You may have launched the camera on your Sony Xperia 5 and it shows an error message. Thus, if the camera of your Sony Xperia 5 no longer functions, unfortunately you can no longer take photos. To fix this problem, we made the decision to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Sony Xperia 5 works again. So we will see what you must do if the camera app on your Sony Xperia 5 shows you one of the following error messages:
- Camera is recording
- Camera failure
- Camera application is not responding
What to do when the camera does your Sony Xperia 5 no longer functions?
1- Restart your Sony Xperia 5
It is actually the first thing to do when ever the Sony Xperia 5 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Indeed, it happens sometimes that the trouble is because of a basic bug. When this is the circumstance, a little restart will resolve the situation. In cases where it still doesn’t work, you can navigate to the next step.
2- Update your applications
Occasionally the camera app does not work as it has not been updated . So you can update by going to Google Play and then in My games and apps. In cases where the application 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 5
It can be that the situation originates from the cache of the Sony Xperia 5 photo app. To fix the problem it is enough to empty the cache of the app. To do this, you should go to the Sony Xperia 5 settings menu. Once there, just click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, after that & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and click on Empty cache. Then try to restart the app.
4- Restart the Sony Xperia 5 in secure mode
In cases where none of the prior steps work, it probably means that an app that is installed on your Sony Xperia 5 is conflicting with the camera . To find out if this is the case, you have got to restart your Sony Xperia 5 in secure mode. To find out how, read our tutorial: Ways to start Sony Xperia 5 in secure mode. After getting started, you must try to launch the camera application. In cases where it functions properly, it means that a recently installed application is in conflict. We consequently recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.
