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Camera shutter sound

Hi everyone.
I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to disable the camera shutter sound when the phone is not on silent
Thanks
Dave
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I can't seem to find the option to switch off the camera shutter sound too
The camera setting don't seem to be permanently set all the time, for eg. when I switch on auto contrast, it went back to "off" again when I use the camera for the second time.

tvbkennyzai said:
I can't seem to find the option to switch off the camera shutter sound too
The camera setting don't seem to be permanently set all the time, for eg. when I switch on auto contrast, it went back to "off" again when I use the camera for the second time.
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Shutter sound can't be disabled by default. If you are rooted, you can rename the ogg file and it won't play.
File is in /system/media/audio/ui

It seems the SGS2 has gone backwards as even with SGS1, the camera sound can be turned off in the settings menu.

Don't take this as absolute truth, but I'm pretty sure it's the law in some countries that you're not able to turn off the camera-shutter sound.

"Blade buddy" allows you to turn it off. It's free on the market.
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SBS_ said:
Don't take this as absolute truth, but I'm pretty sure it's the law in some countries that you're not able to turn off the camera-shutter sound.
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This is true in a number of locations.

I've managed to stop the shutter sound and the video recording start/stop sounds by renaming all the camera-related ogg files in the /system/media/audio/ui folder, but I can't seem to find the ogg file for the camera 'autofocus' sound.
Does anyone know which file this is?

How Astro manager says insufficient permissions?

diablous said:
How Astro manager says insufficient permissions?
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Root and then use Ghost Commander, root explorer or Android Mate.

thx dude!
10char
Seems i don't have permission, dunno what i'm missing, do i need to have a rooted kernel? i rooted added busybox and superuser, and reloaded the original kernel

poofish said:
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I can't seem to find the ogg file for the camera 'autofocus' sound.
Does anyone know which file this is?
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The focus sounds are stored inside the camera app itself and because of that a little harder to get rid of. Because it is app-related you could use another camera app and not have the problem... or you can try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074628
diablous said:
Seems i don't have permission, dunno what i'm missing, do i need to have a rooted kernel? i rooted added busybox and superuser, and reloaded the original kernel
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Root explorer (or other proper apps) should ask for root permission, allow that. After that you'll need to mount the system partition with write access. Root Explorer has a little button at the top for this, no experience with other apps.

How to take upskirt shots:
1. Disable shutter sounds
...lol just foolin around
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poofish said:
I've managed to stop the shutter sound and the video recording start/stop sounds by renaming all the camera-related ogg files in the /system/media/audio/ui folder, but I can't seem to find the ogg file for the camera 'autofocus' sound.
Does anyone know which file this is?
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how did you do this? i tried but it says it's "read-only"
EDIT:
nevermind, duh

Yes the autofocus is in camera apk. Don't just delete it though as it needs code edits

[Q]How to change the camera shutter sound?
no need for me to open a new topic, since i got a similar question, how can we change that horrible camera shutter sound?
the default sound from the sgs1 is what I'm looking for, i found out that this specific sound is played by the system in sgs2 when you take a screenshot (by pressing Home + Power buttons), but i can't figure out where to find it and how can i set it as the default shutter sound for the camera app
so, i don't want to disable the sound, i already found some topics explain that, i just want to replace it
any help is appreciated

pulser_g2 said:
Yes the autofocus is in camera apk. Don't just delete it though as it needs code edits
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OK found it, but how can i replace the files with an silent one.
I cannot cut or rename those original .ogg files, probably because it is situated in the apk file.
what to do?
also the solution for 'maranello69': copy the beloved shutter1.ogg file from the sgs and just replace it in your sgs2.

Just put the phone in vibrating mode and the sound is gone
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The latest firmware (say KF3 for XEU phones) turn off camera sounds when the phone is set to vibrate or silent.

Sleepycat3 said:
The latest firmware (say KF3 for XEU phones) turn off camera sounds when the phone is set to vibrate or silent.
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The 2.3.4 update also does this (its the first one I've bothered updating my SGSII for). I'll just set Tasker to set silent on when the camera is on, and revert when the camera app closes, job done.

