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[Request] disable camera sound from camera settings

I ask you guys if someone is able to add in camera settings an option to disable the camera sound, it's not present in the stock app
the only way I found is to disable system volume via cVolume
anyone ? thx

deadpoux said:
I ask you guys if someone is able to add in camera settings an option to disable the camera sound, it's not present in the stock app
the only way I found is to disable system volume via cVolume
anyone ? thx
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I just deleted the camera shutter sound file...
but please enable this feature...

AbsoluteDesignz said:
I just deleted the camera shutter sound file...
but please enable this feature...
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Where's the file located?

+1 I hate that sound

/system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
if you want it to sound different, just replace it with a different file.
if you don't want to hear it, just rename it.
if you want an automated process to do it, just make a simple script that renames it back and forth between the proper name and anything else (remember to mount r/w)
i don't get why people want this as an option.. is there EVER a time when you actually want it to make the sound? just nuke it... why waste the space for a radio button or check-box?
*edit* also, @deadpoux ... it's not an option in the stock rom because they've been trying to make it a legal requirement in many places, including the US. Not sure if this has passed or not, but here's the first link I found about it. http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/41212-camera-click-sound-could-become-legally-required

sorry in advance for being so noob, but.... how can I delete/rename the file?
Tried using terminal emulator on the phone, but get no permission message....
please advise.
thnks

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
Should do the trick.

if you're not comfortable with using adb, just download "rootexplorer" and navigate to the directory then in the upper right corner, click the button to select "r/w" access (read/write) and then long click camera_click.ogg and delete or rename, etc...
then switch back to "r/o" (read only) when you're done.

I will mention if you use root explorer, be VERY careful, if you poke around too much, you may cause issues with your phone. I can't see anyone actually bricking their phone with it, but it would require a reflash at the very least. I'd recommend at least trying to understand adb basics.

thanks guys, I used adb with your suggestion and now the camera is silent!!
thanks again!

SilentSnap Camera App
There´s an app for that now
SilentSnap Camera

What is the location for the focus sound?

Yaotl said:
What is the location for the focus sound?
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\system\media\audio\ui\camera_click.ogg

rori~ said:
\system\media\audio\ui\camera_click.ogg
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That's the actual picture taking sound. If you hold the trackball to focus, there is another sound before the picture is taken.

yeah, wasnt aware of this, right...donno where it is yet, sorry..

Yaotl said:
That's the actual picture taking sound. If you hold the trackball to focus, there is another sound before the picture is taken.
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Isn't that just the sound of the "Volume Up/Down" sound? In that case i wouldn't remove that one :-/

Re: [request]disable camera sound from camera settings
no i think its another one.
i guess we could listen to them all the find the second sound......
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depending on what rom ur on
CM 5.0.5.3 has desire camera port and it has the shut shutter sound off in options
its a bit more difficult getting the CM 5.0.5.3 desire camera port to work on CM 5.0.6 and the app is obviously on the desire rom's, enom's official rom has the use for it as well

unzip & push this .ogg file to /system/media/audio/ui

Yaotl said:
That's the actual picture taking sound. If you hold the trackball to focus, there is another sound before the picture is taken.
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Yes, this is very annoying.

[APP] Soft Screen Tuner

Soft Screen Tuner
current version 0.8 beta
need root
Abandoned, because don`t work with ICS firmwares and I have no idea, how fix it at now
Allows you to adjust the RGB values​​, change the sharpness and color temperature for Dynamic, Standard and Movie modes.
All changes are applied immediately.
This is not a service or background process.
After making changes you can uninstall the app and settings will stay in.
support phones:
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy S2
maybe other....
Download beta

at first it was working, but now im getting only force closes ;/
edit: omg no black color banding while watching video omg omg :O
edit2: display color started to change, wtf

wql said:
Soft Screen Tuner
current version 0.8 beta
need root
Allows you to adjust the RGB values​​, change the sharpness and color temperature for Dynamic, Standard and Movie modes.
All changes are applied immediately.
This is not a service or background process.
After making changes you can uninstall the app and settings will stay in.
support phones:
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy S2
maybe other....
Download
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So how do we exactly undo the settings if we need to ?

EarlZ said:
So how do we exactly undo the settings if we need to ?
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yeh good question, cause i made some different settings and now i get only force closes, cant open program and seems that display types dynamic, movie and stardant shows same thing

What did you change to remove the clipping ?

EarlZ said:
What did you change to remove the clipping ?
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i was changing temperature and sharpness but got force close and cant remmember what exactly was changed :/ here link of my video, sorry for crap quality, was taking video with nokia 6720, maybe it doesnt show clearly but no more banding for me http://www.mediafire.com/?ijksasdo9i6ba0c

Im also getting the force close LOL but my colors are not screwed up but no difference now between standard and dynamic, looks like its stuck to dynamic ~_~

Doesn't look much different to Screen adjuster.
There doesn't appear to be a gamma curve calibration which is what is really needed.

so any suggestion to reset settings? now im getting only force closes :/

I Can't even try.
When I click the "download" link I end-up with this
"vBulletin Message
Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"
EDIT:
OK downloaded now. Thanks.

