In all current iPhone models, you can find such a function as Touch ID. Many do not use it and do not even know what it is at all.
I would like to start the history of this function with the fact that it appeared back in 2013 along with the legendary iPhone 5S. Then the letter S stood for "Security", which was implemented using touch ID.
How many memes then went that now iPhones will steal with your fingers. However, many years later, everyone adores him.
- the security of your data after losing your device;
- quick unlocking of the device;
- it is convenient to shop at any store.
Today we have this technology in version 2.0 and many cannot even imagine their life without it. After all, it is so convenient and quick to unlock your gadget.
How to set up Touch ID on iPhone 5S, 6, 6S, 6 PLUS, 6S PLUS, SE, 7, 7 PLUS?
Many people think that setting up Touch ID on an iPhone or iPad is super difficult. But you should not be afraid of this, and now we will consider the whole process as a whole.
To begin with, even if you have an old iPhone 5S, it also makes sense to do this procedure on it. Therefore, let's get started:
- go to Settings — Touch ID and Passcode;
- see Add fingerprint and bring the desired finger to the Home button;
- when the scan is completed, then we do the same procedure, only with the edges.
Now the fingerprint has been added and you can add as many fingers as you like. More often than not, three is enough. After all, you can cut yourself and so on, but do not forget that there is a password.
- Unlock iPhone;
- iTunes Store and App Store.
This is purely your preference. If the first item should be on by default, then the second one is really on demand. The second point can be useful for paid games in order not to enter a password.
As you can see, the Touch ID feature is not that scary. Now you know what it is for in your device and what it is.
Biometric sensor Touch ID first appeared in Apple devices in. A year later, he migrated to,. From a pleasant addition for owners of a flagship smartphone, the fingerprint scanner has turned into a real tool for protecting access not only to the mobile device itself, but also to individual applications, and has also become an integral element of the payment system. Unfortunately, Touch ID still does not always work the way it was intended and how users would like it. Let's try this to correct.
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In May last year, Roman Yuryev already discussed this topic and told in detail how to set up Touch ID so that then for a long time forget about malfunctions of the sensor and entering the password manually. Unfortunately, over time, the algorithm of the fingerprint scanner still starts to work with some "quirks", which later only become more frequent. For example, after switching to iPhone 6, I was completely delighted with the updated Touch ID - it worked perfectly and clearly for more than a month, and then suddenly it began to malfunction, and this happened more and more every day.
The main thing is not to give up your hands, or in this case your fingers. The problem is solvable, and with the help of improvised means and does not require much of your time. This method was first described about a year ago, but for some reason passed by most of the thematic resources, although the method is really working, as I have seen from my own experience.
So, the best place to start is to delete all prints and set them up again as described in last year. After that, restart your smartphone, after completing all applications beforehand. Maybe these steps are superfluous, but let them be for the purity of the experiment. Now we go to Settings -> Touch ID & Password-> Enter the password, if necessary, and we get to the very menu where your fingerprints are stored.
Now - attention - no more manipulations and transitions are needed, just touching the scanner the way you do it to unlock the device. Pay attention when you hold a finger known to the system on the sensor, one of the prints in the list on the screen illuminated... This is the fingerprint of this finger, and you just performed an additional scan of it, the results of which iOS saved somewhere in the system on a chip.
In such a simple way it happens Touch ID training, the biometric sensor takes additional pictures of your finger and can use them to unlock. Take five to seven minutes to properly scan each of the stored fingers by applying them to the button while in this menu. Each time one of the prints is highlighted, this means that the procedure was successful. Additional scans of your finger will appear in the device's memory, and Touch ID will work much better, the triggering process will be noticeably faster.
To reiterate: each finger, in different ways, many times - the result will be noticeable immediately and will persist with everyday use of Touch ID.
For several years, Apple has successfully used the Touch ID biometric sensor in its devices to protect users' personal data. To prevent this system from crashing during operation, we have prepared some useful tips for you.
