In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later…

  • bighatchester@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I miss the back fingerprint scanner. I could unlock my phone as I’m taking it out of my pocket . The in screen one on Samsung phones is really unreliable.

    • tb_@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Being able to swipe down the notifications from that button was a great feature

      • Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        If it’s any consolation, “one handed mode” (at least on pixels) has an option to let you bring the shade down by swiping down on the gesture bar

        Swiping down on the fingerprint scanner was my favorite thing on my pixel 5, for checking notifications or fidgeting with it! I was a little bummed when I eventually upgraded, but found that and it works relatively well

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          2 days ago

          On my pixel 6A you can bring down the notifications but double tapping the back of the phone, which is pretty neat.

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            2 days ago

            Back tap is pretty sick, I have it set up to trigger my flashlight

            How are the false positives when using your phone and the notification shade? Sometimes I’ll get false positives holding my phone resting against a hard surface and blast whatever’s behind it

    • vxx@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      My sensor is on the button that turns on the phone, and it’s on the right side where the thumb is placed anyway. You press it, phone turns on and you can enter the passkey, you slide your thumb over it, you unlock the phone directly.

      I have it deactivated though. There’s no need to store my fingerprint anywhere to save 1.5 seconds.