You may have launched the camera on your Google Nexus 5 and it displays an error text. Thus, in cases where the camera of your Google Nexus 5 no longer functions, sadly you can actually no longer take photos. To solve this problem, we decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Google Nexus 5 works again. So we’ll see what you need to do in cases where the camera app on your Google Nexus 5 shows you one of the following error messages:
- Camera is recording
- Camera failure
- Camera application is not responding
How to proceed when the camera does your Google Nexus 5 no longer functions?
1- Restart your Google Nexus 5
It’s the first thing to do when the Google Nexus 5 camera is not working is to restart the phone. In fact, it happens sometimes that the situation is because of a simple bug. When ever this is the circumstance, a tiny restart will resolve the problem. In the event that it still doesn’t work, you can actually navigate to the next section.
2- Update your applications
Sometimes the camera application will not work as it has not been updated . So you can actually update by going to Google Play and finally in My games and apps. In the event that the application is already up to date or it still doesn’t work, navigate to the next section.
3- Empty the camera application cache of your Google Nexus 5
It could be that the problem originates from the cache of the Google Nexus 5 photo application. To fix the problem it can be enough to empty the cache of the application. To accomplish this, it is necessary to go to the Google Nexus 5 settings menu. Once there, select & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and press Empty cache. After that try to restart the application.
4- Restart the Google Nexus 5 in secure mode
In the event that non-e of the prior steps work, it probably means that an application that is installed on your Google Nexus 5 is conflicting with the camera . To know in cases where this is the case, you will need to restart your Google Nexus 5 in secure mode. To learn how, read our tutorial: The right way to start Google Nexus 5 in secure mode. After getting started, you have to try to launch the camera application. In the event that it functions properly, it implies that a recently installed application is in conflict. We for that reason advise you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.
