Google Nexus 4 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Google Nexus 4 and it displays an error text message. Thus, if perhaps the camera of your Google Nexus 4 no longer works, sadly you can actually no longer take photos. To fix this problem, we therefore decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Google Nexus 4 works again. Thus we’ll see what you have to do if perhaps the camera app on your Google Nexus 4 shows you 1 of the following error messages:

  • Camera is recording
  • Camera failure
  • Camera application is not responding

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What to do when the camera does your Google Nexus 4 no longer works?

1- Restart your Google Nexus 4

It can be the 1st thing to do when ever the Google Nexus 4 camera is not working is to restart the phone. In fact, it occurs sometimes that the trouble is due to a basic bug. When ever this is the circumstance, a little restart will remedy the problem. If it still does not work, you can actually go to the next step.

2- Update your applications

Sometimes the camera app doesn’t work as it has not been updated . Thus you can actually update by going to Google Play and finally in My games and apps. If the application is already up to date or it still does not work, go to the next step.

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Google Nexus 4

It may be that the problem comes from the cache of the Google Nexus 4 photo app. To solve the problem it is enough to empty the cache of the app. To get this done, it is necessary to go to the Google Nexus 4 settings menu. When there, click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and simply click Empty cache. Then try to restart the app.

4- Restart the Google Nexus 4 in secure mode

If non-e of the prior steps work, it probably means that an app that is installed on your Google Nexus 4 is conflicting with the camera . To understand if perhaps this is the case, you should restart your Google Nexus 4 in secure mode. To learn how, read our article: Tips on how to start Google Nexus 4 in secure mode. When you have started, you need to try to launch the camera application. If it works properly, it implies that a recently installed application is in conflict. We for that reason recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.