XIAOMI Mi 8 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your XIAOMI Mi 8 and it shows an error text. Thus, if the camera of your XIAOMI Mi 8 no longer works, regrettably you can actually no longer take pictures. To solve this trouble, we decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your XIAOMI Mi 8 works again. So we will see what you must do if the camera app on your XIAOMI Mi 8 shows you 1 of the following error messages:

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

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What to do when the camera does your XIAOMI Mi 8 no longer works?

1- Restart your XIAOMI Mi 8

It can be the first of all thing to do once the XIAOMI Mi 8 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Actually, it happens sometimes that the issue is thanks to a simple bug. Once this is the case, a small restart will resolve the issue. In cases where it still will not work, you can actually navigate to the next step.

2- Update your applications

Occasionally the camera application doesn’t work as it has not been updated . So you can actually update by going to Google Play and lastly in My video games and apps. In cases where the app is already up to date or it still will not work, navigate to the next step.

3- Empty the camera application cache of your XIAOMI Mi 8

It might be that the issue originates from the cache of the XIAOMI Mi 8 photo application. To solve the problem it can be enough to empty the cache of the application. To do this, you must go to the XIAOMI Mi 8 settings menu. When there, select & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and just click Empty cache. After that try to restart the application.

4- Restart the XIAOMI Mi 8 in secure mode

In cases where non-e of the previous steps work, it perhaps means that an application that is installed on your XIAOMI Mi 8 is conflicting with the camera . To understand if this is the case, you simply must restart your XIAOMI Mi 8 in secure mode. To find out how, read our tutorial: The right way to start XIAOMI Mi 8 in secure mode. After getting started, you will need to try to launch the camera application. In cases where it works properly, it implies that a recently installed app is in conflict. We for that reason advise you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.