Hello,
This is my first post probably after 6-7 years.
In my Pixel 7 Pro [which is a little over one month and one week old] I have found the onscreen FP scanner does not always work when the phone is in AOD mode. If I touch the FP scanner nothing happens; it feels as if it is an image LOL.
Searched internet a bit and found this phenomena is a common problem with phones that have onscreen FP scanner [perhaps more specifically with optical scanner? I dunno].
Checked the solutions and none worked until I found out that if my default finger [which happens to be my right thumb] does not activate the FP scanner it has always been my left thumb that works perfectly fine. It is as if the Scanner was waiting for my other finger to press LOL.
Both my thumbs are clean/have same state of cleanliness during operation.
I think this could be helpful to those who probably scratch their head wondering as to why the FP scanner does not work in AOD. If you have more than one finger assigned, just try the other one.
This also raises a question to me [which might be lame], is Google doing it intentionally requiring the other fingerprint sometimes?
Agreed. Fingerprint scanner is unreliable regardless of AOD. Adding multiple fingers can help, but the reader is just wonky (that's a technical term)
It's worthless. Such an aggravation I just use the login code.
Don't know what you people are doing, my fingerprints (both thumbs) work just fine, once in a blue moon it might miss the first time, however I have never had a failed fingerprint unlock from either AOD or lock screen.
I never have issues with my fingerprint scanner on all 4 fingers I added
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Hi all,
Is there a security app out there that allows fingerprint login, as well as unlock.
thks.....
I don't see how that can be possible? THere's no fingerprint reader on the HD2, unless its hidden very well
What do you think this phone is? a futuristic phone made in 2030? lol
How about ear-print recognition via multi-touch?
Screen used as finger print reader
hello00 said:
What do you think this phone is? a futuristic phone made in 2030? lol
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Before you mock too much, my guess is the original question is being asked because the LG eXpo phone supports this (albeit by a specific finger print reader built into the navigation rocker). It uses this finger print read instead of a password on the unlock screen (very cool).
I'm not sure whether this function could be applied to a section of the touchscreen on the HD2 as I imagine the specific finger print reading technology is quite different from a capacitative screen interpreting a press...
missing hardware, therefore impossible.
I don't think it's such an outrageous question.
Supposedly LG already implemented this feature, so it can be done.
Could fingerprint recognition software be developed based on barcode reading software?
If so, I think there might very well still be an issue with using the camera for fingerprint recognition if you'd want to use it for device access purposes.
Being "logged off" the camera would be logged off too I guess...
But hey, a lot of wizzkids frequent these forums...
Facial recognition would be possible I think.... er... it would also be easier if there was a 2nd front camera!
Honestly, I dont need it... but it would be cool I guess and some people would. I use EWallet for all my sensitive stuff...
hello00 said:
What do you think this phone is? a futuristic phone made in 2030? lol
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erm.. actually japanese phones have had these features for the past 2 - 3 years already...
They also have facial recognition access.. and also various gesture unlocking features...
The screen can only detect areas os pressure, not the individual parts needed for fingerprint. The LG one I assume works by sliding your finger over the joystick?
rorydaredkign said:
The screen can only detect areas os pressure, not the individual parts needed for fingerprint. The LG one I assume works by sliding your finger over the joystick?
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The fingerprint capable Japanese and Korean phones have built in dedicated fingerprint sensors.
rootk1d said:
I don't think it's such an outrageous question.
Supposedly LG already implemented this feature, so it can be done.
Could fingerprint recognition software be developed based on barcode reading software?
If so, I think there might very well still be an issue with using the camera for fingerprint recognition if you'd want to use it for device access purposes.
Being "logged off" the camera would be logged off too I guess...
But hey, a lot of wizzkids frequent these forums...
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You spot on! We just need a good developer to take in initiative.
The HTC sedna (which has its own section here) has a fingerprint scanner.
rootk1d said:
I don't think it's such an outrageous question.
Supposedly LG already implemented this feature, so it can be done.
Could fingerprint recognition software be developed based on barcode reading software?
If so, I think there might very well still be an issue with using the camera for fingerprint recognition if you'd want to use it for device access purposes.
Being "logged off" the camera would be logged off too I guess...
But hey, a lot of wizzkids frequent these forums...
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The iPaq pocket pc already did it BUT.. yes.. BUT that is hardware dependent. Fingerprint scanners are hardware depended. Don't ask too much.. If you are talking about using the camera as a fingerprint regconition scanner, I wouldn't rely on it too much.. its like using the camera as a name card scanner.. not accurate enough..besides, it would be a hassle to aim the camera to the finger just to unlock the device..
facial recognition is totally different from fingerprint sensor.
if you recognise fingerprint (which is far more complex than just facial expression) then you are probably going to recognise a dozen (or more) fingerprints to be the similiar one. For facial recognition application, this might be acceptable, but for fingerprint application, due to its nature/purpose of it, this will not be as it'll be a security breach.
so it has nothing to do with competency of the developer, w/o the hardware, regardless if you have a world class developer or s/w.
come on people, think!
as long as there's no hardware sensor for fingerprint scanning, there will never be a piece of software that's able to scan your fingerprint from a touchscreen, whether it's capacitive or not.
a touchscreen recognizes finger presses. but in order to get a fingerprint you really need the ability to read those small, fine lines of your fingerprint.
You guys are just too much! We can hack these phones a lot but not everything can be accomplished by changing a registry setting or installing a patch!
Looking for fingerprint recognition on the HD2 is like trying to take pictures on a phone without a camera. There's no app for that, just as there's no app for driving your HD2 to work or making toast with it.
Every single device that can recognize fingerprints (like the Toshiba g900 I used to own, and also the LG one) needs the dedicated hardware.
