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How to silence the Galaxy S6's camera shutter sounds

posted by Luis D. / May 01, 2015, 9:37 AM

How to silence the Galaxy S6's camera shutter sounds

You may not know it, but some Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 edge models don't let you silence the camera shutter sound from within the camera app's settings. In addition, sometimes notification and other system sounds can end up in your video recordings, which is a bit of a shortsight on Samsung's behalf.

Luckily, there's an app in the Google Play store that cure the problem and turn the Galaxy S6 & S6 edge into the mute cameraphones you want them to be. We'll show you how simple it is to use in this tutorial.

How to silence the Galaxy S6's camera shutter sounds

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20 Comments

1. waddup121 unregistered

Wasn't hoping to download a third-party app.

posted on May 01, 2015, 10:03 AM 6

13. ArtSim98

Posts: 3535; Member since: Dec 21, 2012

It's these little things why I don't like Samsung :)

posted on May 01, 2015, 11:43 PM 2

14. vergil9

Posts: 517; Member since: Apr 06, 2015

Weird, my Note 4 has this option in the stock Samsung camera app.

posted on May 01, 2015, 11:54 PM 3

15. frankg

Posts: 173; Member since: May 14, 2014

If I use my Note 4 and put the whole phone on silent, the camera is also silent.

posted on May 02, 2015, 4:31 AM 2

2. hung2900

Posts: 966; Member since: Mar 02, 2012

I thought that you cannot shut it down because the law in that country prohibits that?

posted on May 01, 2015, 10:07 AM 6

7. Nathillien unregistered

Exactly.

posted on May 01, 2015, 12:04 PM 2

16. kevin91202

Posts: 642; Member since: Jun 08, 2014

What law? In what country? Do you realize that every country has their own set of laws?

posted on May 02, 2015, 9:07 AM 0

19. Nabil111

Posts: 105; Member since: Apr 14, 2014

I forget which country has a "law" that requires cameras to emit an audible sound when capturing images, but there are also local ordinances that say the same. I remember when my iPod touch used to do it, and its had the same fix on all the Samsungs I've used since, just delete the sound file(or rename it) and it shuts up.

posted on May 03, 2015, 10:20 PM 0

3. joeytaylor

Posts: 957; Member since: Feb 28, 2015

The s5 came out the sane way....then verizon had a update that added mute capabilities

posted on May 01, 2015, 10:30 AM 0

4. hound.master

Posts: 1044; Member since: Feb 27, 2015

They should update it with the camera app plus when a phone is on silence mode it shouldn't make any sound and then the camera shutter sound is barely noticeable and i don't think there's any law about camera shutter sound.

posted on May 01, 2015, 10:37 AM 0

5. JohnK

Posts: 117; Member since: Mar 03, 2015

On S5, all i had to do was to go in silent/vibrating mode instead of adding one more app.

posted on May 01, 2015, 11:04 AM 1

6. joeytaylor

Posts: 957; Member since: Feb 28, 2015

Its in the phone settings now...only after a Verizon update for me

posted on May 01, 2015, 11:58 AM 0

9. JohnK

Posts: 117; Member since: Mar 03, 2015

It was special for your version. We don't have that in western europe (XEF model)

posted on May 01, 2015, 3:30 PM 1

8. bubbadoes

Posts: 1225; Member since: May 03, 2012

swipe up left side of Edge, turns off swipe down right of Edge, turns on

posted on May 01, 2015, 2:16 PM 0

10. Mithan

Posts: 20; Member since: Mar 19, 2015

Cover the speaker slot with your finger, same thing.

posted on May 01, 2015, 3:58 PM 3

11. ventura726

Posts: 2; Member since: May 01, 2015

My T-Mobile S6 Edge has it in the camera settings.

posted on May 01, 2015, 7:51 PM 2

12. gaming64 unregistered

Mute. Single answer.

posted on May 01, 2015, 8:18 PM 0

17. kevin91202

Posts: 642; Member since: Jun 08, 2014

Another dumb article for the fabulous writers of PA. My S6 edge has a silent function. What nonsense is this?

posted on May 02, 2015, 9:08 AM 1

20. Nabil111

Posts: 105; Member since: Apr 14, 2014

I believe at one point my GS4 had this same "feature", as have numerous other devices I've had. Even when I had my GS4 (or my iPod Touch) in silent/vibrate, they still made the shutter sound. The fix is simple (albeit it requires root); you just delete or rename the audio file it uses for the camera shutter sound. I imagine for some people this can be annoying and there are people that can't root their devices, so this app kinda fixes it.

posted on May 03, 2015, 10:24 PM 0

21. tokuzumi

Posts: 1900; Member since: Aug 27, 2009

I know on my S4 you have to put the phone in silent mode to turn off shutter sounds. Does the S6 still make shutter sounds in silent mode?

posted on May 04, 2015, 8:51 AM 0

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