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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.

[Q] torch.apk from cm7?

is it possible to take the torch.apk file from cyanogenmod and install it on anyother rom? ive already found the apk. i, just wondering if it will work on say a 2.2.1 rom?

trell959 said:
is it possible to take the torch.apk file from cyanogenmod and install it on anyother rom? ive already found the apk. i, just wondering if it will work on say a 2.2.1 rom?
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it should...why dont you try it and let us know what happens

It works. I was messing around with it the other day to see how bright it would get. there's some code in the kernel to up the leds brightness, which is in my kernel so you may not have the 'torch' mode if your kernel doesn't have it added. you'll know it if it does if you've used the full brightness with the app. damn near brighter than mag light I keep in my toolbox. Actually not damn near, it is brighter. blinding.

di11igaf said:
It works. I was messing around with it the other day to see how bright it would get. there's some code in the kernel to up the leds brightness, which is in my kernel so you may not have the 'torch' mode if your kernel doesn't have it added. you'll know it if it does if you've used the full brightness with the app. damn near brighter than mag light I keep in my toolbox. Actually not damn near, it is brighter. blinding.
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i tried it on ingersoll but it doesn't even recognize it as an .apk but thanks anyway

That just means it wasn't installed right. all you have to do is drop it in /system/app with root explorer AND set the permissions as rw, r,r(0644), then reboot. If you don't set permissions it won't show up.

[Q] Force landscape mod

is there anyway to force landscape mode on some apps?

Hearmeman said:
is there anyway to force landscape mode on some apps?
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You could decompile the apk, edit the AndroidManifest.xml.

how exactly can i do that?

I use a tool call APK Multitool. Decompile the apk and use Notepad+ to edit the AndroidManifest.xml (I changed anything that I see "portrait" to "sensor", that way it rotate with the sensor.
When done, compile the apk and sign it.
Note, sometimes the graphic will not look right due to the app being design for
portrait use only ect.

baseballfanz said:
I use a tool call APK Multitool. Decompile the apk and use Notepad+ to edit the AndroidManifest.xml (I changed anything that I see "portrait" to "sensor", that way it rotate with the sensor.
When done, compile the apk and sign it.
Note, sometimes the graphic will not look right due to the app being design for
portrait use only ect.
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Awesome thankyou baseballfanz ive been wondering how to change some apps. Example draw something only works in portrait and i thought there updates would fix this but now i can do it myself and stop waiting
Currently on aokp hoping build 32 will convince me to stay

[Q] Disable Battery Charging Light

I recently installed a new 4.3 rom and I love it except they don't include an option to disable the battery charging light. Is there anyway to disable this by editing rom files ect?

ajh305 said:
I recently installed a new 4.3 rom and I love it except they don't include an option to disable the battery charging light. Is there anyway to disable this by editing rom files ect?
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If you are running CM 10.2, then go to System Settings...Display and lights...Battery light. Uncheck it. Not sure where it is on other roms,

gr8nole said:
If you are running CM 10.2, then go to System Settings...Display and lights...Battery light. Uncheck it. Not sure where it is on other roms,
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I am running a ported rom called dirty unicorn. It is a pretty slick rom but it has no option to disable the battery light anywhere I have combed through every setting. So I was wondering if there is a system file I could modify to just disable it.

ajh305 said:
I am running a ported rom called dirty unicorn. It is a pretty slick rom but it has no option to disable the battery light anywhere I have combed through every setting. So I was wondering if there is a system file I could modify to just disable it.
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i dont know about that, but there is an app called light flow that controls the led. i never tried it so i don't know its capabilities, but you could look @ it and see.

ajh305 said:
I am running a ported rom called dirty unicorn. It is a pretty slick rom but it has no option to disable the battery light anywhere I have combed through every setting. So I was wondering if there is a system file I could modify to just disable it.
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I saw you over at that other forum! I've been going mad trying to find a solution. Try under "sound -> quiet mode" a bit of deep googling found that as a potential hiding spot for the setting. (I'm back on stock and don't want to flash DU without knowing if this can be disabled.) I poked around in the DU build.prop, and wasn't able to find anything there either.

bweN diorD said:
i dont know about that, but there is an app called light flow that controls the led. i never tried it so i don't know its capabilities, but you could look @ it and see.
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i actually tried light flow and several other apps like that and they don't seem to be able to override the roms default.

moonrakerone said:
I saw you over at that other forum! I've been going mad trying to find a solution. Try under "sound -> quiet mode" a bit of deep googling found that as a potential hiding spot for the setting. (I'm back on stock and don't want to flash DU without knowing if this can be disabled.) I poked around in the DU build.prop, and wasn't able to find anything there either.
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I had looked in there and have it enabled but even though notifications are disabled at night the battery light is not so thats a no go. Ive even been trying to merge the settings from a rom that had this option into the settings apk in this rom but haven't been able to get it to work. I looked in the build prop as well with no luck. I did find something in the sys/class/leds folder but it won't let me edit the charging folder even with root.

