Sony Xperia XZ2 camera doesn’t work

You may have launched the camera on your Sony Xperia XZ2 and it displays an error text. Thus, in cases where the camera of your Sony Xperia XZ2 no longer works, unfortunately you can no longer take pictures. To fix this problem, we therefore decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Sony Xperia XZ2 works again. Thus we’ll see what you should do in cases where the camera app on your Sony Xperia XZ2 shows you one of the following error messages:

  • Camera is recording
  • Camera failure
  • Camera application is not responding

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How to proceed when the camera does your Sony Xperia XZ2 no longer works?

1- Restart your Sony Xperia XZ2

It is actually the first thing to do once the Sony Xperia XZ2 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Indeed, it occurs sometimes that the issue is because of a basic bug. Once this is the circumstance, a tiny restart will cure the issue. If perhaps it still will not function, you can go to the next step.

2- Update your applications

Sometimes the camera app does not function because it has not been updated . Thus you can update by going to Google Play and then in My games and apps. If perhaps the application is already up to date or it still will not function, go to the next step.

3- Empty the camera app cache of your Sony Xperia XZ2

It may be that the issue originates from the cache of the Sony Xperia XZ2 photo app. To fix the problem it is actually enough to empty the cache of the app. To accomplish this, you will have to go to the Sony Xperia XZ2 settings menu. When there, click & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, then & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and press Empty cache. Then try to restart the app.

4- Restart the Sony Xperia XZ2 in secure mode

If perhaps non-e of the prior steps function, it perhaps means that an app that is installed on your Sony Xperia XZ2 is conflicting with the camera . To find out in cases where this is the case, you must restart your Sony Xperia XZ2 in secure mode. To learn how, read our tutorial: Ways to start Sony Xperia XZ2 in secure mode. Once you have started, you have to try to launch the camera application. If perhaps it works properly, it means that a recently installed application is in conflict. We therefore recommend you to uninstall the latest applications and test if it works.