387273
Google Enforced Stream Silencer should mute the camera shutter sound on S4 mini.
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doesnt seem to work on mine was really excited when I saw your post

Sorry for asking, but just to be sure: Have you run the ESS app and checked the 'Disable STREAM_SYSTEM_ENFORCED' checkbox?
It was definitely working on my S4 mini with stock firmware (at that time).

Norris5 said:
Sorry for asking, but just to be sure: Have you run the ESS app and checked the 'Disable STREAM_SYSTEM_ENFORCED' checkbox?
It was definitely working on my S4 mini with stock firmware (at that time).
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I did, yes. my phone was silenced at the time and I figured maybe its supposed to be on loud when its done so I tried that too. Tried unchecking it as well but nothing. and Im on stock as well

HOW TO: Disable Camera Shutter Sound (Root)

I was getting tired of hearing the camera shutter sound when taking photos, so I dug around the file system and found two audio files that are the shutter sound. I renamed these, rebooted, and everything is working great. Let me know if this does or doesn't work for you!
Before you get started, you need to be rooted for this method.
Step 1:
Use a root-capable file browser of your choice (I prefer SolidExplorer) and navigate to /system/media/audio/ui
Step 2:
Locate cam_snap_0.ogg and camera.click.ogg and rename the file extensions to .OLD, as seen below.
Step 3:
Reboot, then test

Alternatively, (non-root) you can set your phone to vibrate or silent mode and it wont make the shutter sound.

Mystikalrush said:
Alternatively, (non-root) you can set your phone to vibrate or silent mode and it wont make the shutter sound.
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Agree, why not just set your phone to silent mode.

spencergates928 said:
Agree, why not just set your phone to silent mode.
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Not all of us keep our phone on silent all the time, and most of us don't want to think about turning the volume down every time we take a picture. If we never care to have the shutter sound, why not just disable it completely?

what does the .OLD do to the file? just out of curiosity.

Phurkus said:
what does the .OLD do to the file? just out of curiosity.
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It onyl changes the name. It does not affect the contents of the file in anyway. It will fail a HASH check though so revert it back in order to do an update to another OS if you are stock.

Phurkus said:
what does the .OLD do to the file? just out of curiosity.
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It allows you to keep the original so you can revert back if anything happens, or you no longer want the mod.
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thnx!

Worked like a charm!

You can also use G4 tweaksbox to do the same thing plus a whole lot more.

Spookymyo said:
You can also use G4 tweaksbox to do the same thing plus a whole lot more.
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This was before Xposed came out for the G4, not everyone wants to use Xposed as it hurts battery life, and some people prefer the simple approach.

geoff5093 said:
This was before Xposed came out for the G4, not everyone wants to use Xposed as it hurts battery life, and some people prefer the simple approach.
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I understand. But xposed has such a negligible impact on battery as I doesn't matter. And the tweaksbox is as simple as it gets; one button disables the sound and can turn it back on.

geoff5093 said:
I was getting tired of hearing the camera shutter sound when taking photos, so I dug around the file system and found two audio files that are the shutter sound. I renamed these, rebooted, and everything is working great. Let me know if this does or doesn't work for you!
Before you get started, you need to be rooted for this method.
Step 1:
Use a root-capable file browser of your choice (I prefer SolidExplorer) and navigate to /system/media/audio/ui
Step 2:
Locate cam_snap_0.ogg and camera.click.ogg and rename the file extensions to .OLD, as seen below.
Step 3:
Reboot, then test
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What about the video recording and stop sounds?

Birkesuss said:
What about the video recording and stop sounds?
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G4 tweaksbox can disable those too.

Spookymyo said:
G4 tweaksbox can disable those too.
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I'm currently experiencing issues with the tweaksbox box due to the license error...

Birkesuss said:
I'm currently experiencing issues with the tweaksbox box due to the license error...
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For the unlocker? Send an email to the Dev.

Spookymyo said:
For the unlocker? Send an email to the Dev.
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I did, but no luck. Seems like he ignored me...

geoff5093 said:
This was before Xposed came out for the G4, not everyone wants to use Xposed as it hurts battery life, and some people prefer the simple approach.
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You still have your G4 or are you just sticking around to be helpful?

hoodieNation said:
You still have your G4 or are you just sticking around to be helpful?
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Just hanging around, I have a 6P now.

thanks for this! for some reason Tasker doesn't recognize when the Camera is started so the Silent method is weak... and while G4 TweaksBox would be nice, I'm also having issues getting the unlocker to work. Emailed dev and am waiting for a response...
EDIT: looks like renaming doesn't work for me... interesting...
EDIT2: created silent versions of the two files and now... we have silence!