Please restart the camera

[Parul Mishra]

It is moto g 5 plus .I have Moto g5 plus and I bought it 2 months back but frequently while trying to use camera it is giving me an error that please restart the camera.. Please assist me for this

 

[Graham Thomas]

I saw an error like that recently (but after nine months' use). Turning the phone off, waiting a minute and then turning it on again fixed it for me. There may be less drastic ways to overcome the problem. For instance, you could try stopping the camera (Settings.. Apps.. Camera.. Force Stop) and then starting it again - but I don't know if that would fix the problem.

In another thread here ("Camera error" - I'm not 100% sure it's the same problem) someone else posted the following advice:

Happens to me also. When it does I go to Settings > Apps. Find "Camera" and open "Storage" and delete cache and data. You will not see the error for a while.

 

[acejavelin]

I get this from time to time, mostly when starting the camera in Textra to add an attachment to a message (might be relevant as it's just starting the camera) and usually just waiting a few seconds a opening it again works.

Honestly, this isn't that uncommon of an issue in Android... I have seen it, or similar camera issues, on other models in the past as well.