Sony Xperia M5 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Sony Xperia M5 and it displays an error message. Thus, if perhaps the camera of your Sony Xperia M5 no longer functions, sadly you’re able to no longer take pictures. To fix this problem, we made the decision to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Sony Xperia M5 works again. Thus we will see what you have to do if perhaps the camera app on your Sony Xperia M5 shows you one 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 Sony Xperia M5 no longer functions?

1- Restart your Sony Xperia M5

It can be the 1st thing to do when the Sony Xperia M5 camera is not working is to restart the phone. In fact, it happens sometimes that the situation is because of a basic bug. When ever this is the case, a tiny restart will remedy the issue. Whenever it still doesn’t work, you’re able to navigate to the next step.

2- Update your applications

Oftentimes the camera app does not work as it has not been updated . Thus you’re able to update by going to Google Play and then in My video games and apps. Whenever the app is already up to date or it still doesn’t work, navigate to the next step.

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Sony Xperia M5

It could possibly be that the issue comes from the cache of the Sony Xperia M5 photo application. To repair the problem it’s enough to empty the cache of the application. To do this, you will need to go to the Sony Xperia M5 settings menu. Once there, press & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, then & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and click on Empty cache. After that try to restart the application.

4- Restart the Sony Xperia M5 in secure mode

Whenever none of the previous steps work, it perhaps means that an application that is installed on your Sony Xperia M5 is conflicting with the camera . To find out if perhaps this is the case, you will need to restart your Sony Xperia M5 in secure mode. To learn how, read our article: How you can start Sony Xperia M5 in secure mode. Once you have started, you will need to try to launch the camera application. Whenever it functions properly, it means that a recently installed app is in conflict. We consequently recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.