Hi I installed Cerberus (remote locating software) for my S3. I have CF root, running on stock firmware LG8.
I used a zip to flash Cerberus (from the website) using CWM so I could get extra features which I did about 6 days ago. I tried to use Cerberusapp.com to test if everything is working today and it wasn't responding as it should. The feature I used was take an immediate pic using front camera.
I exited from the webapp and then tried to use the camera and it would open but then I was met with an error message saying Camera: failed or something similar to that and then the camera app would close.
I restarted the phone and camera was working fine. But now the keypad tones when you press back button, menu button, or when you swipe to unlock screen have disappeared.
Loudspeaker works when I play music and other things. Earpiece works when I make calls.
But the splish/splash sounds won't work at all. Also, when I boot the phone up, the sound the accompanies the Samsung animation boot logo doesn't play either.
How do I rectify this? I don't want to reflash with stick f/w through Odin if it can be avoided and if there is of course a simple fix.
Thanks
at a guess the app disables sounds so as not to alert the thief that you are taking photo of them. I would imagine the app developer is your best bet for a solution, but check and see if in system/media the app might of places a .nomedia file or some such disabling file
slaphead20 said:
at a guess the app disables sounds so as not to alert the thief that you are taking photo of them. I would imagine the app developer is your best bet for a solution, but check and see if in system/media the app might of places a .nomedia file or some such disabling file
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I think I'll have to e-mail the support team because it doesn't seem like it's intentional.
The keypad tones and sounds have gone but the shutter sound when taking a photo is still there. Also, why would it affect the sound on the boot animation?
Using rootexplorer I've looked through the system/media and other folders but there's no sign of anything that shouldn't be there.
It was all working as expected before this little error occurred. When taking pics using Cerberus the camera wouldn't make a sound but the key press sounds would still make a sound.
Anyway, thanks for your help, I'll give the developer a shout and if nothing can be resolved I might just reflash and do it all over again.
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Is it possible to disable the camera shutter sound on the SGS2? It's very loud and kind of annoying.
I'm going to a wedding at the weekend and it would be nice to be able to take pictures without pissing off the entire church.
Put the phone in silent mode when using the camera that should do the trick without any trickery
Silent mode doesn't make any difference, it's still the same.
Anyone know if there's a good camera app without shutter sound I can use instead?
Even when i have it on silent mode, it still makes the shutter sound
There is no setting to disable it in camera settings anymore?
You could do it on SGS...
Try turning media volume down
You need root
Go to /system/media/ui/
Then delete the files got to do with the camera including the shutter
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Huh, no 'disable shutter sound' on SGS II? Fixing THAT tomorrow!
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Yup, someone wanna chuck us the camera apk? Should be possible to fix it that way..
Or, as someone said, try renaming the sound file in media to whatever.ogg.OLD
I think all UK phones have to comply with anti-voyeurism laws which is why all phones there have the camera shutter no matter what. If you have rooted your phone I think you could easily delete or modify the shutter sound though...
pulser_g2 said:
Yup, someone wanna chuck us the camera apk? Should be possible to fix it that way..
Or, as someone said, try renaming the sound file in media to whatever.ogg.OLD
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Here's the apk.
Thanks
soyef said:
You need root
Go to /system/media/ui/
Then delete the files got to do with the camera including the shutter
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Sorry guys, new to this, I've tried to rename the file using fs explorer and it will not allow me to either re name or delete the file, any advice would be gratefully received
Richard130170 said:
Sorry guys, new to this, I've tried to rename the file using fs explorer and it will not allow me to either re name or delete the file, any advice would be gratefully received
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Use root explorer, you can and need to enable write access in order to change/rename files at root level.
Got the shutter sound deleted but there is still a beep when it focuses. Any ideas?
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Yep, mine still beeps when it focuses as well.
macnessie said:
Here's the apk.
Thanks
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Thanks. No idea why so many people downloaded it already, but meh... I'll see what I can see...
Hmmm... I have an idea. I will take a look later on at making a new apk
davey_b said:
Got the shutter sound deleted but there is still a beep when it focuses. Any ideas?
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From the code, I see there should be a setting to enable or disable autofocus sound.