[Fixed] Removing camera shutter speed for Aussie Note 3 (requires root)

Firstly, just to address some of the "fixes" that have been offered in in this forum:
Muting volume or setting sound to silent
Doesn't work.
Renaming/removing "shutter.ogg" from system/media/audio/ui
This doesn't work as the sound files is embedded in the camera apk.
Adding <CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>FALSE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> into "others.xml"
Doesn't work. This enables the menu option in the camera app but does not permit the setting to be changed.
Wanam Xposed or Enforcedstreamsilencer
Neither works.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, the only surefire way I've found to kill the shutter sound is to replace the audio files that are actually embedded in the stock camera apk with silent versions of the same files. I've modified the apk to remove all sound except for the ticking in the camera timer (which I think is actually useful) and the panorama mode start/stop sounds. Happy to upload another modified one with all sounds removed if there's interest.
Unfortunately the file is too big to attach to XDA forums and I don't have permission to link externally so you'll have to copy and paste the short URL below to get it from my SkyDrive.
sdrv.ms/16gFVqc
To install the apk you will need root access to your phone and a file manager that can access root functions. Do the following:
In your file manager navigate to system/app path and locate "SamsungCamera2.apk"
Rename it something else like "SamsungCamera2.apk.bak"
Copy over the modified apk into the same location
Make sure the permissions of the new file are the same as the original
Enjoy (no need to reboot)
Note that I'm not responsible if your phone and/or camera breaks, bricks or gains sentience and chokes you in your sleep. I'm not a android developer, just a desperate guy who wanted to use the stock camera quietly for non-perverted, non-nefarious reasons (trust me) and I've only confirmed that it works with the Aussie Note 3. Anyone else use at your own discretion.

Trying it out now, This has been driving me nuts for the past couple of days,
The Auto Focus sound is just way too loud.
I'll let you know how it goes !
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vdai said:
Firstly, just to address some of the "fixes" that have been offered in in this forum:
Muting volume or setting sound to silent
Doesn't work.
Renaming/removing "shutter.ogg" from system/media/audio/ui
This doesn't work as the sound files is embedded in the camera apk.
Adding <CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>FALSE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> into "others.xml"
Doesn't work. This enables the menu option in the camera app but does not permit the setting to be changed.
Wanam Xposed or Enforcedstreamsilencer
Neither works.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, the only surefire way I've found to kill the shutter sound is to replace the audio files that are actually embedded in the stock camera apk with silent versions of the same files. I've modified the apk to remove all sound except for the ticking in the camera timer (which I think is actually useful) and the panorama mode start/stop sounds. Happy to upload another modified one with all sounds removed if there's interest.
Unfortunately the file is too big to attach to XDA forums and I don't have permission to link externally so you'll have to copy and paste the short URL below to get it from my SkyDrive.
sdrv.ms/16gFVqc
To install the apk you will need root access to your phone and a file manager that can access root functions. Do the following:
In your file manager navigate to system/app path and locate "SamsungCamera2.apk"
Rename it something else like "SamsungCamera2.apk.bak"
Copy over the modified apk into the same location
Make sure the permissions of the new file are the same as the original
Enjoy (no need to reboot)
Note that I'm not responsible if your phone and/or camera breaks, bricks or gains sentience and chokes you in your sleep. I'm not a android developer, just a desperate guy who wanted to use the stock camera quietly for non-perverted, non-nefarious reasons (trust me) and I've only confirmed that it works with the Aussie Note 3. Anyone else use at your own discretion.
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You Sir are a Legend!!!.
Confirmed Working!!!:victory:

I tried it and camera finally shut up . For some reason, this got rid of the "processing....." delay after every shot as well. Very well done. Thank you:good:

Hi all,
What worked for me was editing the customer.xml in the csc folder.
Navigate down to <camera> and then change
<ShutterSound>on</ShutterSound>
to
<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>
save and then restart phone.
Now when the phone is in silent mode no camera sound.
This also fixes wanams no camera sound even if phone isn't in silent I believe.
Worked for me on my optus branded N9005
Hope this helps in some way.

