You may have launched the camera on your Xiaomi 12 and it shows an error text. Thus, if perhaps the camera of your Xiaomi 12 no longer functions, sadly you can no longer take pictures. To solve this issue, we decided to describe to you the steps to follow so that the camera of your Xiaomi 12 works again. So we’ll see what you need to do if perhaps the camera app on your Xiaomi 12 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 Xiaomi 12 no longer functions?
1- Restart your Xiaomi 12
It is the 1st thing to do when the Xiaomi 12 camera is not working is to restart the phone. Certainly, it happens sometimes that the problem is because of a basic bug. When this is the case, a small restart will cure the situation. If it still doesn’t work, you can navigate to the next section.
2- Update your applications
At times the camera app doesn’t work mainly because it has not been updated . So you can update by going to Google Play and ultimately in My games and apps. If the app is already up to date or it still doesn’t work, navigate to the next section.
3- Empty the camera app cache of your Xiaomi 12
It may be that the situation comes from the cache of the Xiaomi 12 photo app. To solve the problem it truly is enough to empty the cache of the app. To accomplish this, you simply must go to the Xiaomi 12 settings menu. Once there, select & nbsp; Apps & Notifications, then & nbsp; View apps & nbsp; & nbsp; Camera. Then go to Storage and click on Empty cache. Then try to restart the app.
4- Restart the Xiaomi 12 in secure mode
If none of the previous steps work, it perhaps means that an app that is installed on your Xiaomi 12 is conflicting with the camera . To find out if perhaps this is the case, it is necessary to restart your Xiaomi 12 in secure mode. To discover how, read our tuto: How to start Xiaomi 12 in secure mode. Once you have started, you need to try to launch the camera application. If it functions 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.