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Do I really have to click to wake AND then scan my fingerprint?
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I was having the same problem. Basically, I think it stems from the fact that depending on how I am holding my phone at unlock, different parts of my thumb are hitting the sensor. What I did was create separate fingerprint entries using the same thumb, but at the various angles and positions of my thumb when holding it the 2 or 3 different ways I hold it.
So my entries look like:
Right Thumb 1
Right Thumb 2
Right Thumb 3
Right Pointer
Left Thumb
The hardest one to get to scan was the top part of my thumb (this happens if I'm already holding my phone for awhile). I basically just let it sit on the sensor during the reading process until it gave me the vibration feedback. Sometimes it took up to 10-15 seconds. If I didn't get the feedback within 30 seconds I would lift and try again.
This has definitely helped as I haven't had a misread since I did this. And you can actually test it by going into the fingerprint part of the settings and trying it, the different names that you made will light up when you put your thumb on the sensor, and the various Right Thumb 1,2,3 lights up depending on the angle of my thumb. Basically assigning 3 different prints to your most common unlocking finger so that it's essentially guaranteed to get a good reading no matter what.
As a space alien without fingerprints it's a big hassle for me. I have to scan one of my methane glands in order to use it. How embarrassing.
I just press the home button to unlock the phone, and by the time the home button returns to the up position, it's read my fingerprint and unlocked the phone. I'd rather it be required to be pressed instead of accidental placement of my finger and it being unlocked when not wanted.
I also thought that the metal ring made it a sort of "almost on" feature that would wake up when it was time to read a print and therefore wouldn't require a click. However, the way it actually does operate is perfectly fine with me. So far I'm very impressed with it and look forward to the potential, i.e when the day soon comes that I don't have to type in passwords for anything.
It's actually much easier than you may think:
I simply press the home button and keep my finger/thumb there for a split second. It wakes up when you press the home button and scans your finger that is already resting there just a fraction of a second later.
I'm loving touch ID so far
this has probably been mentioned, but if you get a text message, or email, or anything that makes your screen light up, you don't have to press down on the Touch ID sensor. Just rest your finger there and it will unlock.
When I first commented on this thread I didn't notice all the rude comments that came before mine. So to all of you rude people who are asking why the OP is bringing this up, this might help:
"Around it is a stainless steel detection ring so the sensor knows when to read your fingerprint just by the fact that your finger is on the button. You don't even have to click it."
-Phil Schiller at approximately 57:00 into the Keynote on September 10, 2013
"Around it is a stainless steel detection ring so the sensor knows when to read your fingerprint just by the fact that your finger is on the button. You don't even have to click it."
-Phil Schiller at approximately 57:00 into the Keynote on September 10, 2013
Not that big of a deal by having to press the home button since your finger literally gets scanned at the same time anyways.
Youre right there, i tried it out myself i definitely did not press the button at all. Im guessing the ones who say you click it have not seen the keynote and have no idea about the ring
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Next, Touch ID for scrolling up and down web pages!
They invented that ages ago it's called a TOUCH SCREEN.
I watched the Keynote and I have to click every time to wake my phone up before it scans my fingerprint.
Thank you, saved me looking it up, I knew this was the case...plus they say the M7 coprocessor can run the sensors in background while the rest of iPhone is in sleep mode, and, I assume, this is one of those functions. I don't have 5s yet, but, sounds like the iOS 7.0.1 update may have changed things, for ? reason.
If the phone is asleep you have to press the home button to wake the screen. You can't just rest your finger on the button and hope for the screen to unlock.
Well i aint lying. i didnt press the button to unlock it and all videos ive seen people dont press it
Mine never fails. After I got used to using it, I deleted all fingerprints and re-programmed them, works great for me!
And you have to see the lockscreen and THEN scan your fingerprint. The metal ring detects your finger at that point and then the scan is initialized. Think about for a second. The way they implemented this for unlocking the device is perfect. I don't miss the Slide to Unlock at all!
BINGO!!! You can wake the phone by pressing the home button or lock button, and then scan. This proves that clicking the home button is not essential for the scanner to work.
If your phone is already unlocked, you don't need to press the home button. If your phone is locked, you do need to press the home button to wake it, then just leave your finger there and it scans and opens.
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No one is saying you need to press the home button every time for the scanner to work. If your phone is locked, you need to press the home button to wake the phone, then keep your finger there to scan and open. If your phone is unlocked (you're using it), and you want to make a purchase, you can just place your finger on the home button to scan it, no need to press.
I don't get why this is so confusing
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