yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuclear_android:
Those errors indicate the problem is on the mac side in running the script. Double-check the path with pwd and make sure run.sh is executable. Make sure you don't have unbalanced quotes or other syntax errors in the script.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuclear_android:
And the errors suggest your user login name is "text" -- that's another possible error
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric273:
What would my login being text have to do with anything?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuclear_android:
Just making sure you had edited the script correctly. It's amazing how many people cut and paste rather than understanding -- e.g., not putting the real path in when the instructions say <path> or [path] or some such.

"Text" struck me as an odd choice for a username, which is why I asked. "Fred," "Jill," "Bubba," or "supremegodruleroftheuniverse" are probably more common...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kohiiou:
HOWTO: Disable Camera Sound (completely silent)

Without deleting anything. :p

Edit: As pointed out by nickbarbs, after you have completed one of the below methods, the Camera sound is controlled via "System Sounds". If you turn up, down, or off the "System Sounds", the Camera sound would be changed respectively.

This means that you can now control the camera sound at will via volume control functions. :)

METHOD 1

1. Create a file called "local.prop" in /data/ if it doesn't exist. Example: "/data/local.prop"

2. Open the file "/data/local.prop"

3. add the line to the file:

ro.camera.sound.forced=0

4. Reboot and all sound in the camera app is completely silent.

5. To recover the sound, you can either delete the local.prop file or change the code to:

ro.camera.sound.forced=1

METHOD 2: ADB

1. unrar the attached file "local.prop.rar"

2. copy the "local.prop" file to your ADB folder

3. ADB push local.prop /data/local.prop

4. Reboot phone.

5. To restore sound, just delete local.prop and reboot

-----

POSSIBLE BATTERY DRAIN FIX

In addition, for those who are having huge battery drains from Android OS, I also had it. On original KDD firmware, no problem at all, but after updating to KE2 with KIES, I had it all afternoon. I did a hard reset, and the battery drain seemed to go away, but I can neither guarantee or give a 100% confirmation (considering the fact that the Android OS battery usage is based on %, so if I constantly use the phone, Display goes up to 54% and Android OS drops to 10%)

Did a hard reboot by the following method:

WARNING: Will delete apps and all data; phone will boot like new phone.

1. Make sure phone is root first if you want root, and both SU and BUSYBOX installed

2. Shut down phone

3. Hold on the "UP" and "HOME" key, and press the "POWER" button for 2-3 seconds to turn on the phone (make sure to release the "POWER" key after the phone turns on, but continue holding "UP" and "HOME")

4. Select "wipe data/factory reset" and then "wipe cache partition" to remove both.

5. "Reboot system"

6. Once phone has rebooted, Root stays if properly installed, and phone starts off like new.

7. I have been using the phone since for 7 hours now, and seems better.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Gilg@mesh:
still have sound when focusing when taking pictures.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
It needs to be disabled within Camera.apk

I'll look at that just now then.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kohiiou:
Sorry; I live in Hong Kong and posted it at 2am in the morning and made a typo. It should be:

ro.camera.sound.forced=0

Will correct original post now.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] SirGadden:
Still not working... :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kohiiou:
Did you reboot your phone? The changes doesn't persist till after a hard reboot.

Make sure it's also in:

/data/local.prop

And not

/data/data/local.prop

Double check to make sure you have it in the right place too and for example NOT in /sdcard/data/local.prop. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nickbarbs:
YES!! works great for me! not only that - but it follows the setting of you phone therefore

- Phone silenced = NO Camera sound at all (focus OR snap)

-Phone sound on = Camera sound with Focus AND snap

Thanks a lot dude. finally.

cheers

nick
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nickbarbs:
by the way i extracted your .Rar file to my phone's SD card from my windows machine. Then i copied the file with Root Explorer to /data

= Profit
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Summered:
Confirmed - it's now related to the system volume.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jarsiv:
Is possible to create tweak which enable digital zoom while recording 1080p video? Yeah, I know it is digital zoom but sometimes it would be usefull. Now zoom is possible only with 720p or less.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] El Salvador:
You need to have root for this, no?

