There are two fairy simple ways we've heard of to silence the camera by muting or disabling the shutter and the focus sounds on the Samsung Galaxy S2. A whole bunch of you have been asking about how to do it. Both these methods require you to have a rooted phone though. Follow the Read More link for full instructions
METHOD ONE (links camera sound to system volume control):
The To silence your Galaxy S2 camera sounds use a program like Root Explorer and navigate to the Root folder, then the Data folder. Then create a file called local.prop and enter one line of text which reads: ro.camera.sound.forced=0 . Restart your phone. Now you can switch the sound off by muting your phone.
METHOD TWO (renames the sound file so they system can't play it at all):
Navigate to /system/media/audio/ui from the root folder and rename all the files that have anything to do with camera, shutter, focus sounds.
UPDATE: We used method one, becuase although the explanation is a little longer, we found it much quicker, and it means you can always use the volume control to turn the sound back up if you prefer.
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Can anyone help me on that?
Your phone is rooted? and you've rebooted? Go to the Volume settings (not just ringer) and try turning down all the possible volume options and see if one works. It should do....
Yes, my phone is rooted.
I tried to create the empty file thru root explorer, reboot.. the sound is still there =(
I have another question. In order to set the home screen page to the 3rd page. We have to change the /system/default.prop
However, when I go in /system/, I can't see dafault.prop.. and when I try to create a new file, it says the folder is read-only..
I have set super-user for "Root explorer" already..
So I'm able to add the default.prop in /system/
However, it still doesn't work..
Would it be because of the permission, or user/owner setting wrong with the file?
Latest version of firmware? What firmware are you running, and where was it moved to. I'm sure other users would find that info quite helpful. =)
But the focus sound remains there...=S
Does the autofocus follow phone volume too¿? Because thats whats getting me crazy...xD
I used method 2 and all works good. I just can't find the autofocus file to rename to silence it. Any idea what it is named or located?