ajh305 said:
I had looked in there and have it enabled but even though notifications are disabled at night the battery light is not so thats a no go. Ive even been trying to merge the settings from a rom that had this option into the settings apk in this rom but haven't been able to get it to work. I looked in the build prop as well with no luck. I did find something in the sys/class/leds folder but it won't let me edit the charging folder even with root.
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Those class files look really promising.
I was able to open them using ES file explorer on stock, looks like you could just modify the max_brightness one to 0, or something similar.

moonrakerone said:
Those class files look really promising.
I was able to open them using ES file explorer on stock, looks like you could just modify the max_brightness one to 0, or something similar.
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I tried that but couldn't get the values to stick. I even tried deleting the charging folder but every operation fails.

I was able to Enable the charging light on stock using those files. Interesting that motorola has that feature kind of built-in with no front-end access.
What a bummer that it won't work for you. This weekend I think I'll flash back to DU and poke around.

moonrakerone said:
I was able to Enable the charging light on stock using those files. Interesting that motorola has that feature kind of built-in with no front-end access.
What a bummer that it won't work for you. This weekend I think I'll flash back to DU and poke around.
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Ok let me know if it worked for you. I flashed back to Validus a few days ago I may try again this weekend as well.

Install "Light Manager" from the market. Most stable notification light app out there, best thing of all its FREE.
Problem solved.
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[Q] Any chance to increase Z3 Flashlight intensity?

Hi guys,
i'm coming from a Galaxy S2, a great phone btw, and the only phone that made me to finally change it was the Z3.
I use the flashlight a lot cause the place where i live. And the intensity of the Z3 is very very poor compared with the S2 one. Any chance to increase the power?
Thanks in advance!

butman said:
Hi guys,
i'm coming from a Galaxy S2, a great phone btw, and the only phone that made me to finally change it was the Z3.
I use the flashlight a lot cause the place where i live. And the intensity of the Z3 is very very poor compared with the S2 one. Any chance to increase the power?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, but you need root and R/W permissions in System.
Then just do it:
Go to:
system/etc/flashled_calc_parameters.cfg
And change the value of this Parameter to this:
LED If setting for Torch or video recording (uA).
if_torch_vr = 500000
Reboot and give a try.

iFlasher said:
Yes, but you need root and R/W permissions in System.
Then just do it:
Go to:
system/etc/flashled_calc_parameters.cfg
And change the value of this Parameter to this:
LED If setting for Torch or video recording (uA).
if_torch_vr = 500000
Reboot and give a try.
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The value is 500000 or 50000 because the default one is 25000.
Thanks.

Is there any risk regarding the diod?
If it could flash brighter, why was it capped at half the strength?
Cheers.

butman said:
The value is 500000 or 50000 because the default one is 25000.
Thanks.
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500000 is correct. Try it and see the difference
TanmayTzara said:
Is there any risk regarding the diod?
If it could flash brighter, why was it capped at half the strength?
Cheers.
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The only risk is if you leave it on for a lot of hours because of overheat.
Greetings!

I can't seem to get the file to stay changed, any time I overwrite it or open in x-plore text editor it comes back to the original value. I have root access and gave the permissions to the file manager. I've tried to mount the /system via adb shell, but no command is accepted, throwing errors as "bad option".
Any ideas regarding this?
EDIT: After a research I found a solution:
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[...] After installing and gaining root, to get system R/W access you need to run my script which will enable RICDefeat on the device and allow R/W of the system partition. Just extract SGP621-RICDefeat.zip and run the install batch file. It should also work for other devices, but as I have not personally tested it on anything else than my SGP621 and Z2, I cannot guarantee for it. So if this makes your cat explode, it is not my fault.
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Right now my LED is supernova bright.
Cheers.

iFlasher said:
500000 is correct. Try it and see the difference
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It worked! Thank you so much!

iFlasher said:
Yes, but you need root and R/W permissions in System.
Then just do it:
Go to:
system/etc/flashled_calc_parameters.cfg
And change the value of this Parameter to this:
LED If setting for Torch or video recording (uA).
if_torch_vr = 500000
Reboot and give a try.
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Thanks!!
You save me in the dark. =D

Just did this due to my z3c being much dimmer than my friends z1c flash.
These were the default settings:
Z3c 2,500
Z1c 62,500
So it would seem the z3c might have had a mistyped figure in the first place from the factory.
Both are very bright now with the above suggested setting