[Magisk Module] Disable camera and screenshot sound

[creeve4]

Attached is a simple magisk module to disable the camera shutter and screenshot sound.
It replaces camera_click.ogg with a blank file.

Camera shutter and screenshot both use the same sound file; this disables both the camera shutter and screenshot sound.

 

[RikRong]

You can also just turn it off in the camera settings...

 

[creeve4]

You can also just turn it off in the camera settings...

But you cannot disable the screenshot sound. This is the reason I created the module.

 

[RikRong]

But you cannot disable the screenshot sound. This is the reason I created the module.

Mine doesn't make a noise when I have the phone on vibrate or silent. Maybe it's dependent on the carrier model of the phone?

I'm also not trying to downplay your work, I just figured some people won't root, so they might want to know you can disable the sound in the camera settings.

 

[Toilet Paper]

Mine doesn't make a noise when I have the phone on vibrate or silent. Maybe it's dependent on the carrier model of the phone?

I'm also not trying to downplay your work, I just figured some people won't root, so they might want to know you can disable the sound in the camera settings.

I was told many years ago, that in some regions, by law, cameras should make a sound. Maybe phones in those regions have the option to disable the sound locked out/removed?

 

[thanqxda]

Big thank you, mate. Even in India where there is no law prohibiting silent screenshot and silent photography, Google completely removes the option to silence camera shutter sound. No VPN or mock location helps here because this is based on the inserted SIM card.

Earlier, the only option to silence camera shutter was to go to /data/data/com.google.android.GoogleCamera/shared_prefs/com.google.android.GoogleCamera_preferences.xml
then change this value to 0:
<string name="pref_camera_sounds_key">0</string>
<string

But inexplicably, the value would nastily reset to 1 from time to time and you would get a rude sound when expecting a silent camera shot.

Thanks to OP, I just extracted his zip and replaced the original /system/product/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
with OP's camera_click.ogg which in fact can be created easily as a new empty file.

Thanks to OP once again from the world of chains and fetters, gags and censors!

 

[MikeC84]

I was told many years ago, that in some regions, by law, cameras should make a sound. Maybe phones in those regions have the option to disable the sound locked out/removed?

I believe that's only in japan

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[Uzephi]

I believe that's only in japan

It is in the US as well... Section 3a:

3.

Audible Sound Standard

(a)

Requirement

Beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any mobile phone containing a digital camera that is manufactured for sale in the United States shall sound a tone or other sound audible within a reasonable radius of the phone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera in such phone. A mobile phone manufactured after such date shall not be equipped with a means of disabling or silencing such tone or sound.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/414

So it is kinda funny we can silence here in the US, but other countries that don't have this law can't.

 

[Toilet Paper]

It is in the US as well... Section 3a:

3.

Audible Sound Standard

(a)

Requirement

Beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any mobile phone containing a digital camera that is manufactured for sale in the United States shall sound a tone or other sound audible within a reasonable radius of the phone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera in such phone. A mobile phone manufactured after such date shall not be equipped with a means of disabling or silencing such tone or sound.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/414

So it is kinda funny we can silence here in the US, but other countries that don't have this law can't.

Interesting. What I did notice it is that you can't control the volume of the shutter audio clip. However, on my old phone Windows 10 Mobile device it would follow the Media volume, and the shutter sound was more of a nice high-resolution dim 'click' sound which sounds as if there is an actual mechanical part in the phone (someone at MS had too much fun perfecting this). Shame you can't configure any of it under Android, at least with the PIxel camera app, I should say.

 

[Akoolive]

Can screenshot sounds be disabled through adb commands for non root users?

 

[GuestK00262]

I was told many years ago, that in some regions, by law, cameras should make a sound. Maybe phones in those regions have the option to disable the sound locked out/removed?

Bit late here but yes you're right. However sometimes a carrier has to request the function (like samsung in UK) as some networks have the options and others dont. Stupidity at its finest.

 

[thanqxda]

Alas! The solution does not work. Today after a long time I opened camera app and the shutter sound WAS there in its full rudeness. The file
/system/product/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
was 0 byte and played no sound.

I had to use the old but temporary method of modifying pref_camera_sounds_key value to 0 then force stopping and restarting camera app.

Has anybody found a better solution yet to silence camera app?

However this method (camera_click.ogg) did silence screenshot which was and is not possible otherwise, as per my little research.

Big thank you, mate. Even in India where there is no law prohibiting silent screenshot and silent photography, Google completely removes the option to silence camera shutter sound. No VPN or mock location helps here because this is based on the inserted SIM card.

Earlier, the only option to silence camera shutter was to go to /data/data/com.google.android.GoogleCamera/shared_prefs/com.google.android.GoogleCamera_preferences.xml
then change this value to 0:
<string name="pref_camera_sounds_key">0</string>
<string

But inexplicably, the value would nastily reset to 1 from time to time and you would get a rude sound when expecting a silent camera shot.

Thanks to OP, I just extracted his zip and replaced the original /system/product/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
with OP's camera_click.ogg which in fact can be created easily as a new empty file.

Thanks to OP once again from the world of chains and fetters, gags and censors!

 

[Green-Bot]

Alas! The solution does not work. Today after a long time I opened camera app and the shutter sound WAS there in its full rudeness. The file
/system/product/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
was 0 byte and played no sound.

I had to use the old but temporary method of modifying pref_camera_sounds_key value to 0 then force stopping and restarting camera app.

Has anybody found a better solution yet to silence camera app?

However this method (camera_click.ogg) did silence screenshot which was and is not possible otherwise, as per my little research.

I installed this primarily to disable camera click. However, the camera click sound is still strong like earlier. The screenshot sound is disabled though.
I am on rooted pixel 2 XL android 11 Proton AOSP ROM. Any ideas?

 

[St.Noigel]

Works perfect for disabling screenshot sound!
A12 stock.

 

[AndreyAleks]

GitHub - ant9000/magisk-module-disable-screenshot-camera-sounds: Android - Disable both screenshot and camera sounds systemlessly with Magisk

Android - Disable both screenshot and camera sounds systemlessly with Magisk - GitHub - ant9000/magisk-module-disable-screenshot-camera-sounds: Android - Disable both screenshot and camera sounds s...

github.com

Any chance to see at least one release?

 

[agus39]

You can also just turn it off in the camera settings...

It won't work on japan version device

 

[noyalas]

Attached is a simple magisk module to disable the camera shutter and screenshot sound.
It replaces camera_click.ogg with a blank file.

Camera shutter and screenshot both use the same sound file; this disables both the camera shutter and screenshot sound.

How can install this module into magisk? thanks in advance

 

[AndreyAleks]

Go there -> Code -> Download ZIP
Open Magisk -> Modules -> Install from storage -> select "disable_camera_sound.zip"

 

[lukepushsolo]

Attached is a simple magisk module to disable the camera shutter and screenshot sound.
It replaces camera_click.ogg with a blank file.

Camera shutter and screenshot both use the same sound file; this disables both the camera shutter and screenshot sound.

In Android 13 running on pixel 4 xl, screenshots can't be saved. This module will cause system UI to crash.

 

[amos402]

In Android 13 running on pixel 4 xl, screenshots can't be saved. This module will cause system UI to crash.

You can use a short sound file to replace the total blank files in this module, it works on Android 13.