Q: IOS 10 Update - Passcode & Fingerprint Disabled
Has anyone else updated to the new IOS10?
I'm running a new iPad Pro 9.7 128gb
I just updated to IOS10
Once finished, I went through the new Welcome.
my iPad locked after leaving it for a minute, I then went to unlock it, it said click the home button to open
no passcode or fingerprint scan required.
I went into settings and checked the passcode option, it is enabled. (it asked me for the passcode to access this feature)
I saw the fingerprint scans, they were still there.
I then deleted both fingerprints and deleted the passcode.
I restarted my iPad and then went back into settings and enabled passcode and added fingerprints
i locked my iPad.
I then pressed the home button to turn it on so i could unlock it.
it then said press the home button to unlock, no passcode or fingerprint scan required.
Is this an issue that has been overlooked on the new IOS10?
iPad Pro, iOS 10
Posted on Sep 14, 2016 10:20 AM
NickL76 wrote:
it then said press the home button to unlock, no passcode or fingerprint scan required.
Is this an issue that has been overlooked on the new IOS10?
If you think that there's a security problem here, that's not the case. When you click the Home button it is reading your fingerprint to unlock. You can prove this to yourself by doing the same steps, but use a non-registered finger to click the Home button.
Also, new in iOS 10 is this requirement to click the Home button to initiate the fingerprint scan. Before, if your iPhone was locked but the screen was on you could unlock it by just resting your finger on the Home button. In iOS 10 the default is for you to click the Home button, even though the screen is already awake. You can change this behavior in Settings, go to Settings> General> Accessiblity> Home Button> Rest Finger to Open> ON. Doing this will make unlocking behave more like iOS 9.
Posted on Sep 14, 2016 11:19 AM