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Hello.
I see peoples around on the internet (here on XDA to) that are complaining about the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy Note 4 to be bad and inaccurate. Well, i'm here to tell you that it's not the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy Note 4 that is bad or inaccurate, but it's your way of setting the fingerprint scanner up that is the problem.
I have set up my fingerprint scanner up correctly and it works extremely good. Just follow this guide and you will be all fine. This video is not made by me by the way and even if this shows the setup process for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S tablets, it still works the same for the Galaxy Note 4.
I also added a poll about the fingerprint scanner in the post here. ONLY answer it after you have correctly set up the fingerprint scanner according to the guide in the YouTube video and after you have given the fingerprint scanner some tries, thanks.
Have a good day.
Hmm well I have watched your video but I think you missed out what is causing the unsatisfactory experience.
If you are unlocking the phone supported/two-handed, such as in the video, phone placed on a stationary platform such as a table and you swipe your finger; or your left hand holding the phone while your right hand swipes the scanner - it isn't exactly a convenient feature. If you are unlocking the phone 2-handed, there isn't a lot of difference from unlocking using PIN.
2-handed unlock is 99.9% accurate for me - same as the iPhone 6/6+'s one-touch scanner. However, unlocking one handed is another matter. The phone will prompt you for a second set of 10 swipes after you done your first 10 - and if you did your second set of 10 supported on table or with your other hand, then you are likely to face issues unlocking single handed.
This is because the con of a swipe censor is that it is less accurate vs the one-touch version, and the drag of your finger/thumb while swiping distorts your fingerprint (because your flesh drags and there is pressure) according to the direction you swipe. The way you swipe 2 handed will be different from the way you swipe single handed.
I have no problems registering the first set of 10 with the conventional thumb downwards swipe. That is easy. But during the second set of 10 where I try to register one handed with my thumb swiping on its sides, there is a few hit and misses. I have eventually gotten used to it and accuracy in unlocking improved much, but for every 10 unlocks I can still miss 1 or 2 times. It is no wear near the accuracy nor convenience of the one-touch sensors.
At first when I got the device I thought the scanner was garbage (I was garbage not the scanner :3) used to get 30-40% accuracy, I was swiping my finger on the scanner in same direction (downwards) everytime as instructed while registering, when it dint work well I turned it off, then I came across few threads n vids and understood I have to swipe my whole pad in from different variations and angles while registering I tried that and woila, I have almost 99% accuracy now, it works sooo soo good now, been using it since more than a week and I unlock it around minimum 50 times a day using it and also use some apps I've assigned fingerprint to and I've only failed once since I corrected the method of registering finger. so yup, awesome scanner much btr than s5 the only trick is to register from diff angles as shown in video n you'll be good to go.. :good:
I dont care how well it works with two hands, its the thumb on my right hand when using the device onehanded thats the "problem".
It works most of the time, and ive registered my right thumb in various angles and variations like in the video. But not all the time. Its fine for normal use, though, it really is. But if you have a shorter thumb than me, it might be a lot worse. Even for me, its a bit of a dud due to the fact that it sometimes doesnt register (my thumb might be slightly off center, or I swipe too fast, etc).
The more reasonable method would be a slimmer bezel at the bottom, drop the scanner on the homebutton, add a onepress scanner at the back of the device for your index, instead of that horribly useless heartrate/oxygenlevel monitor.
i tried the fingerprint scanner, did it 10 times to recognize it and set it but it didn't show up so i restarted my new note 4 and it worked and i swiped my finger and it unlocked then i locked it again but the fingerprint scanner went away again and its only giving me an option to swipe to unlock.
I tried to set up the fingerprint scanner several times with different methods/angles. I was unable to get a good experience unlocking it with one hand. The iPhone is miles better in this department. Works almost every time two-handed, though.
The way Samsung design it sense is not good. You need gently swipe down which simply look stupid and troublesome.
This part no deny iPhone did it great by press and hold only.
Agreed. That being said, I dont see any real point of it. Its much like the UV sensor, the heartrate sensor and all that other jazz.
The fingerprint scanner is just pure garbage. Not sure why so many are blaming Samsung for not giving proper instructions? Everything in that video the OP posted is clearly explained in the fingerprint registration stage. It even has an animated finger that shows you how to scan different parts of the finger and different angles and directions. Its not that we have not registered the fingerprint properly, its that the scanner is just worse than ebola and aids combined. The poll results also support my assertion that the scanner is totally sh1t.
