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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
Sent from Pluto.
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
Sent from my SGS3 while experiencing some Wicked Sensations™.
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
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
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lmao i knew it was coming
Lol howd you know that..guess u r one of the eye witness..
Hi guys,
Might be a silly questions - but I can't find the option to shut the camera up, for it not to make that annoying shutter sound. Do you have any idea how to disable it?
Thanks.
nnick said:
Hi guys,
Might be a silly questions - but I can't find the option to shut the camera up, for it not to make that annoying shutter sound. Do you have any idea how to disable it?
Thanks.
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Here is a hack http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1385626&d=1349716392. It increases the loudness a bit and disables camera sounds
gee2012 said:
Here is a hack http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1385626&d=1349716392. It increases the loudness a bit and disables camera sounds
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Thanks. I assume it needs to be rooted?
if you are rooted go to /system/media/audio/ui and delete or rename the according files!
no files, no sound!
nnick said:
Thanks. I assume it needs to be rooted?
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Yes. This isn't a flashable zip by the way. It contains a file that you replace the original with... The file is default_gain.conf (found in system/etc)
Backup the original first.
Or do what TML1504 suggested. That's what I usually do.
Not possible on a none-rooted device?
When the phone is in vibrate or silent mode, there is no camera sound
ikonane said:
Not possible on a none-rooted device?
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No mate, only with root rights you can change system files or settings
just switch off ringtone in sound setting
shakeyfingers said:
just switch off ringtone in sound setting
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Or use a camera app like Camera FX Zoom.
spidermoon said:
When the phone is in vibrate or silent mode, there is no camera sound
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No camera sound? Where?
Mute the phone. The camera sounds get muted too.
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There's no option to turn the shutter sound off like the Note?
Out of curiousity, I just tried muting the phone but camera shutter noise still exist. Any reasons why? different models?
JulyDerek said:
Mute the phone. The camera sounds get muted too.
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Nothing the sound persist.
There is no option by default to shut off camera sound
Marchintosh said:
Nothing the sound persist.
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Mine does it right. When I mute the phone, camera goes mute as well
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Or, to make it the cleanest possible:
Under /system/csc, there is a feature.xml file.
Edit it, and under the <!-- Camera --> section, add the following line:
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
And you will have an option in the Camera settings to disable the shutter sound.
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Mine does it right. When I mute the phone, camera goes mute as well
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Same here, awesome!
Unbelievable! My hubby's 6 year old feature phone has a camera that you can't turn off the stupid sound.
I am stunned that on the Note 2, you must first mute your phone, then open the camera app, then hope your subject is still standing there waiting for the shot. Or I have the option of rooting my phone.
I don't know why, but this just pisses me off! :silly:
HAVE TO BE ROOTED. IF the power on sound is annoying to you as to me I changed it off...I will provide a screenshot I used root explorer to rename the file and put a "y" at the end of the file....and the touch sound is little annoying hearing raindrops everywhere so i did the same method. .....
TO change these as something you wish copy a sound over change permissions and rename to what it once was...ONCE YOUR DONE REBOOT;;;
SCREENSHOT shows where files are located for your convenience. ...hope this helps :thumbup:
BOOT ANIMATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE:::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683013
You don't have to change the touch sound, as there is already an option in settings to disable it.
Roundabouts said:
You don't have to change the touch sound, as there is already an option in settings to disable it.
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Not for boot sound...plus this way you can change to whatever boot sound or click touch sounds you wish...
Everyone knows you can disable touch
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Roundabouts said:
You don't have to change the touch sound, as there is already an option in settings to disable it.
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Why is it when someone post useful info that people can use someone comes and tells people not to do what was told or shown. I bet later somewhere we are gonna see you ask about sounds files and wish gave you insight on how to change sound files and where they are . Just learn and stop always commenting against what contributors say.
works like a charm thanks!
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Not for boot sound...plus this way you can change to whatever boot sound or click touch sounds you wish...
Everyone knows you can disable touch
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Ah, sorry. Didn't realize that was your intent.
truth77 said:
Why is it when someone post useful info that people can use someone comes and tells people not to do what was told or shown. I bet later somewhere we are gonna see you ask about sounds files and wish gave you insight on how to change sound files and where they are . Just learn and stop always commenting against what contributors say.
