How to enable fingerprint on iPhone 6. How to properly set up Touch ID function
Some users and potential buyers mobile devices iPhone and iPad don't know what it is Touch ID, what it is for and how to configure it. Let's explain - Touch ID is a touch module built into the button that can scan (as well as read) your fingerprint, so the phone recognizes its owner and unlocks the screen to access the home screen.
Well, you understand, basically this fingerprint scanner button serves as protection for the iPhone or iPad, while replacing the password on the lock screen. You can also use your fingerprint to purchase media content in iTunes Store.
Not all iPhone and iPad models have a Touch ID sensor built into the button. Starting with the iPhone 5s and higher, Apple-branded phones began to be equipped with a fingerprint sensor. The list of models without Touch ID is below:
How to enable Touch ID fingerprint on iPhone
In order to put a fingerprint on your iPhone, which will be requested every time it is unlocked, you need to click on the Settings application:
By enabling Touch ID, you can unlock your iPhone or iPad using your fingerprint
Above are your fingerprint recognition screens for logging into your iPhone. But if you go into Touch ID settings and turn on iTunes Store and App Store, then the fingerprint can be used instead and when purchasing applications, music, videos, etc. In the same settings, you can add fingerprints of those you allow to use your iPhone.
Touch ID is a technology that first appeared in the iPhone 5S, used as an additional security option for the operating system iOS systems and a means of user identification. The essence of this technology is that a special biometric sensor is built into the Home button, which allows you to read the user’s fingerprints and use them instead of a password to access the phone, as well as to make purchases in the App Store and iTunes Store.
As mentioned above, Touch ID was first introduced in the iPhone 5S, but it is expected that this year the biometric sensor will appear in new iPad Air and iPad mini, and, of course, in the new generation of iPhone, which is expected to appear in the second half of 2014. At the same time, most likely, the new devices will also use a new generation of the