HOW TO: Disable Camera Shutter Sound (Root)

[geoff5093]

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

 

[Mystikalrush]

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

 

[spencergates928]

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

Agree, why not just set your phone to silent mode.

 

[geoff5093]

Agree, why not just set your phone to silent mode.

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?

 

[Phurkus]

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

 

[GuestX0011]

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

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.

 

[geoff5093]

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

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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[Jermainesmit]

thnx!

 

[wishx]

Worked like a charm!

 

[Spookymyo]

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

 

[geoff5093]

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

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.

 

[Spookymyo]

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.

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.

 

[DAXX]

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

What about the video recording and stop sounds?

 

[Spookymyo]

What about the video recording and stop sounds?

G4 tweaksbox can disable those too.

 

[DAXX]

G4 tweaksbox can disable those too.

I'm currently experiencing issues with the tweaksbox box due to the license error...

 

[Spookymyo]

I'm currently experiencing issues with the tweaksbox box due to the license error...

For the unlocker? Send an email to the Dev.

 

[DAXX]

For the unlocker? Send an email to the Dev.

I did, but no luck. Seems like he ignored me...

 

[hoodieNation]

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.

You still have your G4 or are you just sticking around to be helpful?

 

[geoff5093]

You still have your G4 or are you just sticking around to be helpful?

Just hanging around, I have a 6P now.

 

[dimm0k]

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!