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Camera Shutter Sound

Stop trying to take sneaky pictures of your neighbor bent over in a skirt... Problem solved.

I personally don't see why the sound is an issue for so many people... Unless you're trying to do something like I mentioned above.

Lol. I do have a practical need. I have an 8 month old baby. Sometimes I like to take pictures, while she is sleep. The sound either wakes her up, or makes her move from the "cute sleeping position" that I was trying to take a picture of!

I have resorted to "One Shot or Not"... I have to get a good picture with that first shot, because I won't get a chance to try a second shot.
 
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Lol. I do have a practical need. I have an 8 month old baby. Sometimes I like to take pictures, while she is sleep. The sound either wakes her up, or makes her move from the "cute sleeping position" that I was trying to take a picture of!

I have resorted to "One Shot or Not"... I have to get a good picture with that first shot, because I won't get a chance to try a second shot.

Lol understood.... Just turn the phone to silent then, doesn't take long.
 
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Mine comes with this setting by default.
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edit: this image is a screenshot from the AT&T version.
 
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PHONE not camera.... Settings, sound, silent... Simple

That is my PHONE... Sprint Galaxy S 3 (GS3). There is no setting for sound on the Sprint version of the GS3. The phones clicks whenever you take a picture, even with every other volume setting turned completely down or off.

Camera Settings from top to bottom:
1. Edit shortcuts
2. Self-portrait
3. Flash
4. Shooting mode
5. Scene mode
6. Exposure value
7. Focus Mode
8. Timer
9. Effects
10. Resolution
11. White balance
12. ISO
13. Metering
14. Anti-shake
15. Auto contrast
16. Guidelines
17. Image quality
18. GPS tag
19. Storage
20. Reset
 
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That is my PHONE... Sprint Galaxy S 3 (GS3). There is no setting for sound on the Sprint version of the GS3. The phones clicks whenever you take a picture, even with every other volume setting turned completely down or off.

Camera Settings from top to bottom:
1. Edit shortcuts
2. Self-portrait
3. Flash
4. Shooting mode
5. Scene mode
6. Exposure value
7. Focus Mode
8. Timer
9. Effects
10. Resolution
11. White balance
12. ISO
13. Metering
14. Anti-shake
15. Auto contrast
16. Guidelines
17. Image quality
18. GPS tag
19. Storage
20. Reset

PHONE as in phone settings.... NOT camera settings. There's not a way other than that, period.
 
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That's weird it should come with shutter sound either on or off. Almost every phone has that. You don't have to turn your whole phone on silent just because of a small camera setting. I personally don't like the shutter sound either just because.
Yeah, I know. Even with all other volume settings on silent, it still clicks. I don't mind that much really. The only time it is a problem is when I am trying to get a picture of my baby daughter, when she falls asleep in some crazy or cute position. Like when she is falling asleep while eating! Hilarious! But as soon as the camera clicks, she wakes up.
 
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Putting phone on vibrate or mute worked for me but I would have to remember to actually change the settings before and after taking pic. Downloaded Tasker and set up a profile and it works perfectly, silencing camera shutter when camera is opened and then turning volume back to normal when closing it. Unfortunately Tasker cost $6.50 in play store but to me worth it.
 
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pull down your notifation center and toggle off sounds on the top pane

This. For those that want to take pictures of sleeping babies and stuff the last thing you want is your camera shutter to be on silent but the phone still on loud for texts and calls.

For those that can,mute the entire phone from the notification drop down menu is definitely the best option imo.
 
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