[RETIRED] [FROYO ONLY] Silent Video Camera

djmcnz · Mar 29, 2011

[Old Now Froyo Only!]

Hi all,

Update 30/03: Testing seems okay so flashable zip file for recovery added.

There seems to be a lot of demand for a silent video camera and I sometimes wonder if the motives are questionable but nevertheless, I aim to please.

LG have put security around the video camera sound files (these are in camera.apk/res/raw/ - camstart01.wav and camstop01.wav). They verify the file by name, id and most significantly a hash key. This means it is impossible to change the files without changing the code.

So here we have the modified Camera.apk with code changes.

No video camera start sound
No video camera end sound
Still camera sounds not affected
Sound file verification and sound trigger code removed, no code added

Download the .zip file below and flash it from ClockworkMod Recovery.

Download: O2xNoVideoSound-unsigned.zip

Please report back and I like the 'Thanks' button below...

juhar1 · Mar 29, 2011

It seems to work like it should, no beep when starting/stopping recording!

Thank you very much

Gilg@mesh · Mar 29, 2011

works great thanks!

Merlins-XDA · Mar 30, 2011

Thanks! It works without problem!

Ekkis · Mar 30, 2011

Won't get it to work with my 2X

Sorry, im new at this...Why won't it install? Im opening it through Superbox/file manager to install it, but it won't work...help plz

Gilg@mesh · Mar 30, 2011

Ekkis said:
Sorry, im new at this...Why won't it install? Im opening it through Superbox/file manager to install it, but it won't work...help plz

It dont work that way, you must adb push it

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tablighs · Mar 30, 2011

I tried adb push camera.apk system/app
but it says "read only file system". what's wrong?

djmcnz · Mar 30, 2011

tablighs said:
I tried adb push camera.apk system/app
but it says "read only file system". what's wrong?

I've just added an update.zip to the first post, you can use this to flash it from recovery.

action294 · Mar 30, 2011

Works nicely, thanks

Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

jaapschaap · Mar 30, 2011

Super cool only sound that irritates me is the sound when you take a screenshot

djmcnz · Mar 31, 2011

jaapschaap said:
Super cool only sound that irritates me is the sound when you take a screenshot

Should be possible, I'll have a look.

h0rst · Apr 5, 2011

"I sometimes wonder if the motives are questionable but nevertheless, I aim to please."

Thank you sooo much, my 8month old son almost always instantly stopped what i wanted to record because of this F*cking camera sound. Never seen an stupid idea like this, damnd LG.

Thanks alot for fixing this _BUG_.

Seilen · Aug 31, 2011

h0rst said:
"I sometimes wonder if the motives are questionable but nevertheless, I aim to please."

Thank you sooo much, my 8month old son almost always instantly stopped what i wanted to record because of this F*cking camera sound. Never seen an stupid idea like this, damnd LG.

Thanks alot for fixing this _BUG_.

I tried flashing this through CWM and it ended up getting stuck in a boot loop. Had to restore my backup to get it to boot again. I'm running stock Android 2.2.2, Kernal 2.6.32.9, Build FRG83G and LGE version LGP990-V10d.

Any ideas why it's not working?

djmcnz · Aug 31, 2011

Seilen said:
I tried flashing this through CWM and it ended up getting stuck in a boot loop. Had to restore my backup to get it to boot again. I'm running stock Android 2.2.2, Kernal 2.6.32.9, Build FRG83G and LGE version LGP990-V10d.

Any ideas why it's not working?

No, I don't know why sorry. It should work, it simply replaces one file.

In fact I can't imagine what could even cause the loop. To be honest I'd need to see a log to confirm what the problem was.

If you can get a log with adb whilst it's looping I'd take a look for you but of course this is effort you may not care to go to.

Seilen · Sep 3, 2011

Thanks for the reply and offer, but yea that is a bit more effort than I think the silent video is worth at the moment. Hopefully nobody else is having issues.

djmcnz · Sep 3, 2011

Seilen said:
Thanks for the reply and offer, but yea that is a bit more effort than I think the silent video is worth at the moment. Hopefully nobody else is having issues.

Thought so!

And it seems like a rare occurrence thankfully.

kitty's_daddy · Sep 10, 2011

Here is modded stock camera in su660 (aka optimus 2x in korea).
I couldn't test this with p990, but it will operate on your p990, maybe.
Please test this and reply.

Includes.
1. silent video start/end sound.
2. silent shutter sound. (select at setting/Shutter sound/tone 4)
3. silent AF sound.
4. supports only two languages. (Eng,Kor)
5. " only froyo stock rom or mcr."

Install.
1. Needs to root.
2. Rename system/app/Camera.apk to Camera.ap (Don't delete for undoing).
3. Must to reboot.
4. Just install this.
5. And reply plz.

morckx · Sep 17, 2011

kitty's_daddy said:
Here is modded stock camera in su660 (aka optimus 2x in korea).
I couldn't test this with p990, but it will operate on your p990, maybe.
Please test this and reply.
Install.

FC on start on Topogigi's 1.3 (German) GB, unfortunately. But thanks for sharing!

M.

Sent from my LG-P990 using xda premium

kitty's_daddy · Sep 17, 2011

morckx said:
FC on start on Topogigi's 1.3 (German) GB, unfortunately. But thanks for sharing!

M.

Sent from my LG-P990 using xda premium

Thanks. what is FC?

TrymHansen · Sep 17, 2011

kitty's_daddy said:
Thanks. what is FC?

Force-Close, ie. a crash.

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