Turning off camera shutter sound in iPhone 6

I bought an Iphone in Japan and only just discover the shutter sound issue. this is serious to me because sometimes in symposiums I need to take pictures of presentation (legally) and it's now not possible with the shutter sound. I have read somewhere that 3rd party camera app can mute it, but I tried several things like Camera 360, ProCamera but the sound still present. Can someone recommend an app?

You can minimize the noise by turning the volume down. I've also found that it's very easy to put your finger over the speaker at the bottom of the phone as you take a picture. That almost completely stops the sound.

First of all, where did you buy your iPhone 6?

Second, if it is Japanese model iPhone you cannot turn off the camera shutter sound completely because of the Japanese law of the upskirt photography. The shutter sound will stay on the entire time even if you have lower the volume down or silent the ringer on the phone. I spoke to an Apple Technician one time about certified refurbished phones. I bought an iPhone 5 on Amazon.com back in July, but two times already they sent me two Japanese iPhones and not a US certified iPhone. I had to return them both because I was unsatisfied with the Japanese iPhones. Therefore, I ended up buying it on Ebay. Before buying an iPhone, I would suggest to ask the seller first if they carry another country's phone before purchasing the phone. Keep in mind, different countries have different laws such as video chatting and picture taking.

If you live in Japan, I would suggest you to just keep the phone because of the law in Japan when taking photos of anything, the shutter sound has to stay on. There is no way the Japanese phone can control in turning off the shutter sound completely. Due to the Japan law of the upskirt photography, I do not think it is not such good idea to buy another country's iPhone in which you want to turn off the camera shutter sound completely. In Japan, they prohibited you to turn off the camera shutter sound completely.

Actually they do. But some Apple Store in Japan the staffs are not good with English. But in my case the stuff did struggling trying to warn me the sound cannot be mute. I hope Apple can change the set if you leave the country. We do have GPS inside phone. It won't be big issue, depends on whether they bother to do it or not

Dead_bunny wrote:

I hope Apple can change the set if you leave the country.

They can't and they won't. The restriction is based on the country where the phone was originally sold, just like restrictions on FaceTime on phones sold in the Middle East.

Too bad to hear that. It seems the only option left to users like me is to try to break the prison of Apple and try to delete the restriction file myself,Which is obviously not an recommended way that Apple will happy with, but what choice we have? Hope there is an offical way.

Dead_bunny wrote:

Too bad to hear that. It seems the only option left to users like me is to try to break the prison of Apple and try to delete the restriction file myself,Which is obviously not an recommended way that Apple will happy with, but what choice we have? Hope there is an offical way.

Or, use a different camera app. Or, don't take pictures that other people might not appreciate you taking.

I bought a refurbished gold iPhone 6 recently, in the USA, but turning off tiger still won't turn of the shutter sound. This is very frustrating for me, is there anything else I can try to stop the sound?

I tried it today on an Japanese Iphone 8 in the apple store in Tokyo and indeed in live-photo mode there is no shutter sound. Unless you hold the button to make a burst.

In normal mode, the shutter sound is still active.

Are you in Japan? If you are then you can't turn off the shutter sound, even if you turn the ringer off. Phones in Japan do not allow people to silence the shutter noise. It is to prevent people from taking sneak photos.

How is this possible? This is totally illegal to sell something and not warn people of what they are buying. If there a return policy ?

Thank you

What if you don't live in Japan. Can the sound be shut off?

I Have the same issue. This is an absolute disgrace for Apple to see this device without telling us about this major difference with the iPhones we can buy somewhere else. This is a total lack of respect towards faithful customers. I talked to apple and they don't know what to do. im seriously tempted to switch to Samsung, Sony or Microsoft.

same issue happened with screenshot

apple should apologize for this issue to their costumer

and off Corse they should replace this devices by new ones