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I'm not sure how you got that from my post. I was replying in regards to "the touch sound is little annoying hearing raindrops everywhere so i did the same method." I assumed that he didn't realize that the option to turn it off was there. What was wrong with saying that this step is not necessary? I was not being confrontational.
Roundabouts said:
Ah, sorry. Didn't realize that was your intent.
I'm not sure how you got that from my post. I was replying in regards to "the touch sound is little annoying hearing raindrops everywhere so i did the same method." I assumed that he didn't realize that the option to turn it off was there. What was wrong with saying that this step is not necessary? I was not being confrontational.
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Its ok roundabouts.....I been around a while..I always try to help others ive been around a while before xda.. Its no hard feeling bro...Im here to learn and help just the rest of you.. :thumbup:
Changed my boot sound to the warning siren from Silent Hill. Easy since you pointed it out, thanks. Another mod to play with...
9wire said:
Changed my boot sound to the warning siren from Silent Hill. Easy since you pointed it out, thanks. Another mod to play with...
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Silent hill....thats awesome..lmao
Ill post boot animations once I firgure out where everyrhing is located...
Thank you for this info!
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wish777 said:
Silent hill....thats awesome..lmao
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Here it is, rename poweron.ogg to .bak, paste this in, set permissions, reboot.
http://www.filedropper.com/poweron
Silent Hill boot sound. Anybody can use, rehost, whatever.
9wire said:
Here it is, rename poweron.ogg to .bak, paste this in, set permissions, reboot.
http://www.filedropper.com/poweron
Silent Hill boot sound. Anybody can use, rehost, whatever.
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That is sick I love that horn lol tks. Good to see you here 9wire.
truth77 said:
That is sick I love that horn lol tks. Good to see you here 9wire.
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Lock screen mods??? (Tapping fingers...)
Fladhed the multi window rom, it has a power off sound too, here's what I'm using...
http://www.filedropper.com/poweroff
9wire said:
Here it is, rename poweron.ogg to .bak, paste this in, set permissions, reboot.
http://www.filedropper.com/poweron
Silent Hill boot sound. Anybody can use, rehost, whatever.
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lol..thats slick man thank you:good:
9wire said:
Lock screen mods??? (Tapping fingers...)
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I had them and they were nice but was off center a little so I never released it. Didn't want nit pickers lol. I owe ya one.
I was poking around in my res folders, but realized I don't have a lockscreen button. Maybe somebody will come up with an alternative to the waves thingy.
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lol..thats slick man thank you:good:
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How would I go about changing the animation? I don't like it. Especially att's. I tried running the boot animation program that comes up on google play. It says I need busy box. I downloaded that, but not sure what to do.
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How would I go about changing the animation? I don't like it. Especially att's. I tried running the boot animation program that comes up on google play. It says I need busy box. I downloaded that, but not sure what to do.
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Am gathered some yesterday. .I have college late..ill try to post some..ill make another thread
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
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<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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Without root ... i don`t think so
U must modify /system/CSC/others.xml and add
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<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
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Without root ... i don`t think so
U must modify /system/CSC/others.xml and add
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<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
I just got my hands on a pixel 3xl (Android 9) coming from a Galaxy S5 on Android 5. I know that with Android 5 on my old Galaxy device I could overwrite the default ROM sounds that were located in /system/media
.. unless I'm overlooking something I believe I have found the pixel 3xl's location of the default ROM sounds located in /product/media and I can't seem to mount that location to read/write with my root explorer...
I'm wanting to change the ROMs default sound such as the charging sounds, low battery sounds etc. Is it possible to do this without being able to mount the /product to read/write?! What am I missing?
teknikalcrysis said:
I just got my hands on a pixel 3xl (Android 9) coming from a Galaxy S5 on Android 5. I know that with Android 5 on my old Galaxy device I could overwrite the default ROM sounds that were located in /system/media
.. unless I'm overlooking something I believe I have found the pixel 3xl's location of the default ROM sounds located in /product/media and I can't seem to mount that location to read/write with my root explorer...
