Wipe the lens clean with a soft, dry cloth and take the photo again.

If new photos still look blurry:

• Increase resolution (photo size) in the Camera app. A smaller photo size results in lower image quality.
• Avoid zooming when taking a photo. Pixelation always occurs when you zoom a digital photo. If you use zoom during the shot itself, pixelation will be more evident.
• If you're indoors and taking a panoramic photo, switch to regular mode. Panorama works best for outdoor shots; the algorithm that stitches the images together isn't optimized for indoor, up-close shots.

You can try to recover recently deleted photos.

If recovered, make sure that you back up your photos to the cloud.

After each troubleshooting step, check to see if the issue has been fixed:

1. Turn your phone off and then on again.
2. Clear the cache for the Camera app.
3. Check for updates to your Camera app.

4. Use safe mode to see if installed apps are causing the issue and uninstall as needed.

   If the camera works correctly in safe mode, a third-party app is probably causing the issue.

This error can occur if you use the camera in one app and then switch to another app that requires permission to access the camera.

After each troubleshooting step, check to see if the issue is fixed:

1. Turn your phone off and then on again.

2. Check which apps have permission to access the camera.

   Settings > Apps > App permissions > Camera

   Review the list of the apps on your phone that request camera access and remove access for apps that look suspicious or that you don't use.

3. Clear the cache and data for the Camera app.

If you're getting messages about Deleted items being full:

1. Open the Photos app.
2. Touch > Bin.
3. Touch > Empty bin.