Since installing PB1 on my iPhone 7 it is vibrating everytime I'm unlocking it via Touch ID (I do not mean the haptic feedback engine). This was not the case before. I can disable vibration completely under accessibility in settings, but is there another way I have not found yet to only deactivate the unlock vibration?
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iPhone Touch ID unlock vibration
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Touch ID tends to vibrate if the finger print is not being read properly. Have you tried deleting and re-creating your fingerprint?
A number of people, including me, are experiencing this. No know remediation, other than what you mention. Good news is other people with the same device types are not having it, so it seems like it's probably a bug. Perhaps, as @Armen mentioned it's related to the expected buzz when an unlock fails, and some devices are just jumping the gun. Just speculation at this point.
I just unlocked my 6+ after not not touching it for a few days (TouchID timed out so it required a password). I got a triple buzz.
For me it always vibrates really strong everytime it successfully unlocks using touchid on my 8. It’s super annoying I always think I received some notification during the unlock (that happens to me a lot). Unfortunately I think it’s a new feature since when it does not recognise the fingerprint it vibrates twice. And there is no vibration when unlocking with a passcode so I’m thinking they intend it as an indicator of an unlock with touchid.
It happened to me a few times though in the past that I had my phone in a hand and as I was walking I received a notification, ignored it but one of my fingers was on the home button, the phone unlocked and I accidentally deleted some of my apps or texted someone a few weird emojis. So it might be helpful, but they should really tweak the vibration and maybe provide a switch.
It happened to me a few times though in the past that I had my phone in a hand and as I was walking I received a notification, ignored it but one of my fingers was on the home button, the phone unlocked and I accidentally deleted some of my apps or texted someone a few weird emojis. So it might be helpful, but they should really tweak the vibration and maybe provide a switch.
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It’s the first thing I noticed since I downloaded last night and again this morning. Immediately went into settings to see if it was one of those things that is always switched to “on” when updating.
And strange enough...I seem to remember the same thing happening last year.
But there is no setting now for a notification when unlocking...unless the general system one is for that now?
I’m not crazy, right? There used to be a notification or sound setting for “unlock”???
And strange enough...I seem to remember the same thing happening last year.
But there is no setting now for a notification when unlocking...unless the general system one is for that now?
I’m not crazy, right? There used to be a notification or sound setting for “unlock”???
Thanks for the answers! Yes, it is really annoying. I already reported it to Apple and hope they will fix it in the next beta... If only some people are experiencing this behavior and not everyone it should be a bug, but if this is really intended to be a new "feature" Apple should at least implement a way to deactivate the unlock vibration without deactivating vibration completely.
Official Reply from Apple Developer Relations:
"For iPhone 7 and later, upon successful Touch ID authentication, users may receive Taptic Feedback once. If such an attempt fails, then the user will receive Taptic Feedback twice, in quick succession.'
I have a 6s and get the Taptic Feedback every time I successfully use the Touch Id.
This is just from them. I’m using 11.4 on an iPhone 8, no feedback here.
Edit: below information false, 6s does have a Taptic Engine, sorry.
Perhaps they are making a distinction between Taptic Feedback and vibration; only the 7 and later have the Taptic Engine. (IMO it’d be an unnecessary distinction that only adds ambiguity to that statement, but they’re still technically right)
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I have a 6, which does not have a Taptic Engine - and I am still getting the single vibration on TouchID unlock.
Ok. My point was about Apple saying you only get Taptic Feedback on the 7 onwards didn’t rule out getting vibration on 6s and below. (But that doesn’t make sense cos of the 6s)
The developer preview 3 released today.
Had it on my 8+ and gone on DP3. I kinda miss it too. Would have kept it if I could have tuned it down a bit.
Well, for me it was absolutely annoying. Good that it's apparently gone again.