I'm wanting to change the ROMs default sound such as the charging sounds, low battery sounds etc. Is it possible to do this without being able to mount the /product to read/write?! What am I missing?
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Install sounds 2.2, whole lot of new sounds to choose from. Might have to install from apkmirror. Cant change battery sounds etc though.
boe323 said:
Install sounds 2.2, whole lot of new sounds to choose from. Might have to install from apkmirror. Cant change battery sounds etc though.
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I already have that version of Google Sounds..
I'm looking to replace the OEM ROM sounds like when a set it on a charger or the battery is low; I want to play l own sound. I could use Tasker to do what I need I guess, but the would then play two sounds...
teknikalcrysis said:
I just got my hands on a pixel 3xl (Android 9) coming from a Galaxy S5 on Android 5. I know that with Android 5 on my old Galaxy device I could overwrite the default ROM sounds that were located in /system/media
.. unless I'm overlooking something I believe I have found the pixel 3xl's location of the default ROM sounds located in /product/media and I can't seem to mount that location to read/write with my root explorer...
I'm wanting to change the ROMs default sound such as the charging sounds, low battery sounds etc. Is it possible to do this without being able to mount the /product to read/write?! What am I missing?
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Upload the sounds you want and I'll try to make you a module.
Tulsadiver said:
Upload the sounds you want and I'll try to make you a module.
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That would be cool! Upload to where?
teknikalcrysis said:
That would be cool! Upload to where?
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Zip them up and upload them here.
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Zip them up and upload them here.
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Awesome! Thank you!
Here is the zip of sounds I would like to use...
I think that I have them all named appropriately for the Pixel 3XL as far as want I'm wanting to change
and when you listen to them,...yes I'm a huge nerd lmao
View attachment Pixel_Sounds.zip
teknikalcrysis said:
Awesome! Thank you!
Here is the zip of sounds I would like to use...
I think that I have them all named appropriately for the Pixel 3XL as far as want I'm wanting to change
and when you listen to them,...yes I'm a huge nerd lmao
View attachment 4870425
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Try this. Flash via magisk manager.
Tulsadiver said:
Try this. Flash via magisk manager.
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Installed this along with the clock on right mod (already installed) that you did for me last week or so, and both work fantastically. I love the new sounds
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Try this. Flash via magisk manager.
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DUDE!!!!! YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!
That worked perfectly!!
For anyone else flashing this, I noticed that due to my font on my pc, sometimes its hard for my to distinguish upper and lower case letters...and on I few of the NFC sounds I see that I accidentally had CAPS lock on so some of the capitalization is reversed and the first flash resulted in two files names; the old file and the incorrectly capitalized one (my fault!)
I fixed this by uninstalling the module, fixing the capitalization within the zip and reflashing...
I do have two questions tho, if I decide I want different sounds, can I just replace the ones in your zip and reflash?
and where can I throw you a tip?!!
jcp2 said:
Installed this along with the clock on right mod (already installed) that you did for me last week or so, and both work fantastically. I love the new sounds
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Clock on the right MOD? I'm interested in what the benefit of that is?!
teknikalcrysis said:
Clock on the right MOD? I'm interested in what the benefit of that is?!
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I came from the HTC One M8 after 5 years. Always had the clock on the right, so that's what I'm used to.
teknikalcrysis said:
DUDE!!!!! YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!
That worked perfectly!!
For anyone else flashing this, I noticed that due to my font on my pc, sometimes its hard for my to distinguish upper and lower case letters...and on I few of the NFC sounds I see that I accidentally had CAPS lock on so some of the capitalization is reversed and the first flash resulted in two files names; the old file and the incorrectly capitalized one (my fault!)
I fixed this by uninstalling the module, fixing the capitalization within the zip and reflashing...
I do have two questions tho, if I decide I want different sounds, can I just replace the ones in your zip and reflash?
and where can I throw you a tip?!!
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Yes, just replace and flash.
Just hit the thanks button.
Tulsadiver said:
Yes, just replace and flash.
Just hit the thanks button.
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You're awesome, thank you!!!!