Why does my phone enable camera shutter sounds whenever I insert an Indian SIM?

I travel a lot, and one of the places I visit frequently is India. As a result, I usually carry SIM cards from the places I spend the most time in. Whenever I insert an Indian SIM card into my phone, the phone camera starts playing a shutter sound whenever I take a picture. This takes place on all apps on my phone that use the camera, from the default camera app to Instagram and Snapchat. This takes place in all phone modes and volume settings, including in airplane mode.

When a US or UK SIM card is inserted, the camera is silent and does not make the same noise when a photo is taken. I have noticed that this takes place with SIM cards of all operators in India, and this seems to have been the case for at least the last 2 years. I believe this is related to some legal requirement in India. The only thing I've found about this is a similar thing happening in Japan, as per this TripAdvisor forum thread.

Does anyone know why inserting an Indian SIM card into a phone activates an impossible to disable camera shutter sound?

Best Answer

This happens with Korean SIM cards too, so I suspect this is a similar case: in Korea there have been too many upskirt photos scandals, and the government imposed a shutter sound when photos are taken, so that people are aware a photo is taken, possibly by someone malicious.

I suspect the same thing happened in India.

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How do I turn off the shutter sound on my android Japanese?

Turn Off Camera Shutter Sound on Android

Open the default camera app on your phone.

Tap on the Settings (gear/cogwheel) icon at the top.

Once in the Camera settings, scroll down until you found a setting labeled Shutter sound.

Turn off the toggle next to Shutter sound.

How do I make my phone camera stop making noise?

Shutter muting is disabled, as phones sold for those markets guarantee privacy to dissuade people from undercover recording. It's not an actual law, but manufacturers and Japanese phone providers cooperate so that phones make a distinguishing noise whenever you use the camera.

Why do phone cameras have a shutter sound?

Navigate to and open the Camera app, and then tap the Settings icon. Swipe to and tap the switch next to Shutter sound to disable it.

How To Turn Off The Camera Shutter Sound On An iPhone

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