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Agreed. That being said, I dont see any real point of it. Its much like the UV sensor, the heartrate sensor and all that other jazz.
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The fingerprint scanner is not jazz. If it worked properly most people could get some real use of the fingerprint scanner versus the UV sensor.
The only real use would be protecting certain apps and unlocking the phone. Both of which are easily doable with a PIN. that being said I don't have a problem using the scanner with one hand nor two, but it's not 100%, I agree it should have been better placed. Preferably at the back under the camera for your index.
I guess I get about 9/10 first try unlocks at this point, one handed.
I have tried all the methods and it still is mostly garbage for me. And it starts registering the swipe after a half-second delay which means you need to wait for the screen to turn on and for the arrow to show up - what a waste of time. It is also only 10% accurate for me (even when I have registered 15 different angles for the one finger I use). Maybe a software update will make it a bit better, who knows. For now - I will turn it off as before.
Maybe just register in the same-ish angles...
I still don't see what the problem is. I still have 99% success with my fingerprint scanner. It simply just works every time i'm using it.
Either you are setting the fingerprint scanner up in a wrong way, using it wrong, or there must be some problems with the fingerprint scanner.
I'm even tempted to make a video that shows how good my fingerprint scanner works just to prove it .
And lastly. Even if Touch ID on the iPhone is more easy to use, it's far from being more secure than the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S5 / Note 4. Because on Touch ID, you just presses directly on top of the home button on the iPhone, which leaves your fingerprint open to anyone who manage to steal your iPhone. On the Galaxy S5 / Note 4, you have to swipe to get it to work, which means that you are actually swiping away the fingerprint on the button as you swipe.
Because of that, a thief is going to have a hard time to find your actual fingerprint to use to open the phone.
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I still don't see what the problem is. I still have 99% success with my fingerprint scanner. It simply just works every time i'm using it.
Either you are setting the fingerprint scanner up in a wrong way, using it wrong, or there must be some problems with the fingerprint scanner.
I'm even tempted to make a video that shows how good my fingerprint scanner works just to prove it .
And lastly. Even if Touch ID on the iPhone is more easy to use, it's far from being more secure than the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S5 / Note 4. Because on Touch ID, you just presses directly on top of the home button on the iPhone, which leaves your fingerprint open to anyone who manage to steal your iPhone. On the Galaxy S5 / Note 4, you have to swipe to get it to work, which means that you are actually swiping away the fingerprint on the button as you swipe.
Because of that, a thief is going to have a hard time to find your actual fingerprint to use to open the phone.
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If you can make a video where you at least 10 times in a row unlock the phone, while holding it comfortably in one hand, I'll believe you. I'm talking about unlocking it with the same hand holding the phone, not two hands. If so many people have problems with the scanner, Samsung either has piss poor quality control, or it's just inferior by design.
And have you ever used an iPhone at all? There's no usable track of your fingerprint after you unlocked the phone. Unless you have very greasy fingers, in which case you wouldn't be able to unlock the phone anyway.
Samsung did most things right with the Note 4, but the fingerprint sensor wasn't one of them.
This is ridiculous. We can blame Samsung for building a swipe-scanner rather than touch like Apple but what is this unlocking with one hand business? Look at how big the device is, I would think you have higher risk of dropping the device than it failing for you when you swipe with one hand given the device is top heavy based on how one would hold it if attempting to one-hand finger unlock.
However, if your device lays flat on a table when trying to unlock, make sure you get it at the same angle you registered it at...
Couldn't agree more.. Look at the poll... Clearly doesn't work like it should.
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This is ridiculous. We can blame Samsung for building a swipe-scanner rather than touch like Apple but what is this unlocking with one hand business? Look at how big the device is, I would think you have higher risk of dropping the device than it failing for you when you swipe with one hand given the device is top heavy based on how one would hold it if attempting to one-hand finger unlock.
However, if your device lays flat on a table when trying to unlock, make sure you get it at the same angle you registered it at...
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For me, having a fingerprint sensor is mostly for convenience. If I'm already holding my phone and have both hands available, it's not much faster than using a pattern or PIN code. Especially when I'm in a hurry or wanna check something quickly, pattern or PIN is much more reliable, because I'm "swiping too fast".