Because I haven't rooted it yet and it doesn't work.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Summered:
Unfortunately, yes you do.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] netnerd:
it works for me too! on KE1 rom, after 8 hours, battery is at 5%!

after hard reset, after 8 hours, i still have 50% battery left!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MrPilipo:
So far it looks like hard reset fixed my battery life problem too :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sheridan2000:
yep same here hard reset, root still remains, all apps gone, but hey after 9hr used only 25% battery....thanks for the tip....may try the camera trick aswell later...:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sheridan2000:
When you say hard reboot, do you mean reset back to factory settings or turn phone off completely then turn on again??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Summered:
The latter - don't confuse hard reboot with hard reset ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sheridan2000:
Thanks....just pushed the file...thought that it did not work but noticed that you have to turn off all sounds inorder for camera sounds to turn off as well. When sound is on then camera sounds are back.

Great.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sckc23:
works like a charm! both focus and snap sound are now disabled on silent mode. thanks=)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Alienfreak:
How do you detect if you have the Battery Drain Issue?

Battery Usage stats?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] landerson07:
Is there anyway to back up your apps and then reset? Maybe with titanium backup?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robbiekhan:
^^ I just used root explorer and deleted all the camera audio ogg files from system/audio/ui :p

I also edited the battery charged notification sound in Audacity and dropped it 10dB so I still get the sound but it's much quieter.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pn18:
Works great. I don't like it being related to the sys volume, though.

Quick Tasker...uhm... task did the trick. It's always silent now.:p

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NZtechfreak:
What was your task? If camera app open --> silent on +/- exit task to revert? Seems like it should be something simple like that...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pn18:
That's exactly how I did it. No need to make it more complicated than it should be since it works like a champ! :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] domazdk:
Can you share the battery charged notification that you edited? pretty plz.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] =dave=:
strange, i just deleted the same as robbiekhan (camera audio ogg files) and the sounds are still there..?what have i done wrong?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DHel01:
Did you reboot? It worked for me I only could not find the focus sound before you make a picture...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robbiekhan:
Sure, I will TP it to my site directly from my phone, LIKE A BOSS :D

http://robbiekhan.co.uk/root/android/apps/TW_Battery_caution.ogg
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rwc3b:
stupid question but i just did a hard reset so should i restore all my settings (from titanium backup) or start anew?

i suppose if i restore everything, it'll bring back the battery issue again.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kevinlow:
using root explorer now and i cant see any audio folder under system/

maybe can u advise further on this??

many thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ignign0kt:
Yes where are the camera audio files located?

Found it: /system/media/audio/ui

and the autofocus sound is here: /system/app/Camera.apk/res/raw/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kevinlow:
i still can't find any audio folder under system.. making me crazy now..

and i found the camera.apk but it only allows me to install but not delete any file..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] AmesCell:
I think the Audio is really /system/media/audio/ui
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ignign0kt:
Yeah that's right, I wrote the wrong path ;\
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kevinlow:
got it... many thanks for the help ya..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ignign0kt:
What about the screen shot sound? It's very loud and annoying. I hope this can be disabled?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robot1000:
Agreed

I took screenshot whilst I was on the train and I got some strange looks when the sound went off. Quite embarrassing
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ignign0kt:
Haha yeah people probably think you're a perv or something lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nickbarbs:
guys.. you can just silence your phone and it disables this sound
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nickbarbs:
just noticed i'm quoted in the op!! nice!! hah!

So why would you delete the camera sounds? Every phone works the same way, system sounds on = all sounds on, system set to vibrate/silence = sound off.

This local.prop file basically restores default behavior and disables the forced sound during silence, restoring the toggling.

IMO keep it simple, just silence your phone when you dont want sounds.. or lower the volume..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ignign0kt:
We shouldn't have to silence our phone just to take a screen shot
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nickbarbs:
well the ipad and iphone both make a camera noise and give a similar animation when you take a screenshot.

