Each mobile brand faces its own problems . You can suffer errors in the camera of your Huawei, your Samsung mobile, a xiaomi, your new Motorola or any firm. However, there is a common error that can appear in the apps of any manufacturer and that is that the image looks upside down .
Suddenly, without having consumed any type of drink or drug, when you open the system camera app on your phone, you face the dreaded problem, the camera looks upside down .
Have you touched something? Did you install something you shouldn’t have? We are going to try to find a solution to this uncomfortable problem so that you avoid having to take photos with the mobile turned upside down to see what you are focusing on normally.
Possible solutions to the camera problem
Is the mobile new or did it work well before?
If you just took your smartphone out of the box and just opening the camera it already looks bad, don’t hesitate, go to the store or return it immediately to Amazon or any online store where you bought it.
If the fault has appeared suddenly, the most likely thing is that, without realizing it, you have installed something or misconfigured some setting of the mobile that makes the camera look upside down.
Does the error repeat itself in all apps?
when this failure usually makes an appearance on the mobile it is usually when installing a specific app. If your mobile works more than correctly with your system camera app, GCam or any other app, but not with a specific one that you have downloaded, it is most likely that the fault is in that app, and not in the smartphone . Uninstall it and reinstall it or locate a previous version (for example in APK Mirror) to see if the problem disappears.
The same is true for video calling apps. If the mobile works well with WhatsApp, Zoom and Skype but not with Instagram, for example, the problem would be with the Facebook app.
Update the phone
When these problems appear on a certain number of mobiles, the brand usually realizes it immediately. In this case, it usually releases patches that correct the failure, so it is essential that you look for any software pending download in the system settings of your mobile.
Is there a mirror mode enabled?
Some camera apps have a mirror mode, especially when using the front camera, which may mean that the image is seen upside down depending on the orientation of the mobile. Access the camera settings to verify that this is not the case before looking for more solutions to the problem.
Clear camera memory
In the settings that we mention you will also find, at the end of everything, an option to restore the camera to its original values. This would eliminate any possible settings that make the image not display correctly.
In the same way, from the Settings of the applications of the configuration panel you should force the stop of the camera app where you have located the problem as well as delete the data and the cache of it. This will restart the system app completely and should clear the bug.
Reset the phone
As always, when a failure leads us to a dead end, if the problem that the mobile camera looks the other way around persists, we encourage you to do a factory reset of the equipment to leave it in the same state as when you took it out of its box .
You can do it from the Settings menu , system, Backup and Reset, Erase everything.
Before carrying out this process, remember to make a backup copy of all your data, because doing a hard reset will erase photos, apps, files and all kinds of content that you have stored in the smartphone memory.
To technical service
If after searching for updates, reinstalling apps, restarting the camera app and returning the smartphone to its original state, the problem persists, you should contact the technical service of your phone to have it repaired, as the problem seems to be in the hardware or corrupt software impossible to remove.