Touch ID sucks

[Max(IT)]

It works great for me but I don't use it because I'm forced to have the phone lock immediately with it on. I prefer 15 mins or even an hour. I juste use it for the App store now.

Could you explain this ?
Can't you set a time before the phone lock as for the security code ?

 

[3bs]

Could you explain this ?
Can't you set a time before the phone lock as for the security code ?

If you turn on touch ID for the lock screen then you can't have a delay before it kicks in like the pass code, it has to be immediate.

 

[nooaah]

I had my phone replaced yesterday due to a faulty home button/touch id and it works flawlessly now. It worked 80%+ of the time before. Take your phone to a store.

 

[Yester5]

The only time mine is flaky is after I take a shower. I think the water wrinkles my fingertips, so I'm not surprised.

 

[Max(IT)]

If you turn on touch ID for the lock screen then you can't have a delay before it kicks in like the pass code, it has to be immediate.

I didn't know that....
Did you send a feedback to apple ?

 

[ABSjazz]

Stop re-doing the setup. Each time you do that you are re-setting its learning curve. Once you've set it up use it as normal, including trying multiple times until it works. If it rejects your fingerprint, but then accepts it again in short proximity, it 'learns' from the rejected print.

+1. Set mine up once when I first got it and that was it. Has been flawless over the past few weeks/month. Definitely think its gotten better over time.

 

[Giuly]

I'll take High-Technology for $199-399 on-contract, Alex.

Touch ID sucks

What said every Samsung engineer who tried to copy Touch ID without violating Apple's patents?

Correct.

 

[fallenapple99]

I'd say it works about half of the time.

Set it up for both of my thumbs and every time I press the home button it seems to unlock my phone about half the time. It's literally 50/50 'try again' and successful unlocking.

I've tried re-doing the setup for it about 10 times now, doing exactly what it says on the screen and I just can't make it work properly.

My hands are not greasy, my 5s is perfectly clean and still it doesn't really 'just work' the way you'd expect it to. You seem to have to do it at the right angle every time if you want it to actually work properly, align your finger 20* to the left or right and it'll just say 'try again'.

I agree man, it's very random but sometimes it just doesn't work. It's super annoying, but it's just the limitations of the tech. I have big thumbs and I have to hit the sweet spot when I place my thumb on it or it will not work. If I hit the sweet spot it woks 96% if the time. I set up other fingers and it seems to get those pretty much every time, it's just my big thumb that has the most issues.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

Love TouchID.

Saves me a boatload of time not having to type in my alphanumeric password when I want to unlock my phone.

Still retraining my brain for autopilot but I am 99% there.

 

[3bs]

I didn't know that....
Did you send a feedback to apple ?

Nope

 

[Max(IT)]

Nope

Why not ? I'm not (yet ?) an iPhone 5s owner , but this isn't a bug, it's a developer choice, so we can let them know that we would like to have a different option.

 

[Tech-Savvy]

Touch ID works great. It's such a great feature. I can't wait until more security features such as passwords on websites etc can tap into this feature. My only annoyance is the fact that the AppStore keeps asking for your password at least once a day to reauthorize and after restarting your phone you must enter your pin. Not a deal breaker in anyway. Let's see what else hits in 7.1

 

[MrXiro]

I'd say it works about half of the time.

Set it up for both of my thumbs and every time I press the home button it seems to unlock my phone about half the time. It's literally 50/50 'try again' and successful unlocking.

I've tried re-doing the setup for it about 10 times now, doing exactly what it says on the screen and I just can't make it work properly.

My hands are not greasy, my 5s is perfectly clean and still it doesn't really 'just work' the way you'd expect it to. You seem to have to do it at the right angle every time if you want it to actually work properly, align your finger 20* to the left or right and it'll just say 'try again'.

Just got the 5s last night, was forced into the upgrade as I switched carriers and I can't unlock my 5 for 9+ days. The Touch ID works. But for me it still kinda sucks because it feels so pointless.

I'm sure there are plenty of you that love it. But besides that Space Gray is 100 times better looking than slate and the phone feels faster. This upgrade was kind of meh. Do I appreciate the new features? Yeah they're alright. Do I like them as much as the 4S to 5 upgrade. Not even close. Touch ID being the big upgrade this year, it really is just a pointless novelty feature.

 

[rrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Yes, touch id sucks.
I get false negatives about 80% of the time.
At least it's not as frustrating as registering to macrumors forums.

 

[oVerboost]

No issues with touch ID on my launch day 5s, on 7.0.3,7.0.4 and 7.1 beta.

 

[UltraInstinct]

mine used to work 95% of the time, now it works 5% of the time. Dat feel when should of got a Note 3.

 

[macigo]

Why should Apple enable Touch ID for more apps?

You only really need it to unlock the phone and that's pretty much it. Now, I would like Touch ID on a magic mouse.

 

[Zimmy68]

TouchID works great hardwarewise.
I just hate the limitations with app purchasing.

If I reboot my phone or don't update/purchase an app within a certain period of time, I need to enter in my password.
What is the point of having TouchID for purchases if I can't use it???

I realize it is some security measure they are using (which doesn't make sense since they said the fingerprint is the best password).
But at least let me have an option to use TouchID on every purchase if I want.
No matter if I reboot the phone 100 times.

 

[solo118]

I still think its fantastic. I have never locked my phone before and now I have some security.

It works for me over 95% of the time, with the ocassional lag/failed attempt. I am happy.

If they ever decide to allow other apps to use touch ID (such as logging into my bank's app, etc) it will be even better!

 

[macigo]

I still think its fantastic. I have never locked my phone before and now I have some security.

It works for me over 95% of the time, with the ocassional lag/failed attempt. I am happy.

If they ever decide to allow other apps to use touch ID (such as logging into my bank's app, etc) it will be even better!

I don't think that will ever happen though. The only security you need to to get into the phone. And if they can't get into the phone, then why would you need touch Id got anything else?

Because if you're thinking about using it to sign into your bank, well, that could never work.

I would like to use it with Gamecenter though, or anything Apple-based.

 

[RiddlaBronc]

I for one really enjoy having it. Mine has worked flawlessly in all conditions.
Sweating,after a shower, hot and cold weather

I hope sometime in the future they incorporated into website logins on safari.
Also for opening the Messeges/picture app

 

[Ke1ington]

I was sitting around the 90% success rate mark except when I was at the gym. Then it would be about 5%. I ended up turning it off permanently after having to disable/reenable several times.

 

[CTHarrryH]

Mine used to work most of the time - recently 0% and I turned it off - don't know if it is winter dryness on fingers but it is worthless to me at the moment.

 

[Junkyman]

I have to agree with the negative fraction here. Mine used to work flawlessly. However, recently (for about 4 weeks) the sensor is acting purely irratic. It works twice or thrice and then it decides to reject every single finger tip I have registered for some time - only to then work again - and so on and so on.

I do have noticed that cleaning the Touch ID every two or three times in between using the home button does improve the success rate. However, from what I can read here nobody regularly, and I mean with a frequency of every few minutes, cleans his Touch ID in between usage in order to properly use his Touch ID. And my hands are perfectly clean, I guarantee it.

I'm really frustrated here. :-(

 

[AppleWes]

I have to agree with the negative fraction here. Mine used to work flawlessly. However, recently (for about 4 weeks) the sensor is acting purely irratic...

Same here... was working great but only very recently has been acting up a lot. Nothing has changed with my fingers or usage conditions.