If you dont want to bother anyone around with your ipad/ iphone, you hit the silence button, and then take your screenshot.

IMO this is fine.. but everyone is entitled to your own opinion
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] =dave=:
im not able to get rid of the autofocus sound, i cant delete it from the camera.apk
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] deox91:
thanks!!

finally there's no sound while taking a photo with camera360 on my galaxy 3 (i5800) :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] αкαѕнα:
I did this and the sound is still there..

i have the GINGERBREAD.XWKE2 build
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kohiiou:
1. Try rebooting

2. Turn off the system sound or all sounds if not sure (the camera sound should be linked to the system sound, meaning if the phone is silent, there will be no camera sound)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BananenAffe:
Works fine ! Thank you ! :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Megapaul:
I also got it working no sound anymore when i make a picture even the autofocus sound has gone. The same with the video function, when i start or end a recording i hear no sound anymore.

This works only if you switch off the system volume.

I used the program blade buddy, go to advanced settings, press menu and press safe.

Then press yes (reboot).

Before the install of blade buddy i still heard the camera sounds even when the system volume was silenced.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] smohanv:
Thanks dude. It works...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Mr.RS4:
Where can I find ADB folder --> "copy the "local.prop" file to your ADB folder"

I have Kernel version XWKDD

EDIT

Or can I just use Astro and put this local.prop in any folder? To download folder? And instal it from there?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Flash_Gordon:
Can someone please list the required steps for Tasker to turn off Camera sounds when the camera app is used....?

I can't make head nor tails of the set-up....

Cheers

FG
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maedox:
By ADB folder he means where your adb.exe is. The file can be anywhere really, just put it somewhere and execute adb.exe push c:\somewhere\local.prop /data/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] joss696:
How to create a file in METHOD 1 and add a line?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] szav:
Battery Drain :: Why we shoundn't try to flash back the KDD Kernel instead reinstall all apllications . so hardly . It can not ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bubblev:
im not able to get rid of the autofocus sound., how can i delete the autofocus sound file? where is it locate???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rsk99:
Sorry for the noob question.....step #3 ADB push local.prop /data/local.prop, how exactly do you do that?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] buzmay:
I need help on this nothing works for me :/ it used to work, then I flash a original stock firmwire, then root and follow this process is not working at all. Any ideas?

I tried using the root explorer method, because when I try adb i get this :

Xaviers-iMac:platform-tools Xavier$ ./adb push local.prop /data/local.prop

failed to copy 'local.prop' to '/data/local.prop': Permission denied

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitcar:
Either method 1 or 2 still not work for me.

But i found a similar way to do a slient as follows:

edit /system/build.prop

find a line "ro.camera.sound.forced=1" change 1 to 0

save and exit, reboot
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] serrov91:
Thank you for this marvellous tweak (silenced camera app)! It's just what i need to take pictures during my boring courses =):p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dajtw:
I concur with the above; editing local.prop didn't seem to work until I modified that build.prop file

Thanks kitcar
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GreenBot:
CONFIRMED! You have to modify build.prop instead of adding local.prop. The build.prop file has a camera forced=1.

adb shell stop

adb remount

adb push "the file to system/"

adb shell start

REBOOT phone.

So you have to change that file otherwise the shutter sound will still be there. You need a full manual shut down and power up for it to come into effect.

Props!:):)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] xenocide976:
i can't find ro.camera.sound.forced=1 in build.prop though...

any help? XXKF1 rooted with CF-Root
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hamst0r:
Go to /system/media/audio/ui/ and rename following files with a .bak behind:

Cam_Start.ogg

Cam_Stop.ogg

camera_click_short.ogg

camera_click.ogg

shutter_01.ogg

Now the camera.apk sounds are completely muted.