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For me, having a fingerprint sensor is mostly for convenience. If I'm already holding my phone and have both hands available, it's not much faster than using a pattern or PIN code. Especially when I'm in a hurry or wanna check something quickly, pattern or PIN is much more reliable, because I'm "swiping too fast".
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That is your use case. For my corporate IT policy, we require an 8-character (not just 8 digit PIN). This is effectively typing a complex password every time I need to unlock my device. The fingerprint scanner alleviates this pain and it has worked almost flawlessly on the S5 for me, let alone the Note 4...
If using the PIN or pattern works for you, you can ignore the fingerprint scanner then. Just another useless Samsung gimmick, right?
If you can make a video where you at least 10 times in a row unlock the phone, while holding it comfortably in one hand, I'll believe you.
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Oh, even I could do that. That doesnt prove much though, just confirms that it works 10 times in a row. Doesnt take in to account a bumpy busride, or when youre in a hurry, or if it rained ever, or if youre nervous, etc.
I saw a video a while ago explaining why people with an S5 had so much trouble using the fingerprint sensor: part of it was under the screen and you had to swipe over a part of the screen too. Just like in the video you posted.
I for instance am able to unlock my note 4 by only touching the home button with my index finger. This proves the fingerprint sensor is completely in the home button. And also why there are no dots on the lower part of the screen indicating you should swipe on them like that tab S and S5
Can the note 5 fingerprint scanner unlock like nexus 6p without wake up the device(not pressing home/power button)?
Seem stupid to press and wake up the device then use finger print to unlock
As the fingerprint sensor is actually located on the Home button, I am not sure there is a usability issue here...
Okie...maybe just me
Just press and hold the home button. No reason to press then release the press again.
Works but not as fast as the Nexus 6P
Yeh...press the button and keep your finger on the button - unlock.
But actually, the fingerprint sensor is so terribly bad that you might aswell just disable it. That thing is exponentially worse than the iphone ones.
Bah. The fingerprint scanner on the note 5 works like 19/20 times for me. Maybe you just need to re-setup yours.
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Bah. The fingerprint scanner on the note 5 works like 19/20 times for me. Maybe you just need to re-setup yours.
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19/20 would equal a 5% miss rate....which would be terrible. Mine is even worse than that....usually 1 out of 4 is not recognised.
I've retrained it over 20 times, I've tried to scan only one thumb 4 times, didn't make it better.
My ipad and work iPhone didn't trigger a single miss for the last 2 weeks....so that is more like 1 out of of 400.
My wife has a note 5 as well (white one) and my boss has a silver one....none of these are better...
Sorry, the fingerprint reader on the Note is terrible and not even close to that on the iPhone.
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19/20 would equal a 5% miss rate....which would be terrible. Mine is even worse than that....usually 1 out of 4 is not recognised.
I've retrained it over 20 times, I've tried to scan only one thumb 4 times, didn't make it better.
My ipad and work iPhone didn't trigger a single miss for the last 2 weeks....so that is more like 1 out of of 400.
My wife has a note 5 as well (white one) and my boss has a silver one....none of these are better...
Sorry, the fingerprint reader on the Note is terrible and not even close to that on the iPhone.
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It's all in how you place your finger my friend. Keep your placement and pressure consistent... it works fine. If that's too much to ask, go get a different device lol.
I see people retouching their iPhone all the time because it didn't register. But whatever.
Note 5 fingerprint reader works just fine for me - each to their own.
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Tap to wake the device and leave your finger on the button.
Also, as far as accuracy goes, this thing is awesome. I had an iPhone 5s and my wife has the 6. My scanner is just as, if not more accurate than both of those and definitely faster. If you have an issue with the scanner, it's an operator error.
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Tap to wake the device and leave your finger on the button.
Also, as far as accuracy goes, this thing is awesome. I had an iPhone 5s and my wife has the 6. My scanner is just as, if not more accurate than both of those and definitely faster. If you have an issue with the scanner, it's an operator error.
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I highly doubt that. Speed is okayish - slower than the ipad Air 2. The idea behind the scanner is NOT to have to place your finger exactly the same each and every time. It is meant to be able to work fine even with a slightly misplaced fingerprint, that is why you scan it on different angles.
