Google Nexus 7 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Google Nexus 7 and it displays an error message. Thus, in cases where the camera of your Google Nexus 7 no longer functions, unfortunately you may no longer take pictures. To solve this issue, we made the decision to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Google Nexus 7 works again. Thus we will see what you have to do in cases where the camera app on your Google Nexus 7 shows you 1 of the following error messages:

  • Camera is recording
  • Camera failure
  • Camera app is not responding

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How to proceed when the camera does your Google Nexus 7 no longer functions?

1- Restart your Google Nexus 7

It’s the first thing to do once the Google Nexus 7 camera is not working is to restart the phone. In truth, it happens sometimes that the issue is due to a basic bug. Once this is the case, a tiny restart will remedy the problem. If perhaps it still will not work, you may go to the next section.

2- Update your applications

Sometimes the camera app doesn’t work because it has not been updated . Thus you may update by going to Google Play and then finally in My games and apps. If perhaps the app is already up to date or it still will not work, go to the next section.

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Google Nexus 7

It could be that the problem originates from the cache of the Google Nexus 7 photo app. To repair the problem it is enough to empty the cache of the app. To accomplish this, you will have to go to the Google Nexus 7 settings menu. Once there, simply click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, then & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and just click Empty cache. After that try to restart the app.

4- Restart the Google Nexus 7 in secure mode

If perhaps none of the previous steps work, it perhaps means that an app that is installed on your Google Nexus 7 is conflicting with the camera . To know in cases where this is the case, you should restart your Google Nexus 7 in secure mode. To find out how, read our tuto: The right way to start Google Nexus 7 in secure mode. When you have started, you should try to launch the camera application. If perhaps it functions properly, this means that a recently installed app is in conflict. We for that reason advise you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.