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Touch ID being Erratic

Wife and I got iPhone 5s units at the same time. She has had hit and miss success with touch ID. I am golden with mine, and also hers when I put a finger into her phone data. She is frustrated, and will delete fingerprints and resestablish on her phone. Her finger scan will work for a few times, and then it gets to be like it doesn't recognize her finger (left thumb or right thumb). Is anybody else having some issues like this?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 1, 2013 8:43 PM

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Jul 13, 2015 3:40 AM in response to Dreanmachine1

I have an iPhone 6 and have had constant problems with the Touch ID. When its on it works fine but quite often it wont even recognise that a finger (or thumb) is on the sensor. When I unlock with the code and go to settings I find that the Touch ID has switched itself off in settings and when I try to swipe it back on again it gives the message "Touch ID failed".


Any ideas?!

Touch ID being Erratic

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