Microsoft Lumia 950 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Microsoft Lumia 950 and it displays an error message. Thus, whenever the camera of your Microsoft Lumia 950 no longer functions, regrettably you can 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 works again. So we’ll see what you have to do whenever the camera app on your Microsoft Lumia 950 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 no longer functions?

1- Restart your Microsoft Lumia 950

It truly is the first thing to do when ever the Microsoft Lumia 950 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Certainly, it happens sometimes that the issue is due to a simple bug. When this is the circumstance, a little restart will resolve the situation. If it still doesn’t work, you can go to the next step.

2- Update your applications

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

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Microsoft Lumia 950

It could be that the situation originates from the cache of the Microsoft Lumia 950 photo app. To repair the problem it truly is enough to empty the cache of the app. To get this done, you have to go to the Microsoft Lumia 950 settings menu. Once there, select & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and simply click Empty cache. After that try to restart the app.

4- Restart the Microsoft Lumia 950 in secure mode

If non-e of the prior steps work, it probably means that an app that is installed on your Microsoft Lumia 950 is conflicting with the camera . To know whenever this is the case, it is necessary to restart your Microsoft Lumia 950 in secure mode. To learn how, read our tuto: The right way to start Microsoft Lumia 950 in secure mode. After you have started, you need to try to launch the camera application. If it functions properly, it means that a recently installed app is in conflict. We for that reason recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.