Note 4 Fingerprint scanner or not?

[M3Stang]

I've been using it but now I'm over it. Lock pattern for me.

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[Netguysc]

I have tried to use it, but every time i set it up, soon after it goes back to the "swipe" lock screen or the "pin" lock screen that I used before. Just now I had the fingerprint lockscreen, i turned off my wifi, pressed the power button to lock the screen, opened it and it was back at the pin lock screen. Kind of frustrating

 

[Toteki572]

Re: Fingerprint scanner or not?

Hey, I thought my Note 4 Edge had that same problem. It turned out to be that the timing out on the phone is set to 10min by default. So, if you are anything like me, I was not putting my phone down for ten minutes. I did let the screen go black, but since 10 minutes hadn't passed by, it would not prompt me scan my print to get in the phone. So I changed the timing out from 10 minutes to 15 seconds and it works great. When fifteen seconds go by you have to scan your finger. Hope this helps.

 

[derekfaircloth]

It is all about the set up.
When doing the initial 10 swipe set up use any and all angles.
Doing that I have had no trouble at all.
Another option is to set up multiple prints

 

[Almeuit]

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I will say I have been playing with an iPhone 6+ and the Touch ID on that has worked like ... 99.9% of the time. Pretty nice. I just wish on the Note 4 I didn't have to swipe on the button... That would help with the failure rate I bet.

 

[Beetlesauce]

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I will say I have been playing with an iPhone 6+ and the Touch ID on that has worked like ... 99.9% of the time. Pretty nice. I just wish on the Note 4 I didn't have to swipe on the button... That would help with the failure rate I bet.

Touch Id is fantastic. No swiping needed. Works on the first try every time I see my iPhone friends or colleagues use it. Love my Note 4 but gotta give Apple credit on that front. I swipe my fingerprint to unlock my Note 4 all the time. Like others I may have to swipe two, three or four times to get it to work. Index finger works on the first try most of the time. It's the thumb that requires multiple tries. I'd say it works on the first try about 75% of the time.

Folks may not know that in 2012 Apple swooped in and bought AuthenTec which is the fingerprinting sensor technology company that Samsung and others companies were working with for fingerprinting mobile security. So AuthenTec's fingerprint technology is what powers Touch Id. And of course, I believe the work with Samsung and others pretty much stopped once it became an Apple owned company.

 

[Rally Android]

So far I have it on, I like it. We'll see with time if I'll keep it or not.

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[dkwon]

This is probably personal preference, but I set my index finger print to unlock swiping downwards and my thumb prints to unlock swiping upwards. The upwards motion with my thumb felt more natural considering the way I personally hold my phone and I get much more consistent results now.

 

[DMarie04]

It is all about the set up.
When doing the initial 10 swipe set up use any and all angles.
Doing that I have had no trouble at all.
Another option is to set up multiple prints

Thanks for all the replys, I'm gonna give it one more shot using all the angles my 10 swipes will allow & register 3 FP's...we'll see!

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[Debbie White1]

I love the phone but I am having a lot of difficulty with the fingerprint scanner. It worked fine a few times but now it never accepts my finger scan. I tried several times to redo it and it scans great and accepts it great but it's not recognizing my scan to unlock. It keeps locking my phone until I put in the password or unlock via samsung acct.

 

[thebear]

From my experience the scanner works much better if I hold the phone almost level/flat. When I hold the phone more vertical as in normal use it is way less accurate for me. It may just be how I trained it, but I am happy with the accuracy.

 

[doohsun]

I use mine but i don't find it 100% reliable there are times i have to do it 2-3 times before it recognizes it. They need to do it like Apple physically on the home button.

 

[naira1]

Have been using mine for the past 3 weeks and am use to it. It's like 89% accurate but I can live with that.

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[rdroyer]

I started using mine but it was too frustrating. After reading through here though I might give it another shot and just be more patient.

 

[Ntchwaidumela]

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It set up easy enough but man I couldn't access my phone! So I turned it off

I set up the maximum number of prints...3...left and right index fingers and right thumb. They all work fine. You just have to make sure you swipe them correctly or they won't work...which is a great thing, security-wise. If swiped incorrectly, you simply re-swipe. You still have the option to use a password or unlock pattern.

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[rdroyer]

Would registering the same finger three times make it more accurate or does it not work that way?

 

[Nick_1020]

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+1 for the index finger. I have recorded a thumb print too but it's not as reliable as my index print which works first time on most occasions.

Great feature.

 

[MightyMike]

Absolutely! Your banking app with the Fingersecurity app is great! Any site I can spend money on is secure with Fingersecurity.

I don't have any problems with mine. I would say it's 99% accurate. I don't remember the last time it missed and I use it 10 times a day.

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[WeAreAllUnique]

I use the fingerprint scanner. Initially, I had only used it for a day then I turned it off. But then I watched a YouTube video on how to actually use it. It has been good ever since. It does take touch. But once you learn how to do it, you shouldn't have any issues anymore.

Note in my house!

 

[Morganz187]

When you do the fingerprint its better to swipe down with your finger then then do a sideways swipe with same finger that way it detects your whole finger so it works straight away instead of swiping 5 times or more to unlock phone