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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Botond:
How do we access the EPST menu? This phone is almost unusable for phone calls with this issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scribbles395:
I have the black one and same thing. Love the phone as long as I'm not on a call :/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millerd79:
I traded my phone in yesterday for a new one and it works perfect...This is definitely a hw issue...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noesilva:
Mines white but same problem I just use my one to make phone calls now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imablackhat:
Mines done this twice since I've owned it. Bought it release day. Doesn't happen often...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twwhilei:
EPST menu

I agree, it's worst when I try to use my Kia Blue tooth connection--makes everyone sound like Freddie Krueger's nightmare Jigsaw! Not good, IMHO.

However, I would not suggest doing this without someone with greater knowledge of these workings giving some sort of approval & instructions. It seems that people have already found better functioning examples through swapping out phones @ a VZW store. Hope for the best, I think it relates to CDMA software/hardware issues.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerkface80:
Samsung just released an update for the sprint version of the phone that is supposed to fix this issue. Hopefully a Verizon version is not too far behind. ..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imablackhat:
The update we get.... How will rooted people apply :/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerkface80:
Hopefully someone will be able to provide a method for updating and keeping root. I know I would definitely donate for that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyac02:
Was forced to return my note 3 yesterday couldn't understand a word people were saying. Guess time to wait on the DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntborg:
From what I gather a patch will be coming OTA in the following weeks to fix this. We shall see :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imablackhat:
I hope so. However it may break root...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huntersales:
This call issue is a pain ...l wish Verizon would figure this out..sprint did!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destevez1:
I'm approaching the end of my 14 day trail and I don't know if I should return the phone. Suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Southern_mind:
I thinking about requesting a replacement device. Any of you get a working replacement?

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Botond:
Anyone have an update? We just accepting the fact that our devices lack normal phone functionality?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elzeus:
I think the sprint version got an update to fix the voice, Verizon's probably just slacking.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntborg:
Verizon is always slow to push updates....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicheleJ:
I got a working replacement. I called Verizon instead if going to the store.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeckel51:
made sure to make a phone call and use speaker phone before i left store yesterday. mine seems fine but ive read people having this happen afterwords. so we will see
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imablackhat:
I've made like 20 phone calls. Two had this occur..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntborg:
Mine acts ok if I am standing near a tower and have full bars. But at 3 to 2 bars the calls get jacked and sound like digital mayhem. I have 5 smartphones not one of them has ever done this even at one bar. Bad codec or something in note. I am hoping that the patch comes out this week before I put a bullet in it. Wonder how that would go with accidental damage :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cursixx:
I'm having the same problem. anything above -100db voice quality is fine
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Southern_mind:
Well I'll be getting a replacement device Wednesday. Here's to hoping it's perfect.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millerd79:
A week after receiving my replacment device the issue has returned...im not sure if getting a replacment device will help you. I work for a Verizon agent and 9 out of 10 have this problem out of the box.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njfoses:
If that was the case everybody would have the issue. I have a launch day device and have yet to have a garbled phone call. I am not doubting the issue exists but 9 out of 10 devices i have a hard time buying into.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mainmain32:
I'm having the same problem to! I got my phone on day one!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntborg:
you should check out the reviews and forums on VZW and Samsung site. Your a lucky person not to have the issue!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destevez1:
Just left the Verizon corporate store and they assured me that an update was coming by the 15th of this month to fix the problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huntersales:
Yes!! I just preformed the new firmware update that came out today...So far so good!!! No garbled calls!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destevez1:
I have been checking and have found no updates as of now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FAUguy:
Check the General thread, as the update is through the Samsung KIES program, it's not OTA yet.

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The new firmware comes with an updated radio modem file, and calls appear to have less of a garbled sound, but still not as clear as I'd like. Out of all the phones I've used, the new Motorola DROID Ultra & Maxx both have better call quality.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destevez1:
The over the air update is available now for those who have not updated using Kies yet.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamdiggity:
The update won't remove root either! Just go into Wanam XPosed and turn on the feature to turn the "Custom" Bootscreen into the official one. Then go into SuperSU - Enable pro options - Check to enable Survival mode - Then check the box to disable root. Download the update, install it then go back into SuperSU - Enable root again and turn off survivor mode. Root and all of my exposed setting are still GTG!
[General Questions and Answers] gamingoodz:
I'm trying to start doing some Android game reviews with my Galaxy S3 but I've run into a roadblock..

