iPhone MAY be illegal in Japan

[rbalfour]

-----------[ THIS APPLIES TO JAPAN ONLY / I DONT KNOW ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES ]-------------------

There is a law in Japan, that require Mobile phones to have a "shutter" sound when using the camera. Well yes there is a shutter sound on the iPhone that can't be turned off or can it?!

While playing a song, you can take a picture without the shutter sound going off.
So if you are in Japan, give it a shot.
1) Plugin the headset
2) Play a song
3) hit the home button
4) open the camera app and take a picture

I am sure there will be a new wave of "up-the-skirt" porn hitting Japan...

[Eurisko]

Nope, it still makes the shutter sound when playing a song.

[fonz06]

how clear can these damn pics be haaaaaa

[rbalfour]

Nope, it still makes the shutter sound when playing a song.

What country and what carrier?

If the answers aren't

1) Japan
2) Softbank

then we are talking about the same thing. I have tested 3 phones already. Same results. No shutter sound.

We don't have 1G/2.0fw, it's 2G/2.0 here.

how clear can these damn pics be haaaaaa

It doesn't really matter. Other phones aren't that great either. But it still cause the government to create the law/policy.

Beyond that, I am planning to head to a Softbank shop and show them. It's always great to see the horror on their faces.

[xwinger]

I don't get it... If you put it on silent the camera makes no noise at al...

[Eurisko]

Exactly, and people don't know you're taking a picture of their twat while sitting on the bus.

[xwinger]

Exactly, and people don't know you're taking a picture of their twat while sitting on the bus.

no I said that cuz you guys are saying that there's ways to bypass the shutter sound and I said all you have to do is put it on silent. So do japanese iPhones always make the shutter sound, even when it's on silent?

[Brandnew70x7]

Not like they'd be able to hear it with the iPhone's speaker

[tyfly867]

that can be easily fixed by a special software patch if it becomes a real legality.

[kraziebone]

Yes you can jailbreak the iphone and patch it but the iphone 3g's in japan always make a sound when you take a picture if it is not jailbroken and patched. its kind of weird if you ask me, that this became so bad that they had to make a law prohibiting phones that don't make a loud shutter sound when the camera takes a picture. If you are a creep and that is honestly something you really want in a phone, it seems like the iphone wouldn't be ideal for that anyway because the phone is touch screen so it would be a bit harder to take a picture without being able to see/feel where the button is to take the pic up some poor beezies skirt

[CrazyJelly]

Boku wa Kenoko desu!

[waldog]

Why not just put your thumb over the speaker?

[fuzzie12]

I hope that most people here have already come to the realization that women wear panties.

[viral_dna]

Just flip the silent switch on? :P
Works on the 1st Gen, don't have a 3G handy to test it on.
or just replace the shutter sound with a blank sound file or
use a photo app that doesn't have a sound.

There is no way to enforce the shutter sound imo.

[gixxstar]

It's too late anyways.

Softbank has it out all over jp, not like you can take a decent pic with a weak 2mgp camera.
In jp we had 2 mgp's 4 years ago.

p.s upskirts are the best!

[jonathanp2008]

i always take a pic and it never sounds

[_ducky]

I hope that most people here have already come to the realization that women wear panties.

Heh. I wouldn't be so quick to assume, buddy. It's Japan we're talking about. <_<

[scottdk]

Heh. I wouldn't be so quick to assume, buddy. It's Japan we're talking about. <_<

Haha....

and yeah, all other phones here make the shutter sound even when in silent mode. I guess the serious upskirter will find other methods though - at risk of doing jail time, losing your job, and having your name and face plastered all over television and the media if you're caught. Can't see how ANY blurry panty-pic is worth THAT risk.

I'm guessing softbank would have modded the iPhone here to always make the shutter sound? (They modded my WM6 device to the point of uselessness - hence tentatively considering an iphone, but one purchased outside Japan legally unlocked such as HK - coz I don't know what softbank have messed around with, nor if I can ever unlock it to avoid roaming charges and use local prepaids when travelling. I mean, what if I move back home to Australia in a year, my Softbank iPhone will be relegated to an iTouch level?)

blah blah blah yawn

[psedog]

I'm guessing softbank would have modded the iPhone here to always make the shutter sound? (They modded my WM6 device to the point of uselessness - hence tentatively considering an iphone, but one purchased outside Japan legally unlocked such as HK - coz I don't know what softbank have messed around with, nor if I can ever unlock it to avoid roaming charges and use local prepaids when travelling. I mean, what if I move back home to Australia in a year, my Softbank iPhone will be relegated to an iTouch level?)

My Softbank iPhone is the same as my old AT&T iPhone. They didn't mess with it at all. Which is why Apple went with them and not Docomo. Docomo wanted to change everything. iMode for instance, what a waste.
My Softbank iPhone works with Docomo sims now :P (YellowSn0w )

[Jonathanlopez]

well my iphone my external speakers arent wrkin idk why but n e 1 now how to fix that? but im thinkin it smtin from cydia or installer ....bcuz wen i was upgradin the jailbreak and then it went back to the "slide for emergency" i slided it and started messing with the #'s And sound came out of the external speakers plz write at me tnks!