You may have launched the camera on your Google Pixel 5 and it shows an error message. Thus, in cases where the camera of your Google Pixel 5 no longer works, sadly you may no longer take pictures. To resolve this problem, we decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Google Pixel 5 works again. Thus we’ll see what you must do in cases where the camera app on your Google Pixel 5 shows you one of the following error messages:
- Camera is recording
- Camera failure
- Camera application is not responding
How to proceed when the camera does your Google Pixel 5 no longer works?
1- Restart your Google Pixel 5
It is the 1st thing to do when the Google Pixel 5 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Actually, it occurs sometimes that the situation is thanks to a simple bug. When this is the case, a small restart will solve the situation. In the event that it still does not function, you may go to the next section.
2- Update your applications
Sometimes the camera app will not function mainly because it has not been updated . Thus you may update by going to Google Play and finally in My video games and apps. In the event that the application is already up to date or it still does not function, go to the next section.
3- Empty the camera app cache of your Google Pixel 5
It could be that the situation originates from the cache of the Google Pixel 5 photo app. To repair the problem it truly is enough to empty the cache of the app. To do this, it is necessary to go to the Google Pixel 5 settings menu. When there, simply 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 app.
4- Restart the Google Pixel 5 in secure mode
In the event that none of the previous steps function, it probably means that an app that is installed on your Google Pixel 5 is conflicting with the camera . To know in cases where this is the case, you will have to restart your Google Pixel 5 in secure mode. To find out how, read our article: Tips on how to start Google Pixel 5 in secure mode. After you have started, you must try to launch the camera application. In the event that it works properly, this means that a recently installed application is in conflict. We therefore advise you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.