How to: Disable Treo's Shutter sound
 

So I found this sound annoying and was surprised that it can't be disabled manually via the settings.

Anyways, here you go (not I tried editing the other strings in that directory and no effect--this is the only one that works):

To disable the shutter sound on the Treo 700wx's camera use a registry editor and go to:

HKLM\System\Pictures\Camera\OEM\SoundFile

Under "String" it should say

\Windows\ShutterSound312.wav

Simply edit out this line and leave the string empty.

Exit the registry and do not soft reset for at least a couple of minutes to let the change write to ROM.

No soft reset is needed for change to occur.

Now, whenever you take a picture there will be no sound. :D

So their isn't a setting in the camera app that turns the sound off???

Hey Budney,

No. AFIK there isn't, which is surprising. Maybe an oversight on Palm's part.

Yes I got mine. Just FYI if you change the soung switch to silent this also stopps the shutter sound. :D

yup, I noticed that too which is a nice backup.

personally, I thought to myself "when do I ever want a shutter sound" and the answer was "never". :D

Good point :)