Fingerprint unlock turned off if not used in 24 hours after upgrade to Marshmallow?!!!

[Aquila]

He didn't ask you to tell him how it works. He, and millions of others, want to turn the feature off. And we don't want a lecture on why this system is good. We simply want to turn it off. Period. End of story.

Well I am sorry to disappoint you, but this is a security feature and cannot be turned off without installing a custom rom or routing and using hacks to circumvent the security feature. When something is not changeable it is usually desired to give an explanation for why that functionality exists. But I guess thanks for creating an account in order to lecture me on how I should try to help other people understand what's going on.

I hope you realize that this is a necropos from almost 18 months ago and that now the solutions that you're seeking are even more complicated and more convoluted because security has advanced quite a bit since 2016 when I initially posted to the explanation.

 

[mannion]

I'm disappointed in the number of rationalizations and misdirections offered as answers to the OP's simple question. One may not choose to disable this feature on their own device, but he's offered sufficient explanation for why it makes sense in his use case. From sorting through the chaff, I gather that the answer is "you can't disable this feature".

Additionally, the reason this "necropos" is still active is because it's still relevant. Agreed, Android has changed since 2016, but this particular feature remains an issue for some users, myself included. I have a Tab S3 and a Note 8, and the upshot is that I've shortened and simplified my password because these devices nag me for it so incessantly. That makes me less secure than when I had a longer password with more complex characters on older versions of Android.

And, yes, this may be a first-world problem, but it's still reasonable to want things to be easier than harder. I sure would have appreciated my fingerprint reader working reliably last weekend when I was greasy and contorted underneath my truck, so I could unlock the screen and continue the helpful YouTube repair video I was watching. Or yesterday when I was cleaning the windows and wanted to queue up another podcast while my hands were wet. I was certainly able to use my (simple, weak) password in both cases - but would have appreciated using my fingerprint instead.

 

[anon(7901790)]

I've recently upgraded to the latest version of Android and thought finally this will be great, as it has been with my phones. But it isn't. I don't use my tablet every day so i was horrified to learn that if not used within 24 hours of last use it turns off the fingerprint scanner and asks you to enter your unlock code. I like to have secure passwords, but I really don't see how this is a security feature. Is there any way to turn this off? I really cannot live with having to go into LastPass on my phone and then inputting my 16 key strong password to get into my tablet every time I use it. I didn't pay the price for Samsung's flagship tablet to do this!!! If anyone can please help as I can't find anywhere in the setting to turn it off. Thanks in advance.

Matt

It requires a pin or password or pattern once, then resumes using the FPS. This should happen with the 24 hour scenario you described and on a reboot.

Yes. That happens to me too. After 24 hours of no use or a reboot it asks your PIN. That's normal behavior.