Fingerprint unlock issue after latest verizon update

[TheGoodNamesAreGone]

I just did the update for my s6 edge and it has no problems recognizing fingerprints. Unlocks fine.

 

[TheGoodNamesAreGone]

One was Ebay. The other 4 were a bunch of games. I forget the names..I deleted them immediately.

Odd, I have not seen these apps in the update, though perhaps the issue is possibly a standard s6 issue only? I have the s6 edge and I don't see those apps, nor is my device having issues with finger prints.

 

[Zach91]

So I'm gonna have to do a full factory reset? Is yours still working?

 

[TheGoodNamesAreGone]

Yes, mine is still working. I did notice however, it does not auto lock after the screen times put.

 

[TheGoodNamesAreGone]

Well I just dug around in the lock screen settings, and after the update, it had set it to 5 seconds after screen time out. I set it to immediately and now it locks as soon as the screen times out.

 

[Zach91]

I just did a factory reset. So far it's working fine.

I was asking him cause his was doing what mine is doing.

 

[jskinvest]

Yes, so far it seems to be working fine after the factory reset.

The only thing different now is that when I manually lock the phone with a third party app (nova launcher action) it says PIN required for additional security. So maybe that is intentional and is new with the update. But all the other lock screen functions are now working as they should. Before the reset nothing was working properly regarding the phone lock.

 

[fixedepsilon]

No issues here...using Nova Launcher Premium

 

[jskinvest]

Do you use the Nova Launcher screen lock function? It is a widget.

 

[Zach91]

Yes, so far it seems to be working fine after the factory reset.

The only thing different now is that when I manually lock the phone with a third party app (nova launcher action) it says PIN required for additional security. So maybe that is intentional and is new with the update. But all the other lock screen functions are now working as they should. Before the reset nothing was working properly regarding the phone lock.

Okay, so i use the button saver app to lock my screen most of the time. It looks like if you use an app to lock the screen it asks for your PIN to unlock, but if you use the power button to lock the phone it'll unlock with a fingerprint just fine. Glad i figured that out, was about to do a factory reset. Gotta say i'm not happy about this though, as I really like to use button saver to turn my screen off.

 

[jskinvest]

I agree with you. That seems to be a noticeable difference with the update. However, I had other issues with my lock features but those have been all cleared up with the factory reset. Maybe it was just my phone acting up. And I guess the reason this thread was unusually quiet is that not many people use a button saver app to lock the screen like you and I do.

 

[Zach91]

looks like i'll have to start using the power button to lock the phone for now. Hopefully the button doesn't fail like the one on my s4 did.

 

[jskinvest]

I do not manually lock the phone that often. But when I do, I will use my on-screen app and just unlock with PIN. Like you, I prefer to use the power button just to turn off the screen without locking.