Require Passcode ios 7

That's true, but for me, the fingerprint ID doesn't work well and I often (although not always) have to retry it a couple of times, which is frustrating. If my finger is slightly wet, or whatever, it just doesn't work.

I also had this problem. Here is how I got it working.

1. I deleted the passcode and fingerprints.

2. I powered down.

3. When It came back up, I activated my passcode and fingerprints again.

4. I selected 15 minutes for locking.

5. When turned it off and came back on, my auto-lock was now 5 minutes and has stayed that way.

6. Fingerprints and auto-lock both work fine.

Thanks, but I think we can all do that. The problem is the separate "Require Passcode" setting, which only allows the "Immediately" option if you are using Touch ID for unlocking.

Cool cool.

I guess I just don't understand why people are upset about it "immediately" requiring a passcode for everyone that's not them. I mean, if you're not having to type it in, who cares, huh? You just wish the phone didn't have to read your finger every time or that OTHERS wouldn't have to enter your passcode immediately?

I'm having trouble seeing the inconvenience.

Eh well, if my first comment wasn't helpful maybe this one will be:

It's Friday! Have a great weekend everyone!

I am a big apple fan and have purchased almost every product released from Apple tv's to each gen iphone & iPad and a new imac and MacBook Pro annually. This is my first complaint and I consider it major.

When your prompted to have your fingerprint read in the middle of a conference call to access other apps on your phone it's a problem.

Not sure why the passcode when using the fingerprint scan is only available as "immediate" opposed to 4-hour for actually keying in the passcode. Sometimes to end a call I even need to run a fingerprint scan to access the end call button. Hope they make a change soon so I can enable this feature again.

If you'd like to help please see if you can replicate the issue on your 5s and post the result.

This happens on iPad too, so not fingerprint thing. Probably your exchange server settings.

Confused as to what this could possibly have to do with Exchange server???? And the whole thread is about fingerprint and requirement for "immediate" authentication after the iphone goes to standby.

If you have a corporate Exchange email account the Exchange administrator can install a security profile on your phone. One of the options in the security profile is a requirement for immediate passcode lock. Others include encrypted backups, long passcodes, VPN connections, etc.

Fine, but I don't have a corporate Exchange account and never have had.

I too was annoyed by this at first, but when you think about it, unlocking your phone with touch ID would be more confusing if it didn't require it every time. If you use touch ID the way apple designed it (by pressing the home button and leaving your finger there for a second), it is quicker than waking the phone with the sleep wake button and sliding to unlock. If you were able to set a time delay for touch ID, you would'nt know whether or not touch ID was working until you woke you phone, and by then you've wasted a second by trying to slide to unlock.

THat's true, but the fingerprint recognition very often does not work first time for me and so it becomes a burden. Maybe I have atypical (non Apple standard) fingerprints? 😉

The problm with this is.

Using Touch ID sets your Require Passcode setting to Immediately. You still have the option of entering your passcode simply by sliding to unlock.

Note: Touch ID cannot be used for purchases if Require Password in Settings > General > Restrictions is set to Immediately.

so basically you can use Touch ID to unlock your phone. or buy stuff, but not both!!? *** Apple.

somoene should be fired over this...

Why would you set a RESTRICTION to Immediately? That is not the same as setting Passcode Lock to Immediately. Presumably if someone other than the regular user set a Restriction requiring a passcode immediately they had some purpose for doing it, and requiring a passcode for purchases is a reasonable extension. This would most likely be used by a corporate security profile where the business wants clear identification of who made the purchase.

If you just enable Touch ID and passcode lock and don't set a Restriction you can use Touch ID for both access and purchases.

This is a huge inconvenience for 5s users. If I turn my display off and then someone texts my 30 sec later I want to be able to swipe the text notification to unlock without trying to get the fingerprint scanner to work. I've just turned the fingerprint scanner off because of this odd restriction. I don't live in an area where someone would grab my phone out of my hands while it's on. I use the passcode lock in case I leave my phone somewhere and it gets swiped. I'm that case a 5-30 minute delay for passcode would protect me. Apple should allow users to set any passcode delay time they desire. Anywhere from immediately to daily would be much more reasonable.

Then maybe you could take the time to let Apple know your thoughts. They do not participate here in the forum. To get their attention, you need to post to the feedback page. Go to www.apple.com/feedback and click on the appropriate link.