Camera shutter sound on silent mode

[eralaek]

I have my FP2 on silent mode (lowest volume and “noone”) but the camera makes the shutter sound anyway.

Solution?

[Irina_Spitznagel]

Right now, the only solution without root is to use another camera app.
See: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/how-to-turn-off-the-camera-sound/11586

[eralaek]

I only want the camera to be silent when I’m in silent mode…

[Irina_Spitznagel]

Well, these alternative camera apps allow you to turn it on and off.

The reason why it doesn’t turn off automatically in silent mode is the following:

@Elipsus

The Caméra shutter sound have been made non deactivable in some countries because of Japan/China, that had some problems of peoples taking pics under the skirts of shoolgirls ! (and the sound made it less discreteSo, if you ever go to Japan or China, don’t forget to reactivate it, or you could be viewed like a perv.

[eralaek]

So because the janapese/chinese are perverts, I am not able to take a photo in a important meeting/lecture without disturbing everyone??? SERIOUSLY???

[Juli_R]

If I am not mistaken it seems to be an Android “feature”, not an FP2 issue. I strongly recommend to use an alternative camera app like CameraMX which allows to turn off the odd camera sound.

[freibadschwimmer]

Even though I am not sure if the above mentioned reason is the actual reason why Google decided to not make the camera sound deactivate-able, but indeed it is an Android issue and not an FP2 thing. Yet, when I heard the above mentioned reason, my reaction was the same as @eralaek’s.

Anyhow, with a rooted phone its a matter of 10 sec. to permanently deactivate it; And no matter if in silent mode or not, I always find a camera shutter sound annoying - unless it is the mechanics of camera that unavoidably makes some sound.

[eralaek]

Yes but I don’t want to permanently mute it, I just want to make the phone silent in every aspect when I go to silent mode.

[Juli_R]

@freibadschwimmer

And no matter if in silent mode or not, I always find a camera shutter sound annoying

So true!

[eralaek]

Eh… Camera MX doesn’t shut up in silent mode either. This is definetly an FP2 issue if silent mode isn’t fully functional.

[Juli_R]

In Settings > Play shutter sound (not sure about the English translation, in German: Auslöseton abspielen) uncheck this box. And as explained above, it is not an FP2 but an Android issue.

[eralaek]

Still, it’s crap!

[Juli_R]

I totally agree with you.

[retsifp]

@eralaek: Cool down - this Issue will be fixed in the first update.

[eralaek]

Update of Android? Or do you mean it’s not an Android issue?

[paulakreuzer]

The first Fairphone OS update will silence the camera shutter and screenshot sound in silent mode. This was the most voted feature request with 81 votes.

[eralaek]

Awesome!