Camera shutter sound silenced!

Lawbreaker · 02-10-2012, 10:08 AM

Except that it's on the TMOBILE GSII! WTF?!
Just when I started to accept this BS about maybe there is some law in Japan and Korea about silencing phone cameras and that's why Samsung does it, this happens.
I am checking out a friend's GSII at work and I take a picture with it. Not a damn peep. No focus sound. No shutter sound. Nothing. That is, nothing except the sound of me launching into a tirade. I opened the camera settings and there it is. "Camera Sounds: off" or something like that.

Why? And no, this isn't JUST about taking stealth picture of someone without them knowing. Its about not wanting to always disturb anyone in the vicinity every time I am taking pictures with the ever present BEEP , SCHA-WICK. I love the camera on this phone and its a major reason that I bought it. I just want it, like my roommate, to occasionally shut the hell up and let me have some peace and quiet.

djjr50 · 02-10-2012, 03:58 PM

Given your profile name, its kinda hard to help you take sneaky pics! lol!

Lawbreaker · 02-10-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by djjr50

Given your profile name, its kinda hard to help you take sneaky pics! lol!

LOL I see your point.

Sure wasn't a problem on the Palm Pre. Not that it's EDOF camera could dream of being the GSII camera, but still, sometimes I miss the little WebOS things.
And the Touchstone, of course. Every manufacturer should make an inductive charging system.

djjr50 · 02-10-2012, 04:52 PM

I agree. If...and I know that this is a little bit of heresy, but if they made WebOS a legit skin, I would love my E4GT all the more!

And I should say that I have no idea how to silence the camera besides taking video. Not sure how to extract stills from the video yet, but I'm sure that there's an app for that!

dtg755 · 02-10-2012, 06:06 PM

the only thing that works at the moment is rooting the phone and removing the camera sound files..which is lame if you don't really want to root your phone and remove them completely and lose all camera sound.

JayWill72 · 02-10-2012, 07:20 PM

My camera has a silent shutter, works during phone calls, and works with less than 15% battery. Not everyone is comfortable with rooting and modding but it does have its benefits.