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iPhone 7 Home Button Requires Capacitive Touch to Work
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I forgot to close the gate. Anyone seen my pet alligator?
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This never would have happened if Steve......
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I checked out the 7 when I tried (and failed) to buy a watch... I don't like the touchpad thing. The mechanical button of the 6S is so much nicer.
I did like the antenna bands.
Hopefully the 2017 iPhone is cool enough to get me to upgrade. Until then I like my 6S just fine.
I did like the antenna bands.
Hopefully the 2017 iPhone is cool enough to get me to upgrade. Until then I like my 6S just fine.
Just did a small experiment to try two different styluses (styli? You get the picture). Neither worked.
I tried pressing the center of the home button and pressing both the capacitive ring and the home button at the same time. I wasn't prompted to input my password.
I used an Adonit Pro with a precision disc and an Adonit Jot Script 2 that's battery operated. Both work on the screen, of course.
I don't have a rubber or foam ripped stylus on me at the moment or I would have tried those as well.
I tried pressing the center of the home button and pressing both the capacitive ring and the home button at the same time. I wasn't prompted to input my password.
I used an Adonit Pro with a precision disc and an Adonit Jot Script 2 that's battery operated. Both work on the screen, of course.
I don't have a rubber or foam ripped stylus on me at the moment or I would have tried those as well.
Exactly. Or just raise to wake. I suppose we'll wait to see if many of the touch screen compatible gloves are affected.
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I'm not sure how that follows.
I was saying that the home button won't work at all with gloves on--not just for unlocking. So if you're in an app and want to go to the homescreen, you won't be able to (without assistive touch). If you want to pull up multi-tasking, you won't be able to.
I think people are confused because Touch ID is what is being used to recognize a press in all these situations, even when it's unrelated to unlocking the phone and Touch ID technology. It's the metal Touch ID ring that's being used--not the fingerprint scan. They probably did it this way because otherwise pressing anywhere near the home button would be interpreted as a press or tap, as it's all one solid surface.
With raise to wake you don't even need to that
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Still won't be able to unlock with gloves on
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If your wearing gloves that dont respond to capacitive touch, how are you using the app, what are you going to do if you bring up multitasking?
Mod posted a few pages back that some gloves work. I don't know if he specified a type or brand.
You are right I just tried this!
Makes me wonder about those who practice "safe" iPhone useage are now going to do now.
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My point might not have been clear. If your gloves work on a capacitive screen then they will work on the home button. So the same problem with using gloves on every other iPhone is the same problem with the 7/7+
I use Touch ID to unlock my phone anyway, so I usually just take a glove off to unlock it.
Anyway, I only wear gloves if it's below like 20°F and I try not to use my phone in the cold, the battery drains very quickly. I have a pair of capacitive gloves so I'll see if they work.
Anyway, I only wear gloves if it's below like 20°F and I try not to use my phone in the cold, the battery drains very quickly. I have a pair of capacitive gloves so I'll see if they work.
Yes you can with touchscreen gloves. Just tried it on my 6s. Naturally TouchID doesn't work, but you can still type in your passcode and operate the phone after unlocking without ever taking your gloves off. That's a feature in a country where it's a really good idea to wear gloves outside for at least one third of a year. Seems like my likelyhood of getting the iPhone 7 became even lower than before.
Really? Produce the "list" of gloves that "worked" on the iPhone period. In GENERAL gloves IME DID NOT WORK
Incorrect. I have TouchID with passcode fallback enabled and with my 6s I can access and use my phone with touchscreen gloves on. With the iPhone 7 that isn't possible with most touchscreen gloves as you can't get to the passcode prompt. So your "very small minority" of people actually consists of millions of people living in areas where there's actually a proper winter for a considerable part of the year.
I use plastic gloves a lot for dermatalogical reasons. I guess this means I'm gonna be SOOL? I won't be able to upgrade my 6s when the time comes. 
Maybe the rumoured iris scanner will save me.
Maybe the rumoured iris scanner will save me.
Did you read the article?
It seems like there are some touchscreen gloves that are actually able to activate the new home button, but as indicated in the article and in comments here, it won't be the case with many gloves that have worked just fine with older iPhones.
Print-gate, or fingerprint-gate. Think about it, what's really going on here is that there is now no way to bypass the fact that your phone will scan your finger print and log it every time you wake it up. And we have already seen that Uncle Sam will do everything he can to use your phone agents you in a court of law. I have a round sticker on my home button rendering my iPhone 6+ finger print scanner useless. If your telling me I can no longer do this then the iPhone 7 is a no sell to me and and my family and we will be switching our MobilOS.
NO, NO, NO.
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