The Touch ID fingerprint scanning system has become one of the main features of the iPhone 5S and still delights users of phones and tablets from the Apple company. Using a fingerprint, you can unlock your phone, pay in the App Store or iTunes, and more recently, the biometric sensor works in conjunction with Apple Pay and other applications, including those from third-party developers.
Periodically, Touch ID users faced minor problems - smartphones refused to recognize their fingerprints. For a while, the reason was, which Apple promptly corrected. However, this was not the only problem.
With all the reliability and modernity of the biometric sensor in the iPhone 5S / 6/6 Plus smartphones, as well as in the iPad Air 2 tablets and the new iPad Mini 3, from time to time this miracle of technology fails. We decided to figure out why there may be problems with the owner's fingerprint recognition and how they can be eliminated.
When you turn on and set up Touch ID for the first time, the smartphone prompts the user to put his finger on the sensor several times and does this for a reason. The thing is that when using a smartphone, you do not apply your finger at a right angle, or your finger may not be entirely clean, wet, and so on. The system specifically asks you to rotate your finger over the surface of the sensing sensor when adjusting. However, even this standard procedure, conceived by Apple to improve Touch ID performance, does not always save users.
Therefore, inquisitive minds around the world quickly came up with a simple and fairly reliable way to improve and speed up the work of the biometric sensor in Apple technology on their own. To make Touch ID recognize your fingers faster and more accurately, simply make multiple copies of the same fingerprint. The Touch ID system allows you to add up to five fingerprints, and even if you entered your thumbs and forefingers from both hands, you still have one free slot where you can add a copy of the fingerprint that you think you will use most often. Thanks to this simple operation, the accuracy of Touch ID responses increases by 60-90%, in proportion to the number of copies of one fingerprint.
Another simple way to improve the performance of a biometric sensor is the so-called. To do this, you need to go to the security settings, enter your password and simply alternately apply the fingers entered into the sensor base. In this case, the system determines which of the fingerprints you are currently "training", highlighting it in gray. If you do this process for each fingerprint several times in a row, then the accuracy and speed of Touch ID will increase.
When entering your fingerprints into the phone's memory, try to do it as naturally as possible, as if you took the phone in your hand in order to unlock or do some other familiar action, and not in order to send the perfect copy of the fingerprint to the CIA.
If the Touch ID sensor remembers your fingerprint data as close as possible to the field, then it will be much better perceived in real life. Therefore, feel free to put your finger on the biometric sensor as it is convenient for you, from any angle. The stability of your fingerprint and the accuracy of Touch ID will benefit from this.
A small but useful tip for Touch ID users is to use your finger on the metal border of the Home button when scanning your fingerprint. Thus, the sensor will receive from you the most complete picture of the fingerprint-identifier and will be able to more accurately and quickly recognize the “finger” offered to it.
And last but not least, advice for Touch ID users. Perhaps the most banal and obvious, but at the same time important - wash your hands and keep the Home button itself with the sensor located in it clean. If you're having trouble identifying your fingerprint, first try simply wiping the bezel of your phone and the button itself.
The layer of dust and grease that accumulates on the surface of the biometric sensor that is invariably present on our fingertips makes it difficult for Touch ID to properly scan your finger. Therefore, do not hesitate to wipe the button more often, well, keep your hands clean, this will be useful not only for Touch ID, but also for your health.
Every user of Apple smartphones and tablets equipped with a fingerprint scanner will agree with me that it was not difficult to get used to this new function - it is so harmonious, simple and convenient. For example, I got so used to Touch ID that picking up an iPod Touch for a while, I just hold my finger on the Home button and wait for the player to unlock, absolutely not thinking that something is missing in this device. ... Apple was not a pioneer, but their solution was so successful, convenient and graceful that people instantly got used to Touch ID and now look puzzled at Apple devices that lack this function.
