Considering how I hold my phone and hand size, it would be ALOT easier to5 be able to swipe up instead of down to unlock when using the fingerprint scanner.
Is it possible to change?
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Ok, so it's been awhile since I've used a Samsung Device and my dad just got one. After setting it up and everything I've noticed that I was only able to use the finger scanner to unlock the phone on first attempt (after unlock with the finger scanner at lock screen -> hitting the power button / lock screen it I am unable to unlock it with the finger scanner again, the only option is the swipe the screen to unlock). This is so frustrating because lets say I am at home and I have guests over and they randomly just access my phone like that. I browsed through the settings and it's getting to the point where I don't know how to set this finger scanner unlock process up, which should be cake. I did some more research and I've read that it's something to do with the smart lock? But i've noticed that those aren't even enable so it couldn't have been that.
PS: simply put in short,
- Unable to use the finger scanner to unlock the device after second try (as it's not an option)
- After using finger scanner to unlock the device at lock screen it goes back to swipe to unlock
Main focus: Can I set it up so that it's able to always use the finger scanner to unlock the device like other phones such as, LGs, Nexus, Sonys, iPhones, etc.?
Thanks for whoever's reading this
Edit: Nvm I found the solution, not sure why they made it so complicated this should've standard -___-
daihanviet said:
Ok, so it's been awhile since I've used a Samsung Device and my dad just got one. After setting it up and everything I've noticed that I was only able to use the finger scanner to unlock the phone on first attempt (after unlock with the finger scanner at lock screen -> hitting the power button / lock screen it I am unable to unlock it with the finger scanner again, the only option is the swipe the screen to unlock). This is so frustrating because lets say I am at home and I have guests over and they randomly just access my phone like that. I browsed through the settings and it's getting to the point where I don't know how to set this finger scanner unlock process up, which should be cake. I did some more research and I've read that it's something to do with the smart lock? But i've noticed that those aren't even enable so it couldn't have been that.
PS: simply put in short,
- Unable to use the finger scanner to unlock the device after second try (as it's not an option)
- After using finger scanner to unlock the device at lock screen it goes back to swipe to unlock
Main focus: Can I set it up so that it's able to always use the finger scanner to unlock the device like other phones such as, LGs, Nexus, Sonys, iPhones, etc.?
Thanks for whoever's reading this
Edit: Nvm I found the solution, not sure why they made it so complicated this should've standard -___-
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On which build and firmware are you on?
ammarwajihi said:
On which build and firmware are you on?
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Stock rom with lolipop 5.1.1 I fixed though. It turned out that all I had to do was go into the security and go to secured lock time and set it to instant lock rather than at display. I don't know why they don't just combine the two so that it's easier to approach.
daihanviet said:
Stock rom with lolipop 5.1.1 I fixed though. It turned out that all I had to do was go into the security and go to secured lock time and set it to instant lock rather than at display. I don't know why they don't just combine the two so that it's easier to approach.
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Great then.
So I'm just realizing this. But my S8+ looks too easy to unlock if all I have to do is swipe the screen. At first I had a pattern and when I swipe my screen I was able to put in the pattern. Then when I use the finger print the screen swipe still came up with the pattern (if I didn't feel like using the fingerprint scan.) But now I'm using the iris scan and the screen swipe instantly unlocks my phone without bringing up the pattern. And I feel as though if someone had my phone they can easily get into my phone. So is there a way to disable the screen swipe? And yes I check I have the pattern on but it doesn't show at all with the iris scanner on and off.
I have once seen it, but I can't find it anymore. Anyways, right now, I have to wake my S7 up to unlock it and then put my finger on the scanner. I want an app that changes is to I just have to put my finger on the scanner, like it works with many sensors that are on the back of the device.
Can you guys help me out?
I don't really know what you're talking about as when I unlock my S7, I press on the home button and keep it pressed so that it turns the device on + read the fingerprint as the same time. So it's a one step operation, not 2 steps.
