Q: Notes Touch ID lock not working across iOS devices?
Since iOS 9.3, when you have Touch ID for locking/unlocking notes available on MULTIPLE iOS devices, there is this inconsistency on Touch ID unlockability: you can't always unlock your notes with Touch ID -- only the one you created directly on that particular device.
However, since Touch ID unlocks ALL locked notes simultaneously, I don't see the reason why some notes won't be able to unlock with Touch ID directly. Touch ID option will appear only on notes created locally (even though those notes are stored in iCloud, in the same folder as other notes where Touch ID will work an unlock locally created, and locked, notes as well).
It sounds a bit confusing, so let me be more concrete:
Have two iOS devices, say iPhone and iPad.
1. Create a locked note #1 with Touch ID on an iPhone.
2. Create a locked note #2 with Touch ID on an iPad.
3. Try to unlock note #2 on iPhone. Now, the prompt will NOT have Touch ID option -- you can type in password only.
4. Try to unlock note #1 on iPhone. Here, because #1 is created right on the iPhone, Touch ID option appears. But then it unlocks #1 as well, simultaneously, so I don't see why I shouldn't be able to unlock #1 with Touch ID in the first place.
Touch ID should work universally on any locked notes on iOS devices (if enabled), no matter where the note was created. Anyone currently experiencing the same issue?
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.2
Posted on Jun 25, 2016 10:53 AM
