Pictures taken with the camera continuously loading in photo app

[Android Central Question]

Hey, its now been a few month that when I take several pictures with my Android phone (front and rear camera) the first one are ok but then the others are constatly loading in the photo app. They are super blurry and a logo in the left bottom corner says "treating". I have to turn my phone off and on to finally see the picture and the quality is not as good as the ones that donnt get stuck like this.
My phone, camera app and photo app are up to date (8.1.0)
Since the first time this happened 4 or 5 months ago I was never again able to take several photos in a row without this issue...
Can someone help please?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? Do you have any special camera modes on, like Beauty Mode?

 

[Naestra]

No mods whatsoever and my phone is a Nokia 6, TA-1033
I took a screenshot of what happens.

 

[methodman89]

Are you saving to an SD card? Is it fast enough? Corrupted?

 

[Naestra]

Indeed I'm saving the pictures on an SD card, it's mostly empty, I transfer the pictures on my computer quite often.
I don't know about fast enough though. Can I check somehow?
The problem is that I don't have much space on the phone's memory.
No corruption detected by my computer or phone so far. Although the SD card is pretty old (4 years I'd say)

 

[methodman89]

Indeed I'm saving the pictures on an SD card, it's mostly empty, I transfer the pictures on my computer quite often.
I don't know about fast enough though. Can I check somehow?
The problem is that I don't have much space on the phone's memory.
No corruption detected by my computer or phone so far. Although the SD card is pretty old (4 years I'd say)

Try a new SD card. Google the speed definitions. Make sure it's fast enough. Good luck.

 

[B. Diddy]

I agree, the card may be the problem. It might just be corrupt or otherwise faulty. It's easy to narrow the issue down -- change the default save location temporarily to Internal Storage and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, then get a new SD card.

 

[Naestra]

Ok so, apparently my SD card is faulty cause I can not put anything on it, so the photos are stored in the phone's memory, don't know since when.
But this erase the possibility of a SD card related issue for that particular problem...
Any other idea?

 

[B. Diddy]

Just to be sure, check to see if the Camera is actually set to save photos to Internal Storage in its settings. If it's still set to save to SD by default, and if the SD is faulty, that might be part of the reason why you're seeing this issue.

 

[Naestra]

I did, it's set to internal storage and can't be changed. (Its grayed)

 

[B. Diddy]

Does this happen in Safe Mode as well? https://www.hardreset.info/devices/nokia/nokia-6-2018/safe-mode/

 

[methodman89]

I did, it's set to internal storage and can't be changed. (Its grayed)

It's greyed out with your SD card inserted? Try a new SD card. Try the phone one in a pc. It's a 4 year old card. They're only good for so long.

 

[Naestra]

Does this happen in Safe Mode as well?

Tried to launch safe mode but my phone got stuck on the Nokia logo after I drew my passcode symbol... It got stuck for 15minutes before I pressed volume high + turn off button to shut it off... (i tried twice just to be sure, with both methods of entering safe mode, same result...)

Guess I need to Restore it?

 

[B. Diddy]

Yeah, that doesn't sound good. Just to be sure -- as methodman89 asked, do you still have that nonfunctioning SD card inserted? If so, take it out and try Safe Mode again. If the card is corrupt, it might also be affecting other system functions.

 

[Naestra]

I tried without the SD card, same result...
How do I restore my phone so I make sure there's no software bug left behind?

 

[B. Diddy]

The first thing to try would be a factory reset (backing up your important data first, of course). When you set the phone back up, make sure your previous apps don't automatically reinstall, and then see if the problem persists.

 

[methodman89]

Tried to launch safe mode but my phone got stuck on the Nokia logo after I drew my passcode symbol... It got stuck for 15minutes before I pressed volume high + turn off button to shut it off... (i tried twice just to be sure, with both methods of entering safe mode, same result...)

Guess I need to Restore it?

How did this go from a 'treating' photo issue to a can't boot your phone problem? Did you take out the SD card and don't put in another. Did you dislodge your SIM card?

 

[Naestra]

My phone can boot fine, but I can't launch Safe Mode. The SIM card is in and fine, I took out the SD card. And did not put in another since I don't have another one.

 

[methodman89]

Tried to launch safe mode but my phone got stuck on the Nokia logo after I drew my passcode symbol... It got stuck for 15minutes before I pressed volume high + turn off button to shut it off... (i tried twice just to be sure, with both methods of entering safe mode, same result...)

Guess I need to Restore it?

Are these the steps you used?
First method: If the Nexus 6 mobile is turned on, hold down the Power key for a few seconds. Now from the menu select "Power off" and tap until "Restart in safe mode" pops up. Then choose "OK" and wait for a short while. When home screen appears you will be in Safe mode. Nice! Restart device to quit this mode.

 

[Naestra]

Yes, as I said I used this method and also the other (maintaining the volume down button during restart)