Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Fingerprint sensor working better than expected :)

[tbond669]

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I tried the sensor for a few days & it just seemed way to inaccurate for me...took to much time...lol

 

[dedduck0121]

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Finally getting used to the scanner and is now my primary unlock on my phone.

Took some time but now I like.

 

[tivoboy]

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It does work quite well. not as simple as touch ID, but performance wise in the 90%+ range. I found it best to redo my thumb, making sure to capture slides on the sensor from the side, and angled, since when holding the note 4 one handed, you're most likely going to have the thumb sliding down sideways or at an angel. But, after re-doing it, it works quite well indeed.

 

[sstephen17]

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Tried it several times after getting my Note yesterday. No matter how conscientious I am with swiping, there always seems to be some sort of error. Either I'm swiping to fast, not getting enough of the scanner, etc. I probably need more practice but it certainly doesn't seem to work reliably enough to use it as my unlock method.

 

[pwscott]

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Still struggling with it here too. God forbid your device is locked and you need to make an urgent call... Especially if it locks in a car holder.... I tried to unlock repeatedly to report a drunk driver on the local police number .... Even after I pulled over and disconnected the charging cable and tried with index finger and thumb alternately.... I could not get it for bunch of tries.... Then you keep getting the error message that you have to dismissed in poured to keep trying.... Frustrating. Am going to redo my prints from scratch for a fourth time and see if I do any better.

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[qb14]

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I almost had a panic attack yesterday when the scanner wouldn't work. I had eaten a couple sugar coated jelly candies (similar to Chuckles) while in a meeting in my bosses office. When I left, the scanner wouldn't work and I didn't remember my password (I only remembered entering a PIN, not a password. Had the "wrong password" message told me that the password needed to be at least 6 characters, I would have immediately known what it was). I must have had some granulated sugar on my finger or on the scanner which was causing the swipe to fail. Once I cleaned my hand and the scanner, it started working again.

I didn't realize that I could setup swipes of three different fingers until I had the problem. After it started working again, I added my index finger and other thumb to to the phone.

 

[jimhuntphoto]

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Yeah I don't like it or really need it right now so I turned it off.

 

[lazerproof]

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No problems here. Very reliable. Use it every day. As another user stated, it probably makes a big difference as to how you register your prints. I think if you do a good job of it, your scanner should work fine.

 

[Ntchwaidumela]

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Works great for me. I have left and right index fingers and right thumb scanned. No problems at all.

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[Tkbredx]

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Hated it at first. The first week with this I thought it was way too complicated. I was angry at Samsung for not making it simpler like the one for the iPhone but now I'm perfectly fine. It works much more now. I think I'm just used to it. Plus after a factory reset I think I did a better job at registering my fingers this time.

Plus being able to lock apps with the finger security app found in the play store is amazing!

 

[Phillip Pugh]

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I have been using it on my lockscreen and it is working pretty damn well! Took a couple of days of trying but I seem to have gotten the right swiping tempo where I now rarely have to swipe a second time. (Knock on Wood).

The whole finger print thing is so much not needed is way over blown of its importance I pull my phone out my all day to look at .So that would be such a hassle to have to do that every time

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[lostsoul2]

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The whole finger print thing is so much not needed is way over blown of its importance I pull my phone out my all day to look at .So that would be such a hassle to have to do that every time

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agreed.. tried to pull it out to do a few things quick and a few times today would not read right.. Its always with me.. so I'll killing it now. ahhhhhhh

 

[yeatzee]

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I tried and tried to like it but it NEVER worked the first time, always the second. It frustrated me to much so I went back to regular swype. What I do love about it is the private mode feature however, for that purpose I dont mind having to swype a couple times once in a while since it doesn't disrupt my flow with day to day tasks.

 

[muadib279]

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It works 99% of the time for me. I now use it for my last pass account.

 

[Litlprince2]

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Tried it several times after getting my Note yesterday. No matter how conscientious I am with swiping, there always seems to be some sort of error. Either I'm swiping to fast, not getting enough of the scanner, etc. I probably need more practice but it certainly doesn't seem to work reliably enough to use it as my unlock method.

It helps to register the same finger at different angles...

 

[juergen99]

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If it fails a number of times is the only option a 6 digit code? Can it be 4 or better yet a pattern? I had an S4 and used the pattern swype and it became second nature (very fast). I now have an LG G3 an use the knock code and love it but I am returning it for a Note 4.

 

[Beltelmel]

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The whole finger print thing is so much not needed is way over blown of its importance I pull my phone out my all day to look at .So that would be such a hassle to have to do that every time

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To each his own but two seconds is not a hassle for me and only when the screen is actually locked.

 

[Cnote187]

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The whole finger print thing is so much not needed is way over blown of its importance I pull my phone out my all day to look at .So that would be such a hassle to have to do that every time

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Yes but some peoples Jobs require a pin to login to their phone if the phone contains their work email account. The fingerprint scanner inccorperates the PIN into the fingerprint so typing the PIN isnt neccessary. It is VERY neeccesary for me and many others

 

[scheumanrj]

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I just can't get it to work for me. I have re-trained it several times, trained different fingers/thumbs, trained it with different angles, tried the "full swipe" starting above the button. It just will not work for me. I think in all of the testing that I've done with it over the last 2 weeks, it might have actually worked two times. Very frustrating. I really want to use this feature. It's one of the main reasons that I bought the N4. Any other suggestions for getting it to work? Is there another thread that is helpful that I haven't found yet?

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

I haven't looked into setting mine up yet. I'm not sure if it is going to be necessary.

Scribbled from the mighty pen of my Galaxy Note 4!