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Many Users Reporting Touch ID Not Working in App Store on iOS 8.3
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Nothing to see here, folks. Apple loves us, let us love Apple back. Apple will never leave or forsake us. Apple can do no wrong. Yes, this would be a blemish on the likes of Google or Microsoft, but not Apple - because Apple is love.
Same, very annoying. it already asks for the passcode when unlock it after a reboot so why again on the appstore. it's like they don't trust in their own protection mechanism
You know why I didn't notice? Because this feature NEVER worked for me on my 5s. Never. No matter what I tried, including setting the phone up as new, etc.
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I just checked with my personal imaging satellite, and it appears the earth is still spinning...
Phew, that's a relief.
It was working fine in the beta, it must be something server side as I am still on the beta but once 8.3 went live, I got a new prompt about asking for password for free apps and since then, Touch ID has not worked.
Stuck on the beta until I get in range of a decent wifi.
Stuck on the beta until I get in range of a decent wifi.
Would you please add some more exclamation marks, as I am not confident your point has been conveyed. Thanks.
What a silly conclusion.
People give their phones to their kids to play games, which means the phone has to be unlocked, but they don't want those same kids to make purchases.
I do think an option to turn it off would be nice, but it costs me maybe 3 seconds when I have to authenticate to download an app/song. I'd say the extra protection is worth it.
Not if you have a long password. It's a PITA having to put it every time I want to buy something.
My iPhone 5s didn't suffer from the issue until I upgraded to the final version yesterday. Beta 1-4 were pretty much bug free for me.
This is actually happening to me too since updating, on my 6. Whenever I try to unlock my phone via Touch ID, my phone sort of "freezes" for a couple seconds, then unlocks. Every time. Never took this long before 8.3. Also getting a weird keyboard glitch that won't go away, but one issue at a time!
I appear to be affected too. I even tried toggling TouchID for App store setting off then back on.
Is there anyone who isn't affected?
Is there anyone who isn't affected?
uhm duh thats what TouchID is for. What I meant is why do i have to put in my password so i can use TouchID after a reboot at the store if i already put the password in to unlock it. TouchID should work right away at the store
I used to update to the latest build always but with the iOS 8 wifi debacle and other random iOS update issues (like this one), I usually just wait for a few weeks until they've patched the update.
I literally feel like many of the IT professionals that I work with that don't go to the latest version of anything MS puts out until at least sp1.
I literally feel like many of the IT professionals that I work with that don't go to the latest version of anything MS puts out until at least sp1.
This is an "Apple" issue
I don't think there is anything wrong with the touch ID or the OS update, its just Apple being silly about security rather than being clever.
Since I got an iPad Air 2, I found touch is annoying. If you don't log in for 48 hours then you have to use a password. Let the battery shut down, you have to use a password. Frequent purchases through the App store never work just with touch.
If Apple wants touch to be a security feature then all these exceptions are not making it a safer device to use, its just an annoyance. Half the time now I just put in my pin and not use touch simply because I am tired of all the exceptions to when touch won't work simply because Apple won't support Touch ID in a wide variety of situations.
Apple either needs to make touch rock solid and not require all these rules and exceptions, or just remove the feature from future iDevices.
It's one thing to be innovative, but when the feature simply does not work because of imposed restrictions and exceptions then the innovation becomes a contrivance.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the touch ID or the OS update, its just Apple being silly about security rather than being clever.
Since I got an iPad Air 2, I found touch is annoying. If you don't log in for 48 hours then you have to use a password. Let the battery shut down, you have to use a password. Frequent purchases through the App store never work just with touch.
If Apple wants touch to be a security feature then all these exceptions are not making it a safer device to use, its just an annoyance. Half the time now I just put in my pin and not use touch simply because I am tired of all the exceptions to when touch won't work simply because Apple won't support Touch ID in a wide variety of situations.
Apple either needs to make touch rock solid and not require all these rules and exceptions, or just remove the feature from future iDevices.
It's one thing to be innovative, but when the feature simply does not work because of imposed restrictions and exceptions then the innovation becomes a contrivance.