SS_tuner force close
deleted.......

so any suggestion to reset settings? now im getting only force closes
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I`ll try to fix FC. Sorry.
To order to restore the default values​​,replace the files in the \system\etc
If you have FC, please send me those files from system\etc\

wql said:
I`ll try to fix FC. Sorry.
To order to restore the default values​​,replace the files in the \system\etc
If you have FC, please send me those files from system\etc\
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here files. im getting only fc

i think this program can be very usefull fpr galaxy note. I made some settings within color banding became not so big. Please test my solution and say is it better a bit. Firstly go to settings-display-screen mode and choose dynamic.Download attached zip file,extract and then overwrite files to system/etc. Go to settings again and choose standart and then reboot your phone. Please test this and leave feedback.

EdgaBimbam said:
i think this program can be very usefull fpr galaxy note. I made some settings within color banding became not so big. Please test my solution and say is it better a bit. Firstly go to settings-display-screen mode and choose dynamic.Download attached zip file,extract and then overwrite files to system/etc. Go to settings again and choose standart and then reboot your phone. Please test this and leave feedback.
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try again get fc

crashes when I try to launch it on my Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) (Android 2.3.6)

Tried the APP and no FC.
I can adjust color temp. Playing with other settings does nothing on my phone.
the IM2 movie plays pretty nicely on my note color banding wise. I only have some black clipping in some of the deepest dark areas at the end of the sequence.

Cannot test it
somehow not compatible with Speedmod kernel ...force closes....

Any good values to try? I know it is subjective but would be nice to know.
I think that voodoo screen tuning app doesnt work anymore after installing this app. can anyone confirm?

tovarish said:
Any good values to try? I know it is subjective but would be nice to know.
I think that voodoo screen tuning app doesnt work anymore after installing this app. can anyone confirm?
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I went with values halfway between Standard and Dynamic. So only upped sharpness and saturation. Dynamic is just too much but this is a happy medium. My settings don't address black banding. Go with Movie mode settings for that remedy. But even then this app does not adjust gamma so it will only go so far

Fps uncap

Hi, how can i uncap fps on nexus 5? is safe to do? thx in advice

anthraxx90 said:
Hi, how can i uncap fps on nexus 5? is safe to do? thx in advice
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Hi,
By editing the build.prop with a file explorer (need root), at the end of the build.prop (/system/build.prop) add this line:
Code:
debug.egl.swapinterval=0
Save and reboot.
But it's only for benches in my opinion, you'll see some weird screen behaviors while scrolling like "tearing" for example. There is nothing to gain in day to day use.
Make a Nandroid backup first, just in case.

viking37 said:
Hi,
By editing the build.prop with a file explorer (need root), at the end of the build.prop (/system/build.prop) add this line:
Code:
debug.egl.swapinterval=0
Save and reboot.
But it's only for benches in my opinion, you'll see some weird screen behaviors while scrolling like "tearing" for example. There is nothing to gain in day to day use.
Make a Nandroid backup first, just in case.
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can it help in gaming?

varuntis1993 said:
can it help in gaming?
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no. all it will help with is getting you upset because the graphics WILL tear, skip, and produce other visual disturbances.

Camera.apk with option shutter sound off

Can anyone please upload the original camera.apk which includes the option for switching the shutter sound off.

Not sure what you mean...the camera app on my S7E (Verizon, took the most recent update) has the option to turn of the shutter sound in the Settings.

seen not every variant has this option in setting.
Mine is TW version (G935FD) and I can't find it in setting

Lower your system volume.

masiegel said:
Can anyone please upload the original camera.apk which includes the option for switching the shutter sound off.
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T-Mobile S7E....its in camera settings Dawg.

The possibility to turn off or on is probably not in the apk itself. Turnng off systemsounds is likely the best option for now is my guess.
Skickat från min SM-G935F via Tapatalk

Add below line to your others.xml file.
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>

alexhee said:
Add below line to your others.xml file.
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
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there are 22 others.xml on my S7E, which one is the correct to edit?
EDIT: only 2 other.xml have my country code: "system/csc/MOB/system/scs/others.xml" and "system/csc/others.xml". which one should I edit?

masiegel said:
there are 22 others.xml on my S7E, which one is the correct to edit?
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In /system/csc/ only 1 others.xml

alexhee said:
In /system/csc/ only 1 others.xml
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tried to edit and save, but it seems that without root it's not possible. or is there a workaround? for example adb?

