Touch ID doesn't work after iOS 7.1 Update

Tried this method, its works

the problem is in my country there is no apple store, only apple premium reseller, and they didnt just replace the phone. sometimes we got the phone (whether it has been repaired or replace with another unit) months later.

The TouchID-Software has been changed and maybe parts of the proximity-sensoring where tweaked to lower tolerances. Funny as it may sound, my toes (usually slightly cooler than my fingers) work 100%, no matter what temperature the Device itself has while using my fingers fails once their temperature rises a little in the afternoon.

Of course the hardware plays a role in here since there are of course production tolerances but I guess the temperature is the right trail here. Maybe Apple wanted to avoid "hacks" like the one issued by the CCC, where people took a latex print of a finger to unlock the phone and went a bit too far.

It is even more amazing that people think this issue can be solved by spamming the same message over and over again. Sensors are underlying slight tolerances and using them means their information has to be interpreted respecting that. I am sure Apple will fix that issue but until then a temporary solution is to try and use other areas like i.e. the side of a finger joint (wich is slightly cooler than the fingertips) instead of running into a store to get a new hardware that could also fail if the calibration would be changed in the other direction.

I have the same problem , rebooting ,deleting my stored fingerprints , trying to add nee fingerprints

But nothing is working !! It looks like the sensor is not reading anything at all !! :'(

I think I found the solution guys !!! I just shut down my iPhone for 2 hours, and then restarted it and it worked perfectly !!!!

I tried your method but it didn't work for me

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html <-- Use this and tell them!

I'm having the same problem!!!

I'm from Brazil, and last year I bought my i phone 5s in Orlando. Until today everything was alright with the Touch ID. But last friday I updated the IOS to 7.1, and today it just stop working completely. I removed the fingerprints that was register e tried to register new ones, but it didn't work. I try to register e nothing happen! Simply doesn't work anymore. I won't restore the cellphone because people are saying that it doesn't work either. If someone knows how to solve this, help us, or APPLE say something about it!!

I live in Brazil.. I'll have to go to USA juts to go to an Apple Store to change my cellphone?? I don't think so! It must have another solution!!

I am also having the same problem and I live in Brazil, already tried everything but nothing worked, Apple help us

I realized that when putting the iPhone on a table or something flat it unlocks the touch id

OMG.. a little dampening on the finger seemed to work!!!

Nevermind.. stopped working again. UGH

Adding my name to people with 5s upgrade to 7.1 and touchid not working. Click on setup and immediate failed message.