fingerprint ID on iPhone 5 Help!

I think your phone finally realized it's not equipped with a fingerprint sensor and decided to quit pretending.

 

If your referring to the 5s then there were quite common issues with damaged ribbon cables on the sensor.

 

No. A plain 5 does not have a fingerprint sensor.


PS not sure whether this thread rhymes with scroll or not.

 

If you really have a 5, then you can't use the fingerprint sensor, because you don't have a fingerprint sensor. That was a new feature of the 5s, older iPhones don't have a fingerprint sensor.

If you somehow got a used 5 upgraded with a sensor (I don't that's possible, but... ) and the sensor suddenly stopped working properly, you can try an iPhone Restore from iTunes. That will reset certain parts of your hardware, and clear out any fingerprint data, which you can then re-enter when you begin using your iPhone.

If it still doesn't work (and I can't think of any reason that it would), then you can make it function by replacing your iP5 with an iP5s, or a 6 or other newer model.

 

This thread makes no sense.

 

5 had no sensor... This would never work as I'm certain the board of both devices would differ. The OS would see that there is no official component posing as the fingerprint sensor.

 

TouchID (fingerprint sensor) wasn't introduced until the 5S.

If you are using a phone with TouchID you have a 5S, 6 or 6+ as they are the only iPhones equipped with it.

Since you see the menus for TouchID and you've been using it its safe to assume you have a 5S and in that regard its likely damaged and a trip to the Apple store is in order.

 

And OP has disappeared…

 

What a surprise.

 

Lol!

 

Haha. Although my comment was originally in jest, I guess it wasn't a typo after all.

 

http://notalwaysright.com/there-is-no-app-for-stupidity/43706

 

Do not get me started! I'm a Graphic Designer and I've heard/seen it all.

ME: "What program did you use for your ad?"
CUSTOMER: "Adobe."
ME: "Uh, yeah. Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator…?"
CUSTOMER: "Adobe!"

 

I was looking forward to see the OP say "oops, I meant 5S".