Worked for me with SM-N9005. Perfectly mute focusing sound and shutter sound.
Brilliant work !
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choppiii said:
Hi all,
What worked for me was editing the customer.xml in the csc folder.
Navigate down to <camera> and then change
<ShutterSound>on</ShutterSound>
to
<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>
save and then restart phone.
Now when the phone is in silent mode no camera sound.
This also fixes wanams no camera sound even if phone isn't in silent I believe.
Worked for me on my optus branded N9005
Hope this helps in some way.
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Gave this a try. Totally works on my Aussie unbranded N9005.
So it looks like there are now two confirmed methods of muting camera sound:
If you want to be able to mute sound by turning the volume down, then do choppiii's method
If you want to permanently mute the sound (in case you forget to turn the volume down, which I would probably do) then use my method to replace the camera apk.
Hooray choices!

choppiii said:
Hi all,
What worked for me was editing the customer.xml in the csc folder.
Navigate down to <camera> and then change
<ShutterSound>on</ShutterSound>
to
<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>
save and then restart phone.
Now when the phone is in silent mode no camera sound.
This also fixes wanams no camera sound even if phone isn't in silent I believe.
Worked for me on my optus branded N9005
Hope this helps in some way.
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thank you ...

Hi,
Replaced apk. Starting camera from the drawer keeps it quiet. However if you have lock screen swipe to left to enable the camera then shutter sound is there. Weird. Anyone else?
Also changing mode let say for sport mode brings sound back again for me.
Renaming /system/media/ui camera related sound files seems to help to this issue..

I tried all the listed methods on my aus note 3 from vodafone. The only one that worked was the choppiii method. It let the system mute stop the camera shutter sound. I stil want a working menu option.
Samsung really know how to upset me. I rooted this device specifically to get rid of that sound.

OdeeanRDeathshead said:
I tried all the listed methods on my aus note 3 from vodafone. The only one that worked was the choppiii method. It let the system mute stop the camera shutter sound. I stil want a working menu option.
Samsung really know how to upset me. I rooted this device specifically to get rid of that sound.
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Hi...
Instead of adding
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>FALSE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
Into the others.xml add
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
In other words add true not false...
I can't confirm if this works or not as I'm running omega rom and it already has it enabled...
Let me know how it goes....
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choppiii said:
Hi all,
What worked for me was editing the customer.xml in the csc folder.
Navigate down to <camera> and then change
<ShutterSound>on</ShutterSound>
to
<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>
save and then restart phone.
Now when the phone is in silent mode no camera sound.
This also fixes wanams no camera sound even if phone isn't in silent I believe.
Worked for me on my optus branded N9005
Hope this helps in some way.
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Did this, cheers!

TRUE made the settings entry show but it is not changeable.

do i need to root my fone for this?
(getting rid of the auto focus sound /and or shutter sound)

try "a better camera" from app store. no root needed and works for me. photo quality and function as good if not better then stock camera...now its my replacement camera app.
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from The Enterprise

" a better camera " did the trick. Thanks.

I don't have root to install the fixed Samsung camera apk. I tried the new Google camera from android 4.4 but it has sound too. Could you make an apk for the Google camera from android 4.4 without sound?

does this app make the camera faster?
i don't have root.
if i try to install it anyway does it works?
thanks.
a better camera is not so good, even camera fv5 is the same.
i really would like that samsung make more accessible compensation and iso metering in the stock app...it takes too much time to enter in setting.
is not so difficult mother samsung...cmon!

camera shutter sound is gone for me, thanks!

phido007 said:
I don't have root to install the fixed Samsung camera apk. I tried the new Google camera from android 4.4 but it has sound too. Could you make an apk for the Google camera from android 4.4 without sound?
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see above. "a better camera" from google play. worked for me, i actually like it better then stock. the only downside is not being able to record 2160 videos, but who needs it anyway...