Also, there seems to be an issue with the software - I´ve found that using my finger to unlock the device security section (the one with the fingerprint data) will work at a rate of 19/20. Also, unlocking Apps with the fingerprint reader usually works quite well. Locking the screen and then using the same placement usually results in an error - so there seems to be some software issues going on here too, for some reason an unlock from a woken up device does not work as reliable.
However, I have yet to find anyone with an iPhone or iPad that is not happy with the way how the fingerprint reader works. Sadly it´s quite the contrary for the note 5. Such a great device with such a lousy fingerprint reader. I have times where none of my fingers is recognized, not a single one.
I´ve had a chance to play with the Nexus 6P and can say that their fingerprint reader seems to be on par with Apples. Not a single miss while trying it out ~30 times.
But back to the OP. Do what everyone here told - a slight press to wake up the device and then just leave the finger on the sensor.
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I highly doubt that. Speed is okayish - slower than the ipad Air 2. The idea behind the scanner is NOT to have to place your finger exactly the same each and every time. It is meant to be able to work fine even with a slightly misplaced fingerprint, that is why you scan it on different angles.
Also, there seems to be an issue with the software - I´ve found that using my finger to unlock the device security section (the one with the fingerprint data) will work at a rate of 19/20. Also, unlocking Apps with the fingerprint reader usually works quite well. Locking the screen and then using the same placement usually results in an error - so there seems to be some software issues going on here too, for some reason an unlock from a woken up device does not work as reliable.
However, I have yet to find anyone with an iPhone or iPad that is not happy with the way how the fingerprint reader works. Sadly it´s quite the contrary for the note 5. Such a great device with such a lousy fingerprint reader. I have times where none of my fingers is recognized, not a single one.
I´ve had a chance to play with the Nexus 6P and can say that their fingerprint reader seems to be on par with Apples. Not a single miss while trying it out ~30 times.
But back to the OP. Do what everyone here told - a slight press to wake up the device and then just leave the finger on the sensor.
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Doubt it all you want. My fingerprint scanner is just as good, if not better than the iPhone regardless of the position of my finger. Probably because I move my finger while setting it up.
Try this. When you're setting up your fingerprint, start at the tip of the finger, and every time you take your finger off the button, put it back in a different spot, slightly down your finger. Start from the tip and step down to about the first knuckle. Then do the same thing, starting from the inside edge of your thumb (like you're holding it one-handed) all the way to the other edge. The scanner will get a complete picture of your fingerprint and it won't matter the position it's in when you try to unlock it.
Maybe try to re-train but this time varies the finger position on the sensor as you re-train it, this really improved accuracy many fold for me.
Note 5 finger print scanner is fine for everyday use . Mines haven't failed me not once but that's my experience
Mine works flawlessly.
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The key is having the sensor to register maximum number of friction ridges, next time you re-register your print try to go in circular pattern...
For me personally I was having a lot of trouble with it but for a variety of reasons my fingers, particularly my thumb (which was what I was trying to use) are pretty beaten up. Added my little finger, which is the least beat up, anf from there it has worked at near 100%.
The fingerprint scanner on the Nokia 9 is terrible! Seems to only read it 20% of the time. I use face unlock sometimes which is nice but I can't always hold phone up to face. Tempted to just use smart lock with my android wear watch but there goes my security. May end up trying to add fingerprints again for a 3rd time...
Mine almost always works, but I have to apply some pressure to it. It's not like most other in-display readers that work with just resting your finger on the screen.
I have each thumb trained twice on it.
It fails completely with a glass screen protector (at least for me).
Worst scanner. Works 50 percent or less and with multiple scans of same fingerprint. Utterly useless.Ar least the Galaxy S10 plus was fixed with updates and my success rate is 90% + on that phone.
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It's a painful fingerprint scanner, but I've found a way to make it reliable. Not necessarily convenient, but reliable..
Before scanning, I lick my thumb of index finger lightly, then run them together leaving them just slightly damp (just enough so they don't slide smoothly across the phone screen), then touch firmly, but certainly not hard, on the sensor patch.
Works almost first time every time. I also used this same method when training the prints.
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It's a painful fingerprint scanner, but I've found a way to make it reliable. Not necessarily convenient, but reliable..
Before scanning, I lick my thumb of index finger lightly, then run them together leaving them just slightly damp (just enough so they don't slide smoothly across the phone screen), then touch firmly, but certainly not hard, on the sensor patch.