I'm interested in buying the OP7 but want a fast and uncomplicated fingerprint unlock experience. In all the videos I saw people first double tap the screen and then unlock through fingerprint, so my question is if it's possible to skip the step of double tapping somehow to directly unlock the phone.
Thank you!
Well there's an option to turn on ambient display on pickup, so you can activate the fingerprint right after picking it up.
On the other hand you can try using the face unlock after powering the screen on through the power button or double tap. Face unlock is super fast too!
Cheers.
tpunkttpunkt said:
I'm interested in buying the OP7 but want a fast and uncomplicated fingerprint unlock experience. In all the videos I saw people first double tap the screen and then unlock through fingerprint, so my question is if it's possible to skip the step of double tapping somehow to directly unlock the phone.
Thank you!
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Fp sensor is not as fast as a sensor that is not behind the screen like the OP6 and since you can't feel the location of the sensor you can't just guess where it is and always need to look at the screen but it works well enough. Especially in combination with face unlock. One or the other will unlock quickly enough.
Back to a Pixel 7 Pro after being away on a OnePlus 9 Pro, and everything Pixel/Nexus before it.
I'm glad to be back, but I notice one feature that the OnePlus had is that it showed both the PIN AND the fingerprint reader at the same time.
I haven't found an option for that yet on stock. Now if the PIN pad is up, I lose the option to use the fingerprint reader?
Thoughts anyone?
I get that, and there are times like after boot where a PIN may be required, but this is one where the OnePlus experience was better.
Don't take away the fingerprint reader option every time you show the PIN pad.
If you use both pin + fingerprint like I do, then every time you reboot the phone, and other random times as security checks, the phone will require your pin # to unlock, without even an option to use the fingerprint reader. Other times it comes up by default to use your fingerprint reader, but you can just swipe up and it'll bring up the pin pad if you prefer.
There are many good security reasons to not allow the fingerprint reader after rebooting the phone but the most important is that the pin is more secure than the fingerprint, and both are more secure than face unlock. Furthermore, if you bring up the power menu and choose "Lockdown", that makes it so that the next unlock will require a pin no matter what.
This is all stock Android behavior.
three west said:
Back to a Pixel 7 Pro after being away on a OnePlus 9 Pro, and everything Pixel/Nexus before it.
I'm glad to be back, but I notice one feature that the OnePlus had is that it showed both the PIN AND the fingerprint reader at the same time.
I haven't found an option for that yet on stock. Now if the PIN pad is up, I lose the option to use the fingerprint reader?
Thoughts anyone?
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There should be a button to switch to the pin input.
96carboard said:
There should be a button to switch to the pin input.
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Why? Just swipe up on the lockscreen to bring up the pin entry.
craigacgomez said:
Why? Just swipe up on the lockscreen to bring up the pin entry.
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That's nice. The button then is in the form of drag up. Who really cares about the specifics?
96carboard said:
That's nice. The button then is in the form of drag up. Who really cares about the specifics?
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The swipe up to show pin entry exists today. I don't think there's any need for a button.
I guess I'm alone in this problem.
I've used smart lock for years, so I'm used to just swiping up to unlock. The phone before this was the aforementioned OnePlus 9 Pro, which displayed the fingerprint reader along with the PIN pad on the same screen, so I could use either one. The phone before that was Pixel 3 XL, which of course had the dedicated fingerprint reader on the back. Now with this phone, I swipe up, sometimes its showing me the PIN pad instead of unlocking, so then I have to swipe from the side to go back to get back to the fingerprint reader and unlocking becomes three steps instead of one or two. It looks like I just need to retrain myself to tap the fingerprint reader, because even if its unlocked, that will open the screen, so I just need to break my swipe habit for a FP tap habit.
craigacgomez said:
The swipe up to show pin entry exists today. I don't think there's any need for a button.
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What point are you trying to make? Are you agreeing with me?