By creating the build.pro with "ro.camera.sound.forced=0" you will only have no sound for camera.apk when phone sound is also muted. If phone isnt muted you will also got the camera.apk sounds :) So renaming the files up there is the better solution!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] eternalblu:
I tried using Linda Manager app to go into the system to change the name to:

camera_click.ogg.bak but it gives me a fail popup.

My phone is rooted
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] _Mist_:
local.prop did not work for me, but build.prop did !

I am on KG2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zabihjan:
U should only use root explorer. U can get older version of root explorer by searching in google
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shuweee:
I'm on kg2 as well but where did you put the build.prop? Because local.prop and after renaming it to build.prop still didn't work for me:-(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] x111:
Thanks, I and forget that .apk files, this is arhive. A long time could not find the sounds for the camera.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hatdrawn:
This worked for me after trial and trial of Method 1.

Please add this as Method 3 in OP?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shinku:
This method 3 worked for me

Modifying build.prop worked for me
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] coljuay:
strangely, i cant even locate the ro.camera within build prop. I'm quite sure i have searched thoroughly.

On lite'ning rom v5. I got quite a few options missing compared to the stock camera.apk and my shutter sound is muted by default.

eg. I can't find timer options, review option is not working, meaning once I have taken a pic, it'll go back to camera mode.

Went in to search under /system/media/audio/ui

I found a few files eg. Cam_Start.ogg, Cam_Stop.ogg, Shutter_01.ogg to be all silent files. (tried to play them but it's just a no sound file. all files are the same size except named differently.)

Tried the method 1 and 2, not working as well.

Lastly, I resort to editing the camera.apk, found that there are 3 sound files within, namely:

1) autofocus_error.ogg

2) autofocus_ok.ogg

3) cameratimer.ogg

attempted to rename the previously found silent files within /system/media/audio/ui and to add in to the camera.apk package (using winrar).

but the edited camera.apk cant be installed.

Any suggestions for me? Besides changing to silent mode or dl-ing some tasker app. I guess, if my shutter sound can be muted somehow, the autofocus sounds should be able to as well.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] terewong:
report: I have tried both the

add local.prop ( ro.camera.sound.forced=0 ) and add a line in build.prop "ro.camera.sound.forced=0", but still not able to stop the focus sound in camera apps :cool:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] clownage:
I have tried build.prop but it after I edit the file and change it to 0, for some reason it won't let me save and overwrite the changes..anyone know why?

says "cannot save /system/build.prop read-only file system"

ok turned on ROOT and now theres no option to "edit" build.prop why is this?

when it was on non root mode i could select "edit"

using ghost writer

EDIT: finally done it with ES file explorer and worked!

thank god!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Psilocin:
I love this forum. Finally worked.

On a side note, I noticed the HDR Camera+ app also has a mute shutter option. Only tried this app after silencing it with the build.prop. So give I don't know if it actually works or not. But worth a shot.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rawfa:
I have astro installed and I cannot see the system folder anywhere. I guess root explorer must give you privileges over protected files. Do you know if there are any free apps that do this?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ioandancus:
Method 1

Method 1 worked for me for the camera sound. Thank you. :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rawfa:
I cannot find the file "ro.camera.sound.forced=1" in edit /system/build.prop. Can I introduce this line in the build.prop file? If so, where exactly?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rawfa:
I've tried both ways but the focus sound remains.

How can you find res/raw inside Camera.apk? I've tried opening it with a text editor and there were just a bunch of symbols.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MeX_DK:
D:\Test\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>ADB push local.prop /data

failed to copy 'local.prop' to '/data/local.prop': Permission denied

Is all i get when i try pushing it >_<
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MeX_DK:
addding the line to the end of build.prop made my sounds go away :P
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bimmerboii:
ONLY this worked on my Bell Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] oxeneers:
Hey guys, wondering if you could help those of us with the Epic 4G Touch.

I have done the /data/local.prop file, as well as editing build.prop under /system/build.prop. Our /system/build.prop had no ro.camera.sound.forced=1 to begin with, but I added the line ro.camera.sound.forced=0 to it myself, and still there is sound on the Camera regardless of if the phone is in Silent or Loud modes.

