Sony Xperia 8 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Sony Xperia 8 and it displays an error message. Thus, if the camera of your Sony Xperia 8 no longer works, regrettably you may no longer take photos. To resolve this problem, we decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Sony Xperia 8 works again. Thus we’ll see what you need to do if the camera app on your Sony Xperia 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 Sony Xperia 8 no longer works?

1- Restart your Sony Xperia 8

It is actually the first of all thing to do when ever the Sony Xperia 8 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Indeed, it happens sometimes that the issue is because of a basic bug. When ever this is the case, a little restart will resolve the trouble. If it still doesn’t function, you may go to the next section.

2- Update your applications

Occasionally the camera app will not function because it has not been updated . Thus you may update by going to Google Play and finally in My games and apps. If the app is already up to date or it still doesn’t function, go to the next section.

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Sony Xperia 8

It might be that the trouble originates from the cache of the Sony Xperia 8 photo app. To solve the problem it truly is enough to empty the cache of the app. To achieve this, you need to go to the Sony Xperia 8 settings menu. When there, click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, then & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and select Empty cache. Then try to restart the app.

4- Restart the Sony Xperia 8 in secure mode

If none of the previous steps function, it probably means that an app that is installed on your Sony Xperia 8 is conflicting with the camera . To find out if this is the case, it is necessary to restart your Sony Xperia 8 in secure mode. To discover how, read our content: How you can start Sony Xperia 8 in secure mode. Once you have started, you will need to try to launch the camera application. If it works properly, it indicates that a recently installed app is in conflict. We consequently recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.