Works almost first time every time. I also used this same method when training the prints.
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Do you know where that thumb has been since the last time you licked it??? :silly: :silly: :laugh: :laugh:
I received my phone yesterday. My fingerprint scanner seems to work just fine. There are a couple times where it did take a couple tries, but it's been nothing like I've been reading. I'm perfectly content with it. I'll also add that it's been working just as well for me with a plastic screen protector on it.
You guys never had a xiaomi mi 5s. If so, you would not complain about fingerprint scanner ?
I've had about a 75% success rate with the fingerprint scanner. I set it up in a dark room and registered both thumbs and index fingers. There are times when it won't read my fingerprint at all, which seems to be software related. Other times, it will say not recognized. In those cases, I've tried to place my hand over my phone as if I'm covering my PIN at the ATM, creating a bit of a shadow or darkness over the fingerprint area of the screen and then trying it, which seems to work a lot more often. Covering it with the other hand might be a fluke, but I am able to repeat the results again and again.
Edit: I deleted my post, because it was not repeatable. Whatever the software issue is, its too intermittent to isolate through physical means alone. Someone with programming knowledge though should be able to see what might be causing the problem and provide some insight on a workaround until then.
Right now for me, it seems to work when its being charged and battery saver seems to affect its success rate.
for me it depends on the situation, sometimes it doesn't work at all. Things like temp etc seems to be influencing the succes rate. my xz3 has a reader at the back and it doesn't work sometimes as well. they are equal in reliability. But if you are used to a Huawei (like the mate 9) it is terrible. I really had to adjust when I got the XZ3 (coming from a mate 9).
I received mine this morning and it performed a system update out of the box.
I put a glass screen protector on the phone straight away and I've had some success with using the fingerprint reader, although not so much that I would like to use it all the time.
These are my observations so far,
- The 'press harder' message is deceptive. I have never got it to work by pressing harder when it tells me to press harder in a spot where my thumb/finger already is. Instead if I use that as a cue to re-position my thumb/finger then I have much more success. When it works, I have never had to press hard at all.
- It doesn't like my thumb very much. It takes some time to find the right position with my thumb, where as my forefinger is fine.
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I've been persisting with it and have found the right amount of pressure to make it work more consistently. The message on the screen says press a little harder, and pressing it to the point where it flattens your skin out against the screen makes the chance of success better.
Moseman, i did everything you did, unfortunately its a software issue. You are right about the 'press harder' message, its not true. You don't need to press hard at all to get it to work, which i have been able to test successfully. The issue is not about pressure, its about placement. You must place your finger in the exact position that you placed it when you did the first half of the enrollment. Interestingly, i've noticed that apps that use the finger print reader as part of their login, seem to work much better. Such as ADP app or Bank apps.
You will notice that it probably works better while on charger, and works terrible with battery saver on. I tried many ways to find a workaround to get it to work consistently, but eventually it goes back to working 10% of the time. I believe they will create a fix here soon.
I've heard the face scanner login works much better. GL!
I got a good working scan by holding the phone in landscape mode while learning the scan. Might be coincidence , but i figured since the scanner is the shape of a flat rectangle it might cover more of my finger that way. (in normal use i just unlock in portrait mode, i just did the landscape thing to learn the fingerprint)
Interesting. I will try your method and see what i get. Will post an update later. Thanks Bk227865.
*Update: The method does appear to be working somewhat better. I will have to keep testing. Thanks.
*Update2: I don't know why im obsessed with getting this working. But BK you gave me an idea.
So after trying your method, i wondered if enrollment was the issue. Perhaps i wasn't doing it right, and maybe someone else did do it right, so let me know if you did the following.
I deleted all enrollments and tried again, this time with battery saver off (just to rule anything out related to that). I also made sure that my finger placement was exactly as described in the training photo. Originally and before, i had placed the edge of my fingerprints to the edge of the scanner, but actually it wants you to place the middle part on the scanner.
So when i re-enrolled using the exact finger placement the picture showed, it didn't work 100% of the time, but i do get somewhat better overall success with different finger placements.
Anyone willing to test this out?
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Interesting. I will try your method and see what i get. Will post an update later. Thanks Bk227865.
*Update: The method does appear to be working somewhat better. I will have to keep testing. Thanks.