Greetings! The article is dedicated to the upcoming New Year holidays, and at any other time, I think, the information will be quite relevant and useful. Why did this instruction appear at all? The thing is that now on the market there are just a lot of offers for the sale of an iPhone with an inoperative Apple ID fingerprint sensor. No, seriously, not only the entire Internet is littered with such devices, but also numerous “real” points of sale.
And the best part about this whole situation is the price. Oh yeah! Everything is very good here. Indeed, for such, at first glance, seemingly insignificant malfunction (and a non-functioning scanner is a breakdown), a rather large discount is offered on the iPhone itself. Why not take it? Let's figure it out together why you don't need to take ...
What is usually sold:
- iPhone (any model) with an inoperative fingerprint reader.
- The price for it is less (sometimes significantly) than for a similar product only with a functioning sensor.
- The seller assures that this is a new and absolutely normal iPhone - it is just refurbished (REF).
And because of the third point, confusion begins, because many have heard that Apple is releasing refurbished devices on the market. And this is so, only they have nothing to do with the iPhone with a broken finger sensor ...
iPhone without Touch ID - Officially Refurbished or Not?
No no and one more time no. Officially refurbished iPhones, so called "like new", are fully functional devices. Everything works for them - from the battery to the notorious fingerprint sensor. They are produced at the Apple factory, tested, have a one-year warranty (and in it is two years) and are supplied through official sales channels to dealers for sale. In general, everything is OK for them. I already wrote about such devices - in the comments there are a lot of interesting things directly on the topic of this article.
Important! On the new original, real, factory (call it what you want) iPhone - the fingerprint sensor will always work. Is always. If during the sale it is indicated that the device is new and from the factory, but the scanner does not work for it, they are lying to you.
But the iPhone without Touch ID (also supposedly officially restored) is a completely different story. Where, and most importantly, what are they collected from? It is very difficult to find out concretely and for certain, but in general terms I’ll tell you now.
iPhone with a broken scanner - what is it and where does it come from?
So, we have found out that such devices are not produced by Apple, so where do they come from? Everything is very simple, these are ordinary used gadgets, only assembled from several devices. So to speak, "restored" by various craftsmen. A little more detail, for example:
You have several iPhones with different breakdowns - one does not have a display, the second is flooded with water, the third is doing well, "only" the motherboard is broken. You take all three, combine, parts of which you do not have enough to buy from the Chinese - here you have a "refurbished" iPhone.
It is clear that options are possible, but in general terms it looks like this.
And why the fingerprint scanner does not work for these iPhones, is it difficult for the Chinese to fix it? Yes, it's hard, and this is connected with this:
The motherboard and Home button (where the sensor is located) for one particular iPhone (the official one coming out of the factory) is one piece. If you substitute a button from another phone, the sensor stops working. This is done so that no one can jailbreak your iPhone simply by connecting another button to it. Safety and security above all!
This link can only be “broken” at the Apple plant, which is what they do in the production of officially refurbished iPhones - where, I repeat, absolutely everything works.
Pros and cons of an iPhone with a broken Touch ID - can you buy one?
If you have not yet decided whether or not to buy such a device, then here is a list of the positive and negative aspects of such an event. Let's start with the cons. So, if the scanner does not work, then this means:
- What the iPhone figured out exactly - it is not known by whom and how.
- It is also assembled from what is not clear - spare parts can be both original and "Chinese".
- Considering the two previous points, even if now everything is working in it (except for the sensor), it is still a "time bomb" - any component of such an iPhone can malfunction and stop working at any time.
- Inability to use Apple services tied to a fingerprint (the same Apple Pay). In general, the security of your personal data is at great risk.
Are there any advantages? Yes, there are two of them:
- Price - the cost of an iPhone with a defective scanner is always less (otherwise who will buy them?).
- You may get lucky and come across a good device (more likely no than yes).
Hopefully everyone should now have the right opinion about the advisability of buying an iPhone with a disabled Touch ID sensor. If it didn’t work out, then I’ll tell you: buying such a device is a very big lottery with a minimal chance of winning, but with a huge opportunity to just throw money away.