No. Only rooted phone can modify system files. It's the same without root you can't replace the apk file itself.

masiegel said:
Can anyone please upload the original camera.apk which includes the option for switching the shutter sound off.
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Just wondering: why do you want to do this?

Camera.apk
Ohh, i aslo take care it.

Easiest fix is drop volume to vibrate or silent and serves same purpose. And to the question of why he wants this, does it matter? Lol why do we want any feature on a phone, personal preference.
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

h3ck said:
Easiest fix is drop volume to vibrate or silent and serves same purpose. And to the question of why he wants this, does it matter? Lol why do we want any feature on a phone, personal preference.
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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Actually it is not. In Korea there is no setting and no way to decrease the sound of the shutter due to the law. Not even by plugging in headphones or lowering volume. Unless the phone is rooted and in that case it's illegal. .......It's to help convince perverts not to take photos up girls skirts. If it is rooted though and this may work for all phones. It did for my Korean Note, S4, and S5. Go into system/media/audio/ui look for any files named shutter.ogg or similar there will be a couple, rename them adding .bak (ex. shutter.ogg.bak) so they are easy to find and fix if you have issues. Reboot and voila. Yo will have to do this each time you flash an update.

2ndcarpenter said:
Actually it is not. In Korea there is no setting and no way to decrease the sound of the shutter due to the law. Not even by plugging in headphones or lowering volume. Unless the phone is rooted and in that case it's illegal. .......It's to help convince perverts not to take photos up girls skirts. If it is rooted though and this may work for all phones. It did for my Korean Note, S4, and S5. Go into system/media/audio/ui look for any files named shutter.ogg or similar there will be a couple, rename them adding .bak (ex. shutter.ogg.bak) so they are easy to find and fix if you have issues. Reboot and voila. Yo will have to do this each time you flash an update.
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There is no way to remove burstshot sound though. Also even after editing CSC,at least on my galaxy s7 g930s this setting does not stick

rootuser11 said:
There is no way to remove burstshot sound though. Also even after editing CSC,at least on my galaxy s7 g930s this setting does not stick
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Hmm. That doesn't sound promising. Seems like multi shutter ogg did it on the S4 & S5. I haven't rooted my new SM-G935K yet though. Only had it since the 10th, gotta wait foe the new to wear off.

If you have root there is an xposed module that will turn off the sound, I'm using it at the moment and works fine

alexhee said:
Add below line to your others.xml file.
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>TRUE</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
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This works! Im using FD version. Thanks

You can also use Silent Cam app on the Play Store. It works on the S7 - I have a 935FD too.
BTW I'm affiliated in any way shape or form with this app.

Disable Camera App Display Brightness Increase [DEV NEEDED][WILL PAY!]

Hi there, I've about had it with the stock camera app automatically boosting brightness when it's launched. It's a nice feature when you're outside, but if you're inside it's way too bright. It makes scenes look brighter than they really are, causing under-exposed photographs. And it's super distracting in a dark room. I've spent a few hours looking through the APK and can't find a setting that would be controlling this auto-brightness behavior. But I'm not an experienced Android dev.
Almost all other camera apps have a toggle for this, but not the S7's.
I also spent a couple weeks fooling with Tasker to disable auto-brightness when the app is launched, the re-enable when exiting. The problem is the display brightness level is not consistent when AB is toggled off and sometimes the screen is way too dark or way too bright. Example:
1. Inside, display at 20% brightness.​2. Launch camera app, Tasker disables auto-brightness, display stays at 20%.​3. Exit camera app, Taske enables auto-brightness, display still at 20%.​4. Go outside, display increases to 75% brightness.​[here's where it gets whacky]
5. Launch camera app, Tasker disables auto-brightness, display drops to 20%.​It's like the OS remembers the last manual brightness setting for an app. If there were a way in Tasker to freeze the brightness level before display auto-brightness, that'd be ideal. But I can't figure that out.
So, I'm requesting help from a developer(s) to find a solution. Either a foolproof Tasker recipe, or a modification to the camera app itself. Solution found. Read thread.
If you want payment for your efforts (assuming you find a solution), I'm happy to do that! :good:

Optimistically bumping this thread. It sucks that Samsung's closed-off everything has chased away so many devs from this device.

Ignore

Look in this file.
Camera.smali - For auto brightness change - 0x78 (120) to 0x1.
120 is the lower limit where brightness override kicks in.
I found the actual pictures the S7 takes are bright anyway so if the viewfinder is dull the actual image is brighter anyway. So I've left mine.

