IF all else fails : put a plug of blu-tack or similar firmly into the hole the sounds comes from... it solved the proplem for myself, and its easy to remove with a toothpick !
On 2 September 2012 22:02, Jeffrey Peacock <jeffp.ea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am involved in a project to use camera enabled Android devices to detect > cosmic ray events ( > http://www.distributedsensorweb.org/wiki/index.php/DECO). It is enjoying > some modest funding from the American Physics Society and interest from > Fermi Labs and Standford Univ. > > The intent of the app is to run while the phone is plugged in and > charging, like while the user is sleeping. As such the shutter sound must > be defeated. In fact, even if you were running it on your desk while > working the shutter sound is so annoying as to inspire you to reach for a > hammer. > > For most phones we have been able to make use of the mechanisms seen in > previous posts: mute streams and/or set volume to 0. However, for a > recent phone, the LG Optimus Elite (were using low cost Virgin Mobile > devices as some of the test devices to reduce costs), none of the old > tricks work: the shutter sound always plays. BUT!!! I can download a > camera app from the Google Play -- aptly named SilentCamera -- which will > take pictures, well, silently. And whatever solution it is employing is > not using the MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS permission. > > I have already burned several hours researching and trying a variety of > things. As I've indicated I have tried muting and setting volume to 0 for > all streams, just before the camera.takePicture() call. And have tried to > do the same in onShutter(). What I have learned is (according to the logs) > that the camera is playing the shutter sound BEFORE the onShutter() call. > > Obviously, I am hoping someone on the list can help. > > Thanks. > > /J > > Note: The LG Optimus Elite is running 2.3.7 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Ubuntu Speech input<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nds.ubuntuspeechinput>is now available on Google Play, along with Magnetic Door Alarm app<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nds.magneticdooralarm> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
