You may have launched the camera on your Google Nexus 5X and it shows an error message. Thus, in cases where the camera of your Google Nexus 5X no longer works, regrettably you can no longer take photos. To resolve this problem, we made the decision to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Google Nexus 5X works again. Thus we will see what you need to do in cases where the camera app on your Google Nexus 5X shows you 1 of the following error messages:
- Camera is recording
- Camera failure
- Camera app is not responding
What to do when the camera does your Google Nexus 5X no longer works?
1- Restart your Google Nexus 5X
It truly is the 1st thing to do when ever the Google Nexus 5X camera is not working is to restart the phone. In fact, it occurs sometimes that the issue is due to a simple bug. Once this is the circumstance, a small restart will cure the issue. If it still will not function, you can go to the next step.
2- Update your applications
Sometimes the camera app will not function as it has not been updated . Thus you can update by going to Google Play and then finally in My games and apps. If the app is already up to date or it still will not function, go to the next step.
3- Empty the camera app cache of your Google Nexus 5X
It could possibly be that the issue originates from the cache of the Google Nexus 5X photo application. To repair the problem it is enough to empty the cache of the application. To do this, you need to go to the Google Nexus 5X settings menu. Once there, just click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. After that go to Storage and select Empty cache. After that try to restart the application.
4- Restart the Google Nexus 5X in secure mode
If non-e of the prior steps function, it probably means that an application that is installed on your Google Nexus 5X is conflicting with the camera . To understand in cases where this is the case, you should restart your Google Nexus 5X in secure mode. To discover how, read our tuto: How you can start Google Nexus 5X in secure mode. When you have started, you should try to launch the camera application. If it works properly, it implies that a recently installed app is in conflict. We for that reason recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.