Can you please confirm if this exists before I go much further into this. Usually you tap menu, or press a settings button on-screen in camera to get some options.
Looks like it can be disabled.
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From the code, I see there should be a setting to enable or disable autofocus sound.
Can you please confirm if this exists before I go much further into this. Usually you tap menu, or press a settings button on-screen in camera to get some options.
Looks like it can be disabled.
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Nope, no option
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Nope, no option
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OK. You can try pulling the APK, then removing the file in res/raw/. Delete the ogg file with the obvious name like AutoFocus.ogg (not got the file to hand)
Back up the old one before doing this! Then replace the file on the device with this one. Reboot, see if it works. If it doesn't and camera doesn't appear, then you need to restore the backup and reboot again. That should fix it
If it crashes when focussing, we need to replace the OGG with an "empty" ogg, but then re-sign the APK, which will involve editing packages.xml
while were on the subject, is it possible to remove the parental control set in place, that prevents the camera from being opened if the battery is >15%, and where it kills your music, when you open the camera? i will personally donate $25 dollars if you did that. and forever praise you as the best developer in the world
(very serious about the donation tho)
Hi guys my firmware in BLFB and I noticed that there's no camera sound when I'm taking picture... Is it the same with you guys?
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wicked1683 said:
Hi guys my firmware in BLFB and I noticed that there's no camera sound when I'm taking picture... Is it the same with you guys?
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If your on a cutom rom check its change log if the rom dev did disable that option. If you are on a stock rom maybe you are on silent mode?
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knuckle03 said:
If your on a cutom rom check its change log if the rom dev did disable that option. If you are on a stock rom maybe you are on silent mode?
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Hi mate, I'm on stock... And I'm not in silent mode, everything in my sound is max out... I just noticed today that my camera sound is gone as Im not always using the camera. I do't know if this is because of the BLFB Firmware update (currently Im still in BLFB)...
It seems that no one is experiencing this again... well that's Android... now I know..
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It seems that no one is experiencing this again... well that's Android... now I know..
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In every operating system you'll find problems noone else seems to have encountered.
Do you mean the recording sound the device emits when going into Camera mode or the audio capture of the video?
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In every operating system you'll find problems noone else seems to have encountered.
Do you mean the recording sound the device emits when going into Camera mode or the audio capture of the video?
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Hi mate, I'm referring to shutter sound (The sound when you take a picture)... I like my camera to have shutter sound, I searched the web and everybody is asking how to disable shutter sound of S3 but mine doesn't have sound...
I'm not sure when did this happen but I know that there's a shutter sound when I last used it..
PS: I'm not even rooted mate, all is stock, current firmware is LFB...
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Hi mate, I'm referring to shutter sound (The sound when you take a picture)... I like my camera to have shutter sound, I searched the web and everybody is asking how to disable shutter sound of S3 but mine doesn't have sound...
I'm not sure when did this happen but I know that there's a shutter sound when I last used it..
PS: I'm not even rooted mate, all is stock, current firmware is LFB...
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The camera sound files are stored inside a system folder on your phone. I was going to say to check to see if the files are there and play them to ensure they aren't corrupt. However, if you are not rooted, you may not be able to access them.
If you reflash your current stock rom or update your rom to the latest version from Samsung, I believe that can fix your problems.
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The camera sound files are stored inside a system folder on your phone. I was going to say to check to see if the files are there and play them to ensure they aren't corrupt. However, if you are not rooted, you may not be able to access them.
If you reflash your current stock rom or update your rom to the latest version from Samsung, I believe that can fix your problems.
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How can it be corrupted mate if I didn't do anything to my phone (Just regular use). Previously I also had a problem with OTA update and I needed to clear the data of Software Update for it to run again.
I'm really starting to believe that this is really a buggy piece of software (Android or maybe TW of Samsung)... Even the Accuweather widget is not auto refreshing if I restarted the phone and I need to clear again the data for it to auto refresh again or run normally.
Sorry I'm just frustrated
After doing everything I could (Except the Factory Reset), my camera shutter sound is still not working.