"Camera awsome" works for me too. better then "a better camera" but its a paid app.
Teleported from my SM-N9005 from the Enterprise

HOW TO: Disable Camera Shutter Sound (Root)

I don't believe this was posted in an actual step-by-step guide, so here it is! This worked to successfully stop the camera shutter sound from going off when snapping photos with the volume up on my VS986. I hope this is the same as other G4 variants, so let me know if this works for you as well and which model you have.
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

Or just mute the sound before taking a picture if you really don't want be heard.

DoKaTSuYa said:
Or just mute the sound before taking a picture if you really don't want be heard.
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You beat me to it for the witty response.
If you wanna be a creeper there's also a sneaky cam app which takes the picture with a black screen present.

DoKaTSuYa said:
Or just mute the sound before taking a picture if you really don't want be heard.
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Not everyone thinks about it before they launch the camera app, and this fixes the need to always turn the volume down.
spartan268 said:
You beat me to it for the witty response.
If you wanna be a creeper there's also a sneaky cam app which takes the picture with a black screen present.
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There's many reasons people don't want the shutter sound. Such as taking photos of a sleeping baby, animals without scaring them, in quiet restaurant or function, etc. Plus third party programs don't utilize LG's great camera software.

spartan268 said:
You beat me to it for the witty response.
If you wanna be a creeper there's also a sneaky cam app which takes the picture with a black screen present.
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Did you know some Country Variants etc: Korea Variants like what I have, even you mute the sound of your device, the camera shutter still as loud as it is. I believe it is the policy of the country
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20031111/099242.shtml

Now if we can shut off the autofocus sound
Figured it out, just rename the af_failure and af_success file.

tnx for the guide
it worked on my H815

slick_shoes said:
Now if we can shut off the autofocus sound
Figured it out, just rename the af_failure and af_success file.
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There are audio files for auto focus as well, I assume you can follow the same procedure for that. Try doing this method on af_failure and af_success files.

storm91 said:
Did you know some Country Variants etc: Korea Variants like what I have, even you mute the sound of your device, the camera shutter still as loud as it is. I believe it is the policy of the country
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20031111/099242.shtml
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Right but it would seem all the G4 variants do not allow to disable sound. I find that strange since samsungs provide that setting for non-korean variants.
So it should not require root to be able to do this...but whatever...

geoff5093 said:
There are audio files for auto focus as well, I assume you can follow the same procedure for that. Try doing this method on af_failure and af_success files.
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I edited and wrote the fix underneath my original question lol

Here's something I don't get...
cam_snap_0 and camera_click don't actually seem to make the sound we hear in the camera app, right?
The closest I found was shuter_mirror_up/down, but that didn't actually take away the shutter sound like the two outlined above.
Why is that?

All shutter and focus sounds disabled! Thanks!
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Just rename doesnt work for me (H815), but what worked: edited audio files with audacity. now the cam is silent, always while AF and taking a picture.
No flashable zip. Extract and replace files manually in /system/media/audio/ui/
Edit: one day there was sound again. Fixed it with setting permissions to -rw-r--r-- on every replaced file. Reboot and there was silence.
Edit: heres a flashable zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68225350&postcount=21

Thank you Spillunke! Your files is work!

editing sound works on my phone [LG G4 H818p - rooted]

Spillunke said:
rename doesnt work for me (G4 H815/Imperium Rom 1.1)
but what worked: edited audio files with audacity. now the cam is silent, always while AF and taking a picture
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Thanks, I installed V10 Port Camera and there was sound again. Renaming = no effect.

Renaming didn't work for me. H815 v20D stock.

thanks:good:

Spillunke said:
No flashable zip. Extract and replace files manually in /system/media/audio/ui/
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Thanks, only that works for me :good:

Can confirm that renaming is not enough. The silent files are needed and their permissions must be changed to 644 rw-r--r--.
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Zenfone 3 ZE520KL Disable Camera Focus Sound

Hi! I have rooted my Z3, renamed the appropriate soundfiles for the camera sounds. The shutter sound has been disabled but the annoying focus sound still persists even after renaming it. I have been diligently searching for a way to disable the focus sound but I can't find any. I have also searched for the /system/csc folder but I don't have it on my rooted phone. What else can I do?

Disabling "Camera Sound" in the camera app settings did it for me.

