Microsoft Lumia 550 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Microsoft Lumia 550 and it displays an error text message. Thus, in the event that the camera of your Microsoft Lumia 550 no longer functions, unfortunately you may no longer take photos. To solve this problem, we made the decision to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Microsoft Lumia 550 works again. Thus we will see what you need to do in the event that the camera app on your Microsoft Lumia 550 shows you one 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 Microsoft Lumia 550 no longer functions?

1- Restart your Microsoft Lumia 550

It’s the first of all thing to do once the Microsoft Lumia 550 camera is not working is to restart the phone. In truth, it happens sometimes that the problem is due to a simple bug. When this is the circumstance, a small restart will remedy the trouble. If perhaps it still does not function, you may go to the next step.

2- Update your applications

From time to time the camera application doesn’t function mainly because it has not been updated . Thus you may update by going to Google Play and lastly in My video games and apps. If perhaps the application is already up to date or it still does not function, go to the next step.

3- Empty the camera application cache of your Microsoft Lumia 550

It can be that the trouble comes from the cache of the Microsoft Lumia 550 photo application. To solve the problem it is actually enough to empty the cache of the application. To achieve this, you must go to the Microsoft Lumia 550 settings menu. Once there, click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and just click Empty cache. Then try to restart the application.

4- Restart the Microsoft Lumia 550 in secure mode

If perhaps none of the previous steps function, it probably means that an application that is installed on your Microsoft Lumia 550 is conflicting with the camera . To understand in the event that this is the case, it is necessary to restart your Microsoft Lumia 550 in secure mode. To discover how, read our tutorial: How you can start Microsoft Lumia 550 in secure mode. When you have started, you have to try to launch the camera application. If perhaps it functions 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.