I tried to Clear the data of camera app, restart the phone, shutdown and reopen the phone, shutdown and remove the battery then reopen the phone, tried to uninstall some apps I recently installed, and still no shutter sound
I'm about to try today the "wipe cache partition" but first I tried again to shutdown and reopen my phone and guess what, now my shutter sound is back!
Only difference is currently I dont have any internet connection on my phone (No Wifi / Mobile data). Weird! :silly:
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After doing everything I could (Except the Factory Reset), my camera shutter sound is still not working.
I tried to Clear the data of camera app, restart the phone, shutdown and reopen the phone, shutdown and remove the battery then reopen the phone, tried to uninstall some apps I recently installed, and still no shutter sound
I'm about to try today the "wipe cache partition" but first I tried again to shutdown and reopen my phone and guess what, now my shutter sound is back!
Only difference is currently I dont have any internet connection on my phone (No Wifi / Mobile data). Weird! :silly:
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What the heck are you rooted. It sounds to me that things are getting out of hand. Best install a new rom or reflash.
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What the heck are you rooted. It sounds to me that things are getting out of hand. Best install a new rom or reflash.
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Everything stock mate... Everything is working fine now... I guess this is a Touchwiz problem or worst this is an android thing. I searched the net and there are others experiencing this using different devices... Maybe this is an android bug, I'm not sure as it hard to replicate this problem and theres no accurate solution... :silly:
Check this if you are rooted
How to enable on/off button for Shutter sound:
Edit /system/csc/feature.xml with text editor of choice.
Add following lines:
<!-- Enable/disable the camera shutter sound -->
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
Reboot, Voila, now you can enable/disable shutter sound from camera menu. (I'm on BLG8)
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I'm also having this same problem...
Let me start from the beginning...
I got the phone from Vodafone Portugal. It came with the ICS rom, but right away I updated with the first polish JB rom. Also put root on it.
I'm constantly updating roms, so I tried most new roms that were releasing, mostly unbranded roms, from France, UK, India, etc... I did some dirty flashes but sometimes I flashed from the ground, full wipe...
Also, never used a custom rom for example...
I don't remember when did it happen, but somehow, camera stop making sounds, shutter sound and selection sounds... I also lost the sound setting from camera menu options...
I never, but never modified that aspect. And with a option do enable/disable sound shutter, why would I need to disable sound shutter with another method?!?!
A few weeks ago, I was on XELLA, and I added that camera line on the feature.xml file. No sounds I got...
By the way, the camera sounds are on a folder inside /system/ and they work perfectly , they are not broken
Today, I updated, dirty flash over XELLA, the new vodafone rom XERM2. I was with no hope to get the sounds...
I remember to check feature.xml on the system/csc folder to see if it was there, but the file was removed. I had a couple of modifications (including the line for the shutter sounds). So I restored an old backup that I had from the file. I set permissions and reboot.
I got a half surprise, guess what, I regain the Camera Sound settings from camera menu options.
The bad thing is that I still can't get any shutter or any other sounds from the camera app
Any ideas?!?! Please!!! I want Camera sounds back!!! Need help please!!!
Hey all.
I realize this question has been asked before, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.
I need to disable the sound the phone makes when you quick-start the camera app.
Not through tapping on the camera app in the menu, but starting it through the hard camera button on the side.
Again, this is not the shutter sound. It cannot be disabled in the camera app, which is why I am trying to find the sound file itself and rename it to a .bak.
I tried disabling the sounds in the /system/media/audio folder, but no luck. I have reason to think it is in the /system/priv-app folder, but I'm not sure.
P.S. I know the sound is there for privacy reasons, but I think it just makes the device feel like a child's toy.
Thanks for your time everyone.
It is inside the app itself. You will need to decompile the app to modify it. The sound file is called start_up_notifier.wav
You're right cachanilla86, seems to be in /system/priv-app/SemcCameraUI. Thanks!
I tried modifying the apk by extracting it, and ruined the file's signature.
Now the phone won't start the camera.
Oh well. Good thing I backed up!
Hey everyone
I just got this phone and so far it's been cool and good, I really like it despite the display quality being off in perspective to my galaxy s6
Anyways, I digress, in the camera app I can turn the shutter sound off but it seems that any other third party app like Snapchat or Instagram keep this shutter sound
It's really bugging, I need it gone so I don't disturb people around me or something...