The capacitive screen is absolutely unsuited for this (see the explanation above) and I don't believe the camera can do it either. Barcodes are simple black and white lines for a reason. High contrast makes them look more or less the same in most lighting conditions so they're easy to recognize. Try taking a few pictures of your finger in different lighting: the difference between those pictures will likely be much greater (to a computer doing visual analysis) than between two different fingers in the same conditions.
I don't want to discourage thinking outside of the box, but this is a bit too far out I'm afraid.
This fingerprint scanner is driving me nuts. I registered my thumb 3 times and it still takes a billion swipes to recognize it. It either says swipe slower or that I didn't swipe the entire scanner. Besides that I love the phone
Anyone???
It's a learning curve. Eventually it'll be 2nd nature, if you stick with it.
Nice feature but like you I got annoyed with it and decided I'd use a different lock lol.
I think I got it now. Just gotta swipe a little slower
when registering swipe as fast as u can for it to accept..
kieso said:
This fingerprint scanner is driving me nuts. I registered my thumb 3 times and it still takes a billion swipes to recognize it. It either says swipe slower or that I didn't swipe the entire scanner. Besides that I love the phone
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Then u ll be able to swipe fast when opening... plus your finger will remember eventually how the scanner accepts it.
kieso said:
This fingerprint scanner is driving me nuts. I registered my thumb 3 times and it still takes a billion swipes to recognize it. It either says swipe slower or that I didn't swipe the entire scanner. Besides that I love the phone
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I'm experiencing a pretty random success rate with the fingerprint lock. Sometimes it works well, other times, it just doesn't work. One thing I noticed is that when my hands are really dry, it doesn't work well at all.
When registering the fingerprint for the first time make sure to do so from multiple different angles. For excample on a slight diagonal then just straight down every time as that way it can recognise the fingerprint so much better when you actually use it. After i registered it like that i only seldom get issues now.
It's rather annoying that it never actually says to do that and the way i found it out was watching the little excample picture it shows you when you register one.
Then you might not have done it right.
You need to hold the phone in the way that you will be scanning and you need to scan it all different ways.
I have both of my pointing fingers scan in and i have never had a problem getting it to read either finger. I use it just about everyday.
I scan my fingers in all different ways. Sideways, up and down, the edge of my fingers , all different ways i could think of.
Also make sure your swiping from the bottom of the lcd down.
Hello, I set up my finger prints and turned on the service but have found that it only works sometimes. When it does works it is extremely fast and useful. It will work anytime I touch it and then a couple minutes later touching the sensor won't do anything for a while. Then it will randomly work again later on. Is anyone else noticing this?
I've been very pleasantly surprised with the fingerprint sensor on my S8+ unit. That was the only thing people complained about before the release of the phone, but mine has been spot on 19/20 times. Maybe add a few more versions of your finger or try from scratch?
Try adding multiple fingerprints on the same finger. I also was surprised how amazing the fingerprint works. Very sensitive and VERY fast. But I added minimum of 3 fingerprints on my right index finger
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Had this happen the other day. Pull-down gesture did not work either. Had to restart the phone. Lots of bugs in this device at launch apparently...
Same thing had happen to me. After a while it just stops working and have to reboot. Anyone know how we can bring this issue to light so it gets fixed? I tried turning off power saving in case the phone was actually killing the system app but it didn't work. Any solutions other than constantly rebooting
I've had similar thing happen today. Most of the time placing the finger on the sensor will unlock it right away. Today, my finger sat there and sat there, no error returned, but no scan either. It was just doing nothing. I tried a few times and it started working again. I'm using the Canadian S8+.
When the fingerprint sensor is apparently stuck, you could check the sensor status in the diagnostics: *#0*#
After December update I am facing this issue where most of the time swipe down on fingerprint for Notification gesture isnt working as it should be. The vibration feels same as when fingerprint is not verified on lockscreen while swiping on the sensor for notification area to come down. I tried turning off all the security and again setup it all with no success issue is still there.
Am I the only one with this issue or are there people having same issue and have noticed it?
I had a similar issue before the Dec update and ended up disabling that feature. It was too inconsistent, sometimes worked but often not. Fingerprint scanning mostly works fine, better than the notification swipe, but sometimes I have to try 2 or 3 times for it to register. I attribute that to my finger being dry, but who knows.
Swipe down to access notifications on the Pixel 3 has been hit or miss since day 1. It's not a feature I use much either way, but when I do, it's a 50% chance of success on the first try. You have to be very intentional about your swipe. Starting from the very top edge and swiping straight down to the bottom edge - not too quickly and not too slowly.
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Swipe down to access notifications on the Pixel 3 has been hit or miss since day 1. It's not a feature I use much either way, but when I do, it's a 50% chance of success on the first try. You have to be very intentional about your swipe. Starting from the very top edge and swiping straight down to the bottom edge - not too quickly and not too slowly.
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This is not I was talking about.. I use this feature a lot and its 100% go for me everytime but after december update the swipe is taken as if I am using fingerprint to unlock an already unlocked device(feels due to vibration pattern) I have removed every lock and now the swipe seems good again.
The Fingerprint Unlock feature on this phone NEVER works for me, Adding my fingerprint is really a nightmare, the fingerprint sensor is a joke. Every time when I put my finger on the sensor, either "fingerprint sensor is dirty, please clean and try again" or "only partial fingerprint is scanned" pops up and nothing was done. Does anyone use this feature successfully? Thank you for the info, regards.
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Hey there.
I can confirm that the fingerprint sensor has some problems, especially if you use a cover.
And gives more errors when you try to use the big thumb - a logical thumb to use.
I have successfully recognized by the sensor the pointing finger and, as a backup the big thumb. The pointing has more rates of success.
Just try to randomly place all parts of your finger onto the sensor.