*Update2: I don't know why im obsessed with getting this working. But BK you gave me an idea.
So after trying your method, i wondered if enrollment was the issue. Perhaps i wasn't doing it right, and maybe someone else did do it right, so let me know if you did the following.
I deleted all enrollments and tried again, this time with battery saver off (just to rule anything out related to that). I also made sure that my finger placement was exactly as described in the training photo. Originally and before, i had placed the edge of my fingerprints to the edge of the scanner, but actually it wants you to place the middle part on the scanner.
So when i re-enrolled using the exact finger placement the picture showed, it didn't work 100% of the time, but i do get somewhat better overall success with different finger placements.
Anyone willing to test this out?
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I can vouch for this, great discovery, Sliksta! :good:
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After further experimenting, it seems like the results are only slightly better and this is not a permanent solution.
Wow. Really improved! Almost 8/10 now
The way I did it was placing my thumb in different angles from the beginning. Don't have a lot of troubles with it. Some times the light just doesn't switch on. Direct sunlight doesn't help its accuracy. Wet fingers doesn't help as well. But I would say mostly it works
Thanks all and Chaosdark for testing. I still believe that battery saver somehow effects the consistency of its accuracy. I would say it works more often than not with battery saver off. This might be the inconsistency you are experiencing. Can you/anyone confirm it works better w/ battery saver off?
Today I think I've found something interesting, if you go to verification option in the fingerprint section under security and touch the FP scanner to verify which fingerprint enrollment belongs to which finger, I have found that it detects and identifies the fingerprints enrolled easily and quickly and doesn't ask you to press harder as often as on lockscreen ( needs more testing from other users).
This results makes me hopeful that a software fix is possible and in the making according to Nokia CEO how vaguely suggested there will be a fix in an upcoming update.
What do you guys think?
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It's a painful fingerprint scanner, but I've found a way to make it reliable. Not necessarily convenient, but reliable..
Before scanning, I lick my thumb of index finger lightly, then run them together leaving them just slightly damp (just enough so they don't slide smoothly across the phone screen), then touch firmly, but certainly not hard, on the sensor patch.
Works almost first time every time. I also used this same method when training the prints.
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This works 100% without pressing harder
Incredible
Hey everyone,
This is my first time using a phone with an onscreen fingerprint reader and when I first got it I was somewhat disappointed with the speed of reading. That being said I tried a few things out and managed to get the reader to be fast enough for my liking so I thought I'd share what I did.
Note that this is not in any way meant to be a comprehensive guide that works for everyone-- just what I found worked best for me.
What I initially tried to do was register five fingerprints using my thumbs and index fingers. I had two registered for each thumb and one for my index finger. This worked but was markedly slow no matter how many times I redid the scans.
I then tried to delete all of them and then only had 1 fingerprint saved but scanned both my thumbs in the same fingerprint. This worked MUCH faster for reading but often didn't recognize my finger.
The sweet spot was when I added a second and third profile ALSO using both thumbs. I noticed by the third profile that when i tried to put my thumb on to teach it it would say "fingerprint already enrolled" more and more often untill it was a struggle for it to recognize any angle of my thumbs as "new". Once that was done I found the fingerprint reader to be incredibly fast and accurate.
Tldr; to get the best speeds add three profiles using the same two thumbs in each profile until it stops recognizing your thumbs as new fingerprints.
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Hey everyone,
This is my first time using a phone with an onscreen fingerprint reader and when I first got it I was somewhat disappointed with the speed of reading. That being said I tried a few things out and managed to get the reader to be fast enough for my liking so I thought I'd share what I did.
Note that this is not in any way meant to be a comprehensive guide that works for everyone-- just what I found worked best for me.
What I initially tried to do was register five fingerprints using my thumbs and index fingers. I had two registered for each thumb and one for my index finger. This worked but was markedly slow no matter how many times I redid the scans.
I then tried to delete all of them and then only had 1 fingerprint saved but scanned both my thumbs in the same fingerprint. This worked MUCH faster for reading but often didn't recognize my finger.
The sweet spot was when I added a second and third profile ALSO using both thumbs. I noticed by the third profile that when i tried to put my thumb on to teach it it would say "fingerprint already enrolled" more and more often untill it was a struggle for it to recognize any angle of my thumbs as "new". Once that was done I found the fingerprint reader to be incredibly fast and accurate.
