Does anyone else see a bright burst of light when using Fingerprint touch i.d?

ℹ Hi Guys,

I have been reading your posts and am happy to report a possible solution.

Short story - Move unoriginal apps (not apple friendly) to the 2nd page and/or away from area where blast of white light appears ( I think it's just the app taking a while to load when unlocking with Touch ID)

Long story -

So I had been suffering from the burst of White Light in the top left hand corner of my screen and, like you a little piece of my died when I thought that there was a fault in my new sparkly 5s Gold. I immediately made an appointment with an apple genius to get to the bottom of it all.

They swapped my brand new baby for a 2% recycled phone. Not complaining, there were not scratches ect.

Low and behold, when I got home and downloaded the back-up, the white flash continued.

I returned today to find out what the **** was going on (thinking this was a common issue with iphone 5s') and so the apple genius, once again swapped my new phone with a third phone. This timewe restored to original settings to see if it works, but found no issue unlocking with touch id using factory settings.

LOW AND BEHOLD when i got home and downloaded my back-up, the problem happened again. With the deep want of not having to return to the apple store I did some research and discovered that if certain apps (that are not apple original - from when you first got the phone) are in that area, they just take a bit longer to load when unlocking with touch ID - ergo the blast of white light!

I simply moved certain apps to the second page and the problem disappeared.

Wahhoooooooo - time for a party!

Thanks,

Navita Vashi

HIi

yes i have the same proplim

so what i have to do?

Problem - a line of 4 folders at home screen.
Solution - Move one folder to other page of screen or position in same screen.

Title: Burst of White Light on iPhone 5S and iPhone 6

Description:

On unlocking the device with Touch ID a burst of white light is produced from the Top Left/Right corners of the screen.

It happens when more than two folders are created i.e three/four folders each having some applications and the phone is locked while on the same screen.

If no folder or maximum two folders are created then no such burst is produced when unlocking with Touch ID.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Configure Touch ID

2. Use Black/Dark wallpaper on Home & Lock Screen.

3. Create minimum four folders either on the home screen or the second having some applications in each.

4. Being on Home Screen lock the phone.

5. Unlock with Touch ID and a Burst of White Light will appear on Top Left/Right Corner.

6. Now move/drag two of the folders to the other second page.

7. Go back to Home Screen and lock the phone.

8. Unlock with Touch ID and there is no Burst of White Light.

OR

Repeat step 1 and 2 as listed above.

1. Go to the second screen (after home screen) and create three or four folders with applications in it.

2. Lock the iPhone while on the same screen.

3. Unlock with Touch ID and there is a Burst of White Light.

4. Now drag or remove the folders with only two left.

5. Lock the iPhone while on the same screen.

6. Unlock with Touch ID and there is no Burst of White Light.

NOTE: If iPhone is LOCKED and UNLOCKED when on the screen with no folders NO WHITE BURST is there.

Problem Since:

Burst of White Light when apps added to a folder and unlocked with Touch ID. This is noticed since the update iOS 7.0.6 [11B651]

Devices:

The burst of light on iPhone 5s is easily recognized but on iPhone 6 its for a fraction of a second. Not checked on iPhone 6+.

Just got my new I-phone 6s and was having the same flashing problem on upper right side of phone while unlocking with print ID and while closing down apps like the calculator and weather.com app. Brought phone back and they replaced it with new one but still has same issue. After tinkering with it I have found a few other ways to stop it.

1- This (at least on my phone) only happens in zoomed mode, if you use standard mode it does not happen. To check if it is zoomed go to settings/display&brightness and tap View under the Display Zoom header and change to standard mode.

2- If you want to use zoomed mode, then go to settings/general/accessibility/reduced motion, and turn it on, this will stop the flash you see. And as a bonus it will save some battery life!

I had the same issue with the bright light, but mine was on the upper right hand corner. I did what you suggested (replace folder for individual app) and it worked. Thanks dude!

If you have an app with a white icon just move it to another place on the screen and the white flashes will stop when unlocking your phone with the Touch ID