I've been using my fingerprint scanner since I got my Atrix (about 10 months ago) without any problems. Heck, it was one of the big selling points for me for the phone. Anywho, a couple weeks ago it just pooped out on me. I would go to unlock the phone and it would never recognize that I was swiping my finger. I had this issue when I was running the stock version of 2.2 and resetting the phone would fix it. I upgraded to the stock 2.3 update and didn't have the problem again, until a couple weeks ago, of course. Now it appears that the scanner is completely dead and no amount of resetting the phone will fix it. I thought maybe it had too many finger oils built up on it, so I cleaned it off with some Goof Off and then OmniCleanz?no dice.
I work at iFixit, so cracking open a phone to replace something isn't a big deal for me. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and can verify if it is in fact a hardware issue?
Atrix running stock 2.3.4 and ADW Launcher.
I work at iFixit, so cracking open a phone to replace something isn't a big deal for me. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and can verify if it is in fact a hardware issue?
Atrix running stock 2.3.4 and ADW Launcher.