No go for me, I'm in Japan.
sensi277 said:
Disabling "Camera Sound" in the camera app settings did it for me.
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No such setting in my camera app. Reason: I am in Japan and they prohibit removing camera sounds here.
Here's what I did:
-Rooted
-With Root Explorer I went to /system/media/audio/ui
-Renamed the following files:
-BurstFast.ogg
-BurstSlow.ogg
-BurstSlow_OneSec.ogg
-camera_click.ogg
-cameraclickslow.ogg
-camera_focus.ogg
-cameraclickslow.ogg
-VideoRecord.ogg
-VideoStop.ogg
All other camera sounds went away except for the annoying focus sound.
Is there any other place in the system that has the focus sound file?
I'm not sure what I'm missing.
P.S. Still thanked you just for replying. Thanks again!

Disable camera shutter sound

Hi, I have rooted my phone and used a File explorer (Root Explorer) and proceeded to rename all the camera related audio files located at /system/media/audio/ui to .old
After a reboot I tried to see if the sound is gone but it is still there.
Following some old guide I found here I tried to find system/csc/feature.xml but it does not exist at all (nor the file nor the folder CSC)
I know a work around is to use a bixby routine to enable DND as long as the camera is open but considering that I am rooted I wanted to find a solution (not a work around)
I tried using Magisk Modules but they don't work either.
I am using Android 10

TricksterTrick said:
Hi, I have rooted my phone and used a File explorer (Root Explorer) and proceeded to rename all the camera related audio files located at /system/media/audio/ui to .old
After a reboot I tried to see if the sound is gone but it is still there.
Following some old guide I found here I tried to find system/csc/feature.xml but it does not exist at all (nor the file nor the folder CSC)
I know a work around is to use a bixby routine to enable DND as long as the camera is open but considering that I am rooted I wanted to find a solution (not a work around)
I tried using Magisk Modules but they don't work either.
I am using Android 10
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Hi!
Ummm there's a setting for shutter sounds right within camera settings. See attached photo. Unless yours is different because Exynos. Mine is US Snapdragon on Android 10.
:good:

Thanos said:
Hi!
Ummm there's a setting for shutter sounds right within camera settings. See attached photo. Unless yours is different because Exynos. Mine is US Snapdragon on Android 10.
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Hi! thank you for replying this thread. I thought it would be obvious but the option is not there for me (I have Exynos)! Not everybody has the option to do it and that is why I rooted my phone, tried a few methods (described in my post) but none of them work... damn shutter sound is still there

I have not found a solution either, right now just using some bixby action to put the phone in silent mode when the camera app is open

bengtc said:
I have not found a solution either, right now just using some bixby action to put the phone in silent mode when the camera app is open
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Really odd nobody found a solution yet

I feel like there should be some ADB command to activate the option in camera settings, but not sure what it would be.

bengtc said:
I have not found a solution either, right now just using some bixby action to put the phone in silent mode when the camera app is open
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Hi....well, it is not necessary to put the whole device into silent mode because of the camera shutter sound .... Bixby Routine does that part great....

The Root said:
I feel like there should be some ADB command to activate the option in camera settings, but not sure what it would be.
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I feel the same! the option it is there (hidden) we just gotta figure out how to make it visible. Was hoping somebody here would have the answer.... I guess the big fishes are busy

You could always just turn the system volume sound to 0
You still have notifications, ringtone, media and bixby sounds.

Darkat70 said:
You could always just turn the system volume sound to 0
You still have notifications, ringtone, media and bixby sounds.
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we know there are work arounds we just trying to figure out how to make the option to disable the shutter sound visible again

TricksterTrick said:
we know there are work arounds we just trying to figure out how to make the option to disable the shutter sound visible again
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But nobody knows if the option is hidden or removed by default because of the obvious people trying to take inappropriate or illegal photos without consent. Just like recording phone calls, the option isn't available by system only 3rd party apps. Even though in my State its legal to record without consent any phone call in which i am a party to. Under the surveillance and devices act 1999. Yet Google decided to just kill the option globally.

I'm using an app from GG Play store to mute the camera app. It works just fine