Things I've tried:
Screenshot sound off
Camera sound off from camera settings
Phone to silent
Phone to DND
All volume sliders to 0
Nothing works, any idea before I throw root on it and delete some files?
I didn't find anything that'd work.
Decided to unlock and install LOS 16.
All good now, except IR Camera and hotspot.
JudderArts said:
I didn't find anything that'd work.
Decided to unlock and install LOS 16.
All good now, except IR Camera and hotspot.
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I'm going to wait before throwing a custom rom on it but I'm probably going to root and take the files out
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I'm going to wait before throwing a custom rom on it but I'm probably going to root and take the files out
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Hello there, can you point me to the directory for Instagram and Snapchat files? I am currently rooted and would really like to remove the shutter sounds as they are very annoying. Thank you.
Sakub said:
Hello there, can you point me to the directory for Instagram and Snapchat files? I am currently rooted and would really like to remove the shutter sounds as they are very annoying. Thank you.
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I'm pretty sure you can delete the file camera_click.ogg from system/media/audio/ui
Make sure to keep a backup first of the file in case something goes wrong.
Additional files related to camera sounds that may need to be deleted to are: camera_focus.ogg, videorecord.ogg, videostop.ogg
Just as the the title suggests, what have y'all seen missing/not working with the new Pie Update. For people like me who are trying to decide if the update is worth it?
Call recording is gone
Some camera modes are gone like Sport shot and some others I can't remember right now
Video button is no longer in camera. You have to press "video" and then start recording
Notifications via bluetooth don't make any sounds if connected in the car. (I heard about this but haven't had the time to try and test myself)
Cannot change backgrounds in samsung messages.
Multi window is still there but the process to set up has changed.
Recent apps window changed but you can use Good Lock to change it back.
There may be a few others that I left out but that's all I can remember right now
tube517 said:
Call recording is gone
Some camera modes are gone like Sport shot and some others I can't remember right now
Video button is no longer in camera. You have to press "video" and then start recording
Notifications via bluetooth don't make any sounds if connected in the car. (I heard about this but haven't had the time to try and test myself)
Cannot change backgrounds in samsung messages.
Multi window is still there but the process to set up has changed.
Recent apps window changed but you can use Good Lock to change it back.
There may be a few others that I left out but that's all I can remember right now
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Thanks for contributing. How do you like the update with all these drawbacks?
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Thanks for contributing. How do you like the update with all these drawbacks?
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I'm in several Note 8 forums . These were from alot of other people
It does not affect me much. I adapted easily because I only had the Note 8 for about 2 weeks before the update.
Pretty terrible update. It also broke numerous apps that relied on access to certain system functions to automate processes. My auto sound profile and white list essentially allowed me to never bother or think about volume settings or answer an unwanted call for years. Not its broken.
Where the hell is the eraser tool on screenshot/draw menu ?
Samsung's goal with this update is to lose customers.
Camera storage options reversed between local and SD Card
I Iike to use ES File explorer to copy and paste recent photos to a LAN connection wirelessly. This was inexplicably broken with the pie update. It turns out that the toggle is reversed. If you set the camera storage option to SD card then the photos go to local device storage. And if you set it to Local it goes to the SD Card.
Hopefully this will be addressed in the next update.
Any1 facing issues with video recording in parties (While lights are a lot and moving)?
Also, any1 facing issues with the dialer app/contacts while searching for a contact?
My mobile is Note 8 - T-Mobile working with android 9 DRL7
CynerN said:
I Iike to use ES File explorer to copy and paste recent photos to a LAN connection wirelessly. This was inexplicably broken with the pie update. It turns out that the toggle is reversed. If you set the camera storage option to SD card then the photos go to local device storage. And if you set it to Local it goes to the SD Card.
Hopefully this will be addressed in the next update.
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Pretty terrible update. It also broke numerous apps that relied on access to certain system functions to automate processes. My auto sound profile and white list essentially allowed me to never bother or think about volume settings or answer an unwanted call for years. Not its broken.
Where the hell is the eraser tool on screenshot/draw menu ?
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Also, since the update I have not been able to use my fingerprint scanner