george roberts
Lurker
Hi Guys
For some reason, I no longer have a shutter sound on my Galaxy J3 2017, any advice welcome.
For some reason, I no longer have a shutter sound on my Galaxy J3 2017, any advice welcome.
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No shutter sound on camera
- Thread starter george roberts
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Check your phone app's settings. I don't know that phone, but every phone I've owned lets me turn it off (one of the first things I do), so it may just have got accidentally switched off. Though I believe some countries mandate that the phone camera makes a sound, so you may not have this options.
Are other sounds still working?
Are other sounds still working?
In addition to @Hadron's excellent advice, try clearing the camera app's cache, then force stop it, and then try using it again. Does it work right?
puppykickr
Android Expert
All of the above.
And if akl else fails, a device restart may be in order.
Not a reset, a restart.
Like turning the phone off then back on again. (Or an actual restart.)
For Android, a restart is like a good night's sleep is for us.
And if akl else fails, a device restart may be in order.
Not a reset, a restart.
Like turning the phone off then back on again. (Or an actual restart.)
For Android, a restart is like a good night's sleep is for us.
I have had phones, like the current Galaxy Note model, that have a "Shutter Sound" on-off switch in the Camera settings... and I have had phones that have no such option: shutter sound is mandatory. I've never heard of a phone with no shutter sound at all, and I don't think it would be legal to sell it that way.
That said: once you check your Settings -- Sounds -- Volume and make sure everything is turned up (especially system and media volumes), if everything makes a sound except the camera, it's possible that the shutter sound media file was corrupted. The camera sound resides in System/Media/Audio and is probably named something like "camera_click.ogg" - if it's possible, you might want to locate that media file online, download it and paste it into that folder, replacing the corrupt (or missing) file. A file explorer app like Solid Explorer may allow you to do that without root.
That said: once you check your Settings -- Sounds -- Volume and make sure everything is turned up (especially system and media volumes), if everything makes a sound except the camera, it's possible that the shutter sound media file was corrupted. The camera sound resides in System/Media/Audio and is probably named something like "camera_click.ogg" - if it's possible, you might want to locate that media file online, download it and paste it into that folder, replacing the corrupt (or missing) file. A file explorer app like Solid Explorer may allow you to do that without root.