• Rhynoplaz
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    368 months ago

    My fingerprint scanner was on the back, but now it’s on the front, and can’t identify me as regularly as it did before.

    I’ve gotten used to the new location, but I can’t forgive making it less accurate than it used to be.

    • @DesolateMood@lemm.ee
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      108 months ago

      My god, I upgraded from an S9 to an S22 and seeing the fingerprint scanner on the front baffled me. With a screen protector on I unlock it on the first try maybe 25% of the time

      • GreatRam
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        88 months ago

        There’s a setting you can turn on that increases the sensitivity, which should fix the issue. It works perfectly fine for me with a screen protector

      • Rhynoplaz
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        48 months ago

        I went from a Pixel 3 to a Pixel 7. I hold on to my phones as long as possible.

      • burgersc12
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        18 months ago

        If you have issues with it detecting your finger try doing the “Check added Fingerprint” thing a bunch, apparently it can scan all of your finger more accurately, and get to the very edges and weird angles that the original scan never got. Seemed to improve the accuracy of mine a bit (never had big issues with it tho)

      • Rhynoplaz
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        38 months ago

        Knowing how Lemmy is, I’ll probably catch shit for this, but it’s the truth:

        I just don’t care.

        I won’t say you’re being paranoid because, I don’t know for sure that there won’t be repercussions, but I don’t see a realistic downside considering the cops and FBI already have mine for clearances.

      • @smackjack@lemmy.world
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        18 months ago

        My understanding is that these fingerprints are specific to your device and don’t get stored in the cloud. If you buy a new phone, then you’ll have to rescan your fingerprints.