I needed a way to record my screen so I worked up the nerve to root my phone and can now use the Screencast app, thing is it does not record the phones audio... It has an option to record Mic input but not the systems audio for instance from whatever game is running.

So I have a Aux line that I plugged into my phones Headphone jack and into my Line in on my Pc and tried recording the audio using audacity but the audio quality was so horrible I could not even think about using it for anything, tons of static and screeches and just a plain mess.. I also tried using the Mic jack of my Pc and that was a same.

So I did some google searching and I can't seem to find any information on this?? either I am really bad at searching or this is not a very discussed topic.

The only thing I found was an older thread talking about using "AOA Service Airplay on Android: app to stream the audio over wifi and using " Shairport4w" to receive it on the PC to record.

Are there any better options? Why is the Aux line not working? Is the signal from the phones headset jack not compatible with a line in on my Pc or Mic in?

Is the air play my best option?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] gamingoodz:
No one has any ideas? Dunno why I'm having such a hard time finding this info.. Its driving me nutz.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vdai:
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.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon_mx5:
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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You Sir are a Legend!!!.

Confirmed Working!!!:victory:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ioneng:
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:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choppiii:
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.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Nx-:
Worked for me with SM-N9005. Perfectly mute focusing sound and shutter sound.

Brilliant work !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vdai:
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!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volumenn:
thank you ...:cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcord1:
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..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OdeeanRDeathshead:
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.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choppiii:
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....
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godrick:
Did this, cheers!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OdeeanRDeathshead:
TRUE made the settings entry show but it is not changeable.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliguu:
do i need to root my fone for this?

(getting rid of the auto focus sound /and or shutter sound)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcracks:
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
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OdeeanRDeathshead:
" a better camera " did the trick. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phido007:
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?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marci4na:
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!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hurdlejade:
camera shutter sound is gone for me, thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spad:
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...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcracks:
"Camera awsome" works for me too. better then "a better camera" but its a paid app.

Teleported from my SM-N9005 from the Enterprise
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrajan:
It works

This work. Fantastic find!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saeid2012:
Working

Thanks Very Much for sharing your finding. This is actually a lot better than using camera shutter menu as u can easily access sound toggle

in status bar even if camera is on.

Good job mate.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazzanator:
Do you need root to try choppiii's method?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alrashad:
Thaanx
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choppiii:
Yes you do need root otherwise you won't have access to the csc folder and files.

sent from my 0x1 warranty void SM-N9005 ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonustokin:
Hey everyone. Can I please get a bit of help with this? I have a rooted SM-N9005 with Es File Explorer with the 'Root explorer' option turned on (also tried with 'File Manager'). I can see my csc folder and the customer.xml and I can even edit it, but when I try and save it, it fails.

Also tried the other method with the camera apk but once again file explorer or Es file manager will not allow me to rename my original camera apk or copy/replace the downloaded one... Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks

Solved: in Settings, tap on Root Explorer and then tap Mount R/W in the menu and change system to RW and click OK. Now you can edit that .xml file and rename the camera apk. (Es File Explorer)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mister gun:
Thanks for this. I've done just as you have directed and I get this odd thing happening. My camera is silent, but as soon as I change orientation to landscape the shutter sound returns. I have to close the camera and reopen to get rid of the sound again. Anyone noticing that? Mine is an Aus Telstra branded Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggulp:
Does the patched apk work for kitkat?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnedeeTentee:
Awesome. This worked.

After doing the above, the option to disable the shutter sound showed up in Camera settings.

By clicking on it, I was then able to set it to "off".

:good: :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toscapaul:
i have tried it on my international unbranded N3, Android 4.4.2,and it does not seem to work... failed to start camera or some similar message ... however i have copied the original apk from system/app, unpacked it somewhere (total cmd) ... overwrite the sound files(res/raw folder ) from the archive found in first topic then repacked all the files with total commander (no compression, so store only ) and pushed back the apk in system/app, chmod 644 and reboot... now i have no sound.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pckopatus:
Adding

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> into "features.xml"

Worked Note III - 4.4.2
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fomofo:
...there is no "features.xml"
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VdaG:
If you do not have feature.xml you can simply add it in the /system/csc folder with a file explorer (i use root explorer). When you are at /system/csc you can add it by pressing menu and creating a new folder and naming it feature.xml. Then you simply open it in text editor and add the line <CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> . After doing that make sure you restart the phone and you should have the option to turn off the shutter sound from within the camera app.

