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What to do when you can’t open the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Camera app

When trying to open the Camera app of the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 Camera, you may get several error messages.

To see how you can fix problems with not being able to use the camera application on this tablet, you can take a look at this troubleshooting guide from Seeking Tech.

1. The first step we recommend taking it is to check the battery life of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A8.

The front and rear cameras will take up a lot of hardware resources on your tablet; therefore, you need to have sufficient battery capacity to be able take pictures and/or record videos.

If you have very little battery life remaining, then you might not be able to use the Camera app. In that is the case, then you need to recharge your tablet. After recharging the device, you can try to open the application again.

2. If recharging your battery does not work, then you can take a look at how much free space you have left on the internal storage of your phone.

If you are close to using the entire storage, then we recommend deleting some files in order to be able to open the Camera app of the Galaxy Tab A8.

To delete files, you can take the following steps:

  • Open the Settings app on your tablet.
  • From the front page of Settings, go to “Battery and device care.”
  • You then need to select “Storage.”
  • In the next screen, you should be able to find apps and files that you are able to delete in order to free up space on the internal storage.

You can also transfer files to a microSD card if you have one installed on the tablet.

To see how you can install a microSD card on the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, you can check out this tutorial.

3. You can also use the optimize now feature of your tablet to free up system memory for the Camera app.

You can do so with the following steps:

  • Launch the Settings app.
  • Go to “Battery and device care.”
  • Select “Optimize now.”

4. Furthermore, you can also use clean now option to free up more system memory by stopping apps from running in the background.

In order to do so, you need to do the following:

  • Head to the Settings app.
  • Tap “Battery and device care.”
  • Tap Memory.
  • Select the apps that you want to stop from running in the background.
  • Select “Clean now.”

5. You can also try resetting the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8.

To do so, press and hold the Side key to bring up the power menu for the tablet. Afterwards, tap the Restart option.

6. You might also want to consider factory resetting this tablet. In order to do so, you can take a look at this guide.