Finger print scanner stopped working

[Android Central Question]

I accidentally left my new Essential phone on top of my desktop pc. It was sitting directly on top of the power supply. Shortly after I noticed that my fingerprint scanner was no longer accepting input. After resetting the phone, the option that would normally lead the fingerprint settings disappeared. I decided to factory reset the phone but this didn't help either. Is this error caused by the magnetic pull from my power supply? And if so, is there a way to reverse the damage?

 

[Rukbat]

It's more likely due to the heat from the power supply. there's no transformer in the power supply, so the only "magnetic pull" would be from current flowing through wires - and the current on the wires leading to the fingerprint scanner inside the phone itself would be producing a much stronger magnetic field.

Is there a way of reversing the damage? Sorry, probably not. (I'll be getting my third replacement phone in as many weeks tomorrow because the fingerprint scanner failed - and the fingerprint scanners in the first 2 replacements were defective - so you're probably in for the same thing - just hope that the first replacement works. If it's under warranty. If not, you'll have to pay to have the scanner replaced - then, if the option doesn't show up, reset the phone and hope that the option comes back, or you'll have to reflash the firmware.)

But it's not magnetic, no.