I even created a Tasker profile to turn off all system sound when in the Camera application, still no go.

Lastly, I have got rid of every sound but the autofocus sound by deleting/renaming the files under /system/media/audio/ui/.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fasst:
After flashing XWKI4 the file local.prop is still there but now the camera sounds is back. :-(

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MeX_DK:
Local.prop is not a proper fix. Add the line to your build.prop instead and the sound follows your general soundlevel again.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fasst:
Tried your suggestion. Still sound.

Do you have XWKI4?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MeX_DK:
Yes I am running KI4 as well and I added that line to my build.prop and my camera is totally silent when my phone is set to silent.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] silverstorm:
I'm on KK5 2.3.6 and adding the ro.camera.sound.forced=0 line into my /system/build.prop file did the trick for me. (The line did not exist already, I had to insert the whole line). Now the camera and focus sounds obey the system volume and silent profile.

Thanks xda
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rinoa19:
it works...thanks...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shivaranjan:
Is there way to make it go away in ICS ROMs? The method mentioned here doesn't work with ICS...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] antyhero:
How enable sound in Camera ??? (TP2-Verizon)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] spiderio:
same questions... :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jerryhou85:
This method works with CM 9.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dawolf85:
I can confirm that the method of adding "ro.camera.sound.forced=0" to the build.prop file does work on DarkyROM HD ICS v1 XWLP9
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
Not true. I have tried silencing System sounds and Notifications sounds and none of them silences the camera shutter sound when Silent mode is DISABLED.

The only way to truly mute the camera shutter sound is to enter Silent mode (long press power button -> select silent).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
I'm on the rooted Galaxy S3, but I cannot edit the file: /system/build.prop

How can I do it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
Use the root explorer, and click on the top Mount R/W on the /system folder. Root Explorer has an integrated text editor.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
Thanks it worked.

I added the line: ro.camera.sound.forced=0, saved, restarted phone, muted, but there is still sound in the camera :/

Why it's not working?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
Rename the proper files in /system/media/ui and try without the need to reboot.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
Renamed:

camera_click.ogg

camera_click_short.ogg

Camera_empty.ogg

Camera_Timer.ogg

And... there is still sound, even when galaxy is muted...

Lol... I've no idea how to fix that...

EDIT:

I renamed: Shutter.ogg - and now it works - no sound when I use camera :D

But I would like to control camera sound with the system volume...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
Long press power button and enter in silent mode.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
I did. It just doesn't work. Everything is muted except camera :/

I like to hear the sound when I'm taking photos, but sometimes I just want to mute it.

For example today I saw a nice lady when I was shopping in the Carrefour ;P I muted the phone and I took the photo. :/ The shutter sound was so loud :/ I hope she didn't note it, lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Twiq:
you could also set the permission of camera sound files found on /system/media/audio/ui to 0000

this is better than renaming files, coz SOMETIMES the camera app extract those sounds from the apk if its not found
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
Yep, but even with renaming it is working.

I just want to control camera sound with system volume... But looks that it's impossible on my Galaxy s3 :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
Try Omega Files Samsung Galaxy S3. Anyway the silent mode should work, you may have permission problems.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] scandiun:
It's not possible to individually select sound level for camera on the S3 or other Galaxy devices, it's done with a more general volume control. Anyhow putting the phone silent must silence camera. Something must be wrong. Try restarting after renaming.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przmus:
A week ago I changed ROM on the GalaxyS3 to:

PDA: LF2

PHONE: LF2

CSC: LF1 (XEO)

In the Kies it shows that it's the newest verson for Galaxy s3.

I have just read on the other forum, that this cannot be muted even when phone is in the silent mode, They said they can't mute it also, because it's illegal in Europe.

So I contacted to the Samsung Support, and they said this SHOULD be muted when the phone is in silent mode...

I dunno what to think about it.