Hope this helped and good luck!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazzanator:
When u go to the customer.xml file I cannot see <camera> section. I'm on vodafone 4.3 and rooted now. Can I just add the lines?

When I create a features.xml file and add the lines suggested and open the camera app, I can see the menu for the shutter sound but when i press on "off" it doesn't change. Instead it just status on the option "on"

Anyone have any suggestions?

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If I add the lines from chopiii's post <camera> etc etc to the customer.xml file it now works!

Thanks!! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozillaopera:
Can I please a backup?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagatsourav:
Adding the below working for me on my Note 3 N9005 NF4.

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> into "features.xml"
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozillaopera:
Thx for replay but i did this by "enforced stream silencer"
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geokirby:
Thanks! This helped me show the menu in the camera and disable the shutter sound on my S4 Mini running Android Kitkat :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistikal_:
Thought I'd bump this and chime in with what I had to do after reverting back to a Stock 4.4.2 ROM on my N9005.

Following on from choppiii's method, I had to switch it around a little.

First was to edit the system / csc / others.xml file, and add this line where the other camera features are (about 3/4 of the way down):

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

Once I edited that and saved it, I rebooted the phone for good measure.

Then went back to system / csc / customer.xml and edited the camera settings towards the bottom of the XML file. Took me a few go's to find where the entry had to go, but it is under Customer Data -- Settings -- Multimedia -- Camera ... and I edited the ShutterSound line to this (it is set to ON by default):

<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>

Again, save, reboot, load Camera app, tested it and sound is gone :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urly2:
THANK YOU!!!!!

Finally Works on my Note 3 - Korean model - SM-N900s

Steps:

1- First was to edit the system / csc / OTHERS.xml file, and add this new line:

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

2- Edit the system / csc / FEATURES.xml file, and change false for TRUE:

<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

3 - Once I edited that and saved it, I rebooted the phone for good measure.

Then went back to system / csc / customer.xml and edited the camera settings towards the bottom of the XML file.

Took me a few go's to find where the entry had to go, but it is under Customer Data -- Multimedia -- Camera ... and I edited the ShutterSound line to this (it is set to ON by default):

<ShutterSound>off</ShutterSound>

I Hope help someone.

Thanks again
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denny1970:
Can any one tell me of a really good rom to install on my note 2 n7100 please just rooted my note 2 and wanna get stuck in ??????

i'm thinking of a fully working rom to start with cherrs :good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ludikreco:
The best thing to do now is to install Dr.Ketan Costum Rom 4.3 and v3 mod with all Note 3 futures...and you will have amazing phone...:)))

sent from N2 using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
Everyone has different taste..its better to view the screenshots of respective threads and choose that best suits u.

These types of thread are strictly prohibited on xda so it maybe closed by mod

Sent from my AweSoMe ?♥Note2♥?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolFire777:
PACman ROM - True All in 1 - [JB 4.3][PA3.99][AOKP-MR2][CM10.2]
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoRulez95:
Jedi X17 rom is very cool and my favorite
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denny1970:
Just a little up date as a newbie and 7 hours off trying to load a custom rom I went with wanam lite 4.0 and I must say so far it's been out standing I also added wanam xposed wow my phone is a lot fast and theres loads of tweaks thanks for all your suggestions !!!!!!!!

:thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roytyo:
Do ya have a install guide for me ludikraco?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaizoku-Otaku:
The best rom would be hurricane v3!! Incredible battery life and 4.3 xxumi6!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E.Cadro:
Xda Does not allow best rom threads.

Thread Closed
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Dox:
I've got a Cardo Scala BT headset (thanks Expansys) which works perfectly with Wizard (and MS Voice Commander). Occasionally I'd like to use it with my work Nokia 6310i. Trouble is, I can't figure out how to manually disconnect the 9100 from the h/set. Can anyone help?

I'd like to fit a BT carkit, but expect the same issue switching phones there too...

Any 'stupid, it's easy, you just do...' gratefully received ;)

Regards

Dox