Turning off camera shutter sound in iPhone 6

Victor456 wrote:

If I buy an iPhone on Apple Japan online store, then I activate it abroad (e.g. in the US), after that, can I turn the camera shuttle sound off?

The answer hasn't changed since the last time you asked. No.

Buy the phone in the country in which you will primarily reside. It will save you trouble in the long run.

Thank you!

MannerCam app works!

NO...all phones brought from Japan will not let you turn the shutter sound off. Download MannerCamera. works perfectly. it's 99cents

I bought Iphone 6 in Japan, and have no problem turning off the shutter sound. You just turn ON the LIVE button, and the shutter sound is off, but there's a small "ping' sound instead. Not as bad as the shutter sound though. Hope this helps.

This is Japanese law, not Apple policy. It is not the responsibility of Apple, or any other device seller, to inform the customer of the laws and regulations of the country or region in which he or she is buying the device. That's like an American buying an automobile in the UK and complaining that the steering wheel is on the right side of the car.

It's the consumer's responsibility to be informed.

It is called law, in Japan upskirting and taking pictures of other people without their knowledge is a problem that it is illegal to sell a phone that has a mutable camera shutter. Not Apple's problem, but a law in a country.

I suggest people do their research a little.

OMG....Really guys....I have had an iPhone for 3 hours and had the same question...a 5 second

yYouTube search anwersed it....turn mute on....so simple for so

much drama....wow.

Owl311 wrote:

OMG....Really guys....I have had an iPhone for 3 hours and had the same question...a 5 second

yYouTube search anwersed it....turn mute on....so simple for so

much drama....wow.

Did you read this thread at all? Putting the phone on mute does NOT mute the shutter sound on phones made for sale in certain countries. Japan is one example.

Hi! I've been struggling with this too. Finally I decided that I couldn't take it anymore so I started looking for other ways to mute the sound and I found one. Just download the app "S Camera" from the app store (there's a free version and there's a paid version). You can use it to take photos without the sound. You have to use the camera from the app for this to work. It also mutes the music your playing when you use this app. This helped me a lot and I hope it helps you too. 🙂 God bless!

I live in Sri Lanka and i bought an iPhone 6s recently. I got the same problem that the phone makes scary shutter nice when taking pictures and screenshots. I thought my phone has a technical fault. Apple must find a solution for this.

Thanks, it helped, but we cannot take the full use of the iPhone camera features such as SLO-MO and PANO

How to find out that from which region is our phone from?

Gazally wrote:

Thanks, it helped, but we cannot take the full use of the iPhone camera features such as SLO-MO and PANO

Yes, you can. Yes, there will be a shutter noise. Unless you're taking pictures of people without their knowledge (rude and possibly illegal), taking pictures where it is illegal or where it would be disrespectful to take pictures at all, this shouldn't be an insurmountable problem. Put your finger over the speaker. It will almost completely silence the sound.

If you purchased your phone from Apple or an authorized reseller, it will be from the region where you purchased it.

Cheers

I felt it is inappropriate to buy a certified refurbished phone that came from another country in which people do not live on that country. For example, living in the United States and we bought our phone online that came from Japan, the phone is under the Japanese law like what Hannah just mentioned. I felt if we live in our own country, we deserved to purchase a phone within our country and not outside our country. I would suggest contacting the seller where you bought the phone.