I’ve moved from the Google Pixel 4A, which had an excellent fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone, to the 7A.

I won’t sugarcoat it: in my experience the fingerprint sensor, now an optical sensor on the front of the phone, is near useless. It fails to read my finger/thumb print basically ~95% of the time, which means it can’t be used for any account that may lock the user out following ‘x’ unsuccessful login attempts.

I really don’t get why they shipped the feature with the phone given how unacceptably bad it is to use.

Is this a common opinion shared amongst 7A users? Is there something wrong with my phone, or am I missing something? I’d welcome any advice, as I would quite like to get this working reliably.

  • spacedogroy@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I am actually, yes, and to be fair I’d not considered this. 🤔 I guess if it’s the difference between having a scratched screen or a working fingerprint reader, I’d go with the former.

    • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Not the person you replied to, but I think I’ve heard that some screen protectors are meant for the under display fingerprint reader, but I have no experience myself. Might be worth looking into.

      Personally I really don’t know why everyone keeps putting them under the display now. Its more expensive, more involved and expensive to repair, and less reliable… Why would I want that? It feels like a meaningless “shiny” feature to put on the box.

    • Quatity_Control@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I found fingerprint compatible screen protectors for my 6 Pro, no reason you shouldn’t be able to do the same