Just disable auto brightness when dark viewfinder is needed. It works even on the lowest level when auto brightness is disabled.

zeroprobe said:
Look in this file.
Camera.smali - For auto brightness change - 0x78 (120) to 0x1.
120 is the lower limit where brightness override kicks in.
I found the actual pictures the S7 takes are bright anyway so if the viewfinder is dull the actual image is brighter anyway. So I've left mine.
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AWESOME. Where/How can I find this file to edit? I couldn't find it packaged in the APK but maybe I missed it...

mrmattolsen said:
AWESOME. Where/How can I find this file to edit? I couldn't find it packaged in the APK but maybe I missed it...
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Make sure you have decompiled the APK. Good tool is AndroidMultiTool.
Might need to also copy the latest apktool to AndroidMultiTools Program Files directory.

zeroprobe said:
Make sure you have decompiled the APK. Good tool is AndroidMultiTool.
Might need to also copy the latest apktool to AndroidMultiTools Program Files directory.
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I've tried this, but decompiling the APK does not reveal any smali files. What am I doing wrong? I tried checking "Use Baksmali" but get this error:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Exception in thread "main" org.jf.dexlib2.DexFileFactory$DexFileNotFound: zip file SamsungCamera5.apk does not contain a classes.dex file
at org.jf.dexlib2.DexFileFactory.loadDexFile(DexFileFactory.java:94)
at org.jf.dexlib2.DexFileFactory.loadDexFile(DexFileFactory.java:78)
at org.jf.baksmali.main.main(main.java:292)
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mrmattolsen said:
I've tried this, but decompiling the APK does not reveal any smali files. What am I doing wrong? I tried checking "Use Baksmali" but get this error:
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Are you decompiling your own Camera? This is probably an odexed rom.
The Camera needs to be deodexed, alternatively you can use my modded camera.apk here which should decompile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes/zero-camera-mod-v1-0-increased-bitrates-t3439176

zeroprobe said:
Are you decompiling your own Camera? This is probably an odexed rom.
The Camera needs to be deodexed, alternatively you can use my modded camera.apk here which should decompile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes/zero-camera-mod-v1-0-increased-bitrates-t3439176
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Thanks so much. I used that apk, decompiled, found the smali file and made the edit. I recompiled and planned to use it to install your bitrate mod. However, I cannot rename the SamsungCamera5.odex or its folder -- access denied. Am I stuck? I've replaced the apk with the modded one, but I can't rename the odex. Can't replace media_profiles.xml either -- access denied too.

mrmattolsen said:
Thanks so much. I used that apk, decompiled, found the smali file and made the edit. I recompiled and planned to use it to install your bitrate mod. However, I cannot rename the SamsungCamera5.odex or its folder -- access denied. Am I stuck? I've replaced the apk with the modded one, but I can't rename the odex.[/Q
Do you use ES file explorer, you need to enable root explorer then click root explorer and set /system to rw mount
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zeroprobe said:
mrmattolsen said:
Thanks so much. I used that apk, decompiled, found the smali file and made the edit. I recompiled and planned to use it to install your bitrate mod. However, I cannot rename the SamsungCamera5.odex or its folder -- access denied. Am I stuck? I've replaced the apk with the modded one, but I can't rename the odex.[/Q
Do you use ES file explorer, you need to enable root explorer then click root explorer and set /system to rw mount
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I was using Solid Explorer. Could access some files. For example, was able to replace the camera apk, but other was denied. Tried ES too and can't enable Root Explorer. I'm not rooted, so am I screwed?
-edit- I take that back. Can't replace the camera apk either. Bummer. I guess that's that.
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mrmattolsen said:
zeroprobe said:
I was using Solid Explorer. Could access some files. For example, was able to replace the camera apk, but other was denied. Tried ES too and can't enable Root Explorer. I'm not rooted, so am I screwed?
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Yes you need to be rooted to change camera. I doubt the camera.apk has been replaced as you are not rooted. The only other way is to flash through custom recovery example TWRP
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zeroprobe said:
mrmattolsen said:
Yes you need to be rooted to change camera. I doubt the camera.apk has been replaced as you are not rooted. The only other way is to flash through custom recovery example TWRP
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Dang it. My hopes and dreams crushed. Thanks for you help anyways.
I guess I need to revisit the Tasker recipe...
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Alright @zeroprobe, I rooted and used your instructions to modify the app. Works like a charm! Brightness now stays the same as my screen brightness. And now indoor photos are a million times better. I appreciate your help very, very, much. Sending a little PayPal love your way. Thank you for help!

mrmattolsen said:
Alright @zeroprobe, I rooted and used your instructions to modify the app. Works like a charm! Brightness now stays the same as my screen brightness. And now indoor photos are a million times better. I appreciate your help very, very, much. Sending a little PayPal love your way. Thank you for help!
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Thanks a lot, appreciated !

Hi there!
The brightness issue with the camera app annoys me as well but unfortunately I have no rooted phone.
But is it possible that someone (e.g. @mrmattolsen) can send me the modified camera apk I can install? (my camera app version is 5.0.88) Will it work that way? ... and of course I would also send some appreciation via PayPal for your effort
best regards, Tom