I miss the physical fingerprint reader on the back. Plus you could program it to pull your notification screen down.
rear fingerprint reader was peak and I don’t know why it went away.
with a rear reader I could grab my phone and it would be unlocked with an index finger before I’ve even lifted it to my face. it was all one smooth motion.
Now, I have to pull it out of my pocket, orient it correctly so my thumb can hit the correct part of the screen, half the time shake the phone or swipe up to wake up the screen to make the reader work consistently, then hold down my thumb for at least a second longer than I would have to with my rear reader.
dumbest so called “advancement” in years.
Same. It was in the perfect spot, and worked 100% of the time for me.
The in-screen one on my Pixel 6 works maybe 50% of the time, and for whatever reason just hates my right thumb, the one it really needs to be able to read. Even with it saved 5 times.
Pixel 6 Pro worked marvelous for me all the time. I have the 8 Pro now, and now the fingerprint reader is a real mess.
But yeah, the reader on the back was perfect.
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Mine used to work somewhat. Then I got fed up with the errors when unlocking and deleted my finger prints. Now, I get bit with that known bug on Pixel 6 that won’t let you register fingerprints (I tried again when I replaced the screen protector - even with no protector). I gave up on that fingerprint reader and 5G on this phone. It still works overall so I refuse to replace it for another year or two.
I sort of had the opposite experience. My pixel 5’s fingerprint reader worked about 20% of the time. It was so bad. I’ve actually had a much better experience with the Pixel 7’s in-screen one. It’s probably 90% successful. Before my Pixel 5, I had a OnePlus 6, and that one was like 99% successful.
I did prefer the location on the back, though.
I used to work on diesel engines. I’d end up with different looking fingerprints all the time from grease, oil random little cuts, etc. I’d hope this tech is better able to discern fingerprints from noise. It was a little annoying.
It might not be. If your fingerprints are physically changing, then an accurate scanner should not recognize a fingerprint that’s changed after the fact. If anything you’re looking for a less accurate scanner to help with this issue. But a less accurate scanner could let others in your phone too.
A family member is a massage therapist and no fingerprint reader has managed to recognize their fingers. Not even the old capacitive types in the rear. They don’t even recognize there’s a fingerprint present. It’s like tapping with a wiener.
1.) Used to be a dishwasher and even the government had a hard time getting my prints.
2.) A wiener (that’s attached to a human) can actually be used and make a recognizable print on a fingerprint reader. (Not recommended for daycare workers.)
Now I wanna set up my phone to accept my wiener.
Don’t let your dreams be dreams.
If my dreams can’t be dreams, they can’t be anything. Reality doesn’t support what matters to me.
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The tech has been in Samsung phones for several years, and is good enough that one’s fingerprint will read through vinyl gloves if they aren’t too scrunched up. It’s fast and decent.
Does make me wonder though, it’s a Qualcomm tech. Does that mean Google is finally going back to Qualcomm chips? The pixel modems have been trash ever since they left.
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That’s exactly why I’d hope an ultrasound would ignore things like color difference. I wouldn’t expect it to ignore cuts without an ai component.
Hmm, for your use case face unlock should be more reliable.
If you thought my hands were dirty…
What if you used a part of your palm instead of a finger?
I solved the problem by getting a better job, but at the time, it wouldn’t have helped. Same problem. Swimming in motor oil.
I’ve done so much work with my hands. I thought something was wrong with my phone, my partner walked up finger on phone, opens immediately. Me, half the time I need to use the code because the fingerprint doesn’t work.
Exactly. I used to register my off hand, as that was a little less likely to get damaged.
The problem is I’m prone to accidents so my non dominant and has scars from cutting myself.
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This thing is so ugly… What’s with the GIANT extended camera bar?
At least it’s level on a table because of the bar
I preferred when it was a full squared stripe instead of trying to round the edges. Own it if your going to do that.
(As previously mentioned, it allows them to have some of the best phone cameras and let it sit flat on a table)
They rounded it on the wrong axis
I bought a Samsung S24 recently but sold it because of the terrible ultrasonic fingerprint reader. I guess I have too dry thumbs or something. Using lotion helped for a few hours at a time but I’d rather not use lotion all the time because of my phone. Tried a few tricks like registrering my prints twice etc. but no dice. Meanwhile the old optical reader on my old phone Moto G84 worked perfectly.
So my experience from this is that ultrasonic is not always better.
The ugly trick is to wipe your thumb on your greasy forehead before using it. Gross, but works.
If the size of the pixel 9 is good I’ll upgrade. Other than that I’m good.
You’ll be able to get the “Pro” in both big and small sizes this time
Comparatively though the pro and regular size of the 7 do not give me hope. The 8 is fine but I haven’t been reading up on the 9 rumours yet.
whatever the 7a has unlocks better with a blue disposable glove than bare hand
All I know is the one on my 7a is absolute garbage.
Is this the same sensor they use on their pixel tablet?