Tldr; to get the best speeds add three profiles using the same two thumbs in each profile until it stops recognizing your thumbs as new fingerprints.
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If you can register the same print twice then it didn't do a good job the first time. I have never been able to register the same finger twice.
Not sure what's going on with your phone where you need to do all that.
I registered both thumbs and index fingers only once each. It's basically the same speed as any physical fingerprint reader I've used with any of my registered fingerprints.
Seems to me (in my experience anyway) the only way to make it go faster is turn off all security and pick up and use the phone!
It's not as fast as the dedicated reader on the back of the 6, but it's plenty fast enough
I have registered each of both my thumbs only once and it works 99% of the time very quicky. Something is wrong with your finger mate.
I can confirm that registering two sets of Prints with the same finger works......and the fingerprint reader is way faster now. it will tell you that you already registered that singer but the trick is to keep trying because it didn't register every part of your finger with the first fingerprint.... my fingerprint reader was pretty fast before but now it's super fast I barely have to touch it. I can confirm this definitely works... Also I could only do two profiles for each finger
I needed to do this on my 6T. 7 Pro has been as fast as a physical scanner so I haven't felt the need to do any of this. Normal registration and use of the scanner works flawlessly for me. Just my experience!
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I needed to do this on my 6T. 7 Pro has been as fast as a physical scanner so I haven't felt the need to do any of this. Normal registration and use of the scanner works flawlessly for me. Just my experience!
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Same. I only registered my left and right once. Fingerprint sensor works 99 percent of the time and fast as hell. I had a note 8 and the fingerprint sensor on those was slow as hell.
Try turning off the fingerprint animation as well. It made it faster for me
You suck guys. You suck.
affection788 said:
I have registered each of both my thumbs only once and it works 99% of the time very quicky. Something is wrong with your finger mate.
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That's actually entirely possible ?
I work in health care so I have to sanitize my hands easily 50 times a day.. that tends to wear out fingerprints!
I turned off the haptic feedback.
affection788 said:
I have registered each of both my thumbs only once and it works 99% of the time very quicky. Something is wrong with your finger mate.
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Lol he got a stink finger and the phone wants none of it.
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Lol he got a stink finger and the phone wants none of it.
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Hahahaha the ole stink finger
Guess I've got pretty complicated fingers as the thread starter as well ?
What works for me is:
1. Register the right thumb (1. fingerprint) with the "base" of the finger and a little bit more pressure.
2. Register the right thumb again (2. fingerprint) with the tip of the finger and light pressure.
3. Register left thumb like before (3. + 4. fingerprint).
4. Register index finger "normal" (5. fingerprint) or anything else.
5. Change animation to stripe.
When unlocking the phone from ambient display, lay down your finger while increasing pressure a tiny bit. It's super fast for me now.
I've got no chance when registrating only one or registrating the fingerprints in dark rooms, it'll be fast for the first hours but then they'll become very slow.
Maybe this will help anyone.
We know the Zenfone 8 doesn't have the best FP sensor. I came from Moto Edge 20 Pro (which died) with a side-mounted FP sensor and I terribly miss it's blazing fast recognition.
So in my Zenfone 8 I noticed my left thumb is more reliable than my right. My right has error rate of around 2 out of 5 while my left fails only 1 out of 10.
So I thought there must be something with the sensors orientation.
And so what I did was register my right thumb again but this time, during registration, I turned my phone UPSIDE DOWN.
LO and behold for the past hour my right thumb FP unlock still has never failed! And boy I really wanted it to fail.
I challenge you to test it and see if your success rate has improved.
Thank me later.
Maybe its placebo, but I think it has a better success rate when registering my fingerprint upside down.
i can confirm it works better with left thumb rather than right. but also works better for any other finger than my right thumb. anyhow – for more reliable unlock try to aim a little bit lower on the sensor.
Can confirm it's true. Tried with both thumbs and out of 10 tries never failed once. What a weird thing
except the lower part of the sensor i mentioned also moving finger down very slightly helps often
New discovery — keeping high brightness helps, and turning additional dim basically breaks FS to the point it is unusable.
Same here: faster and more reliable with new screen protector than in the past. Clear improvement under this scenario.
With a bare screen, however, I am not sure I noticed any improvement (my fingerprint scanner worked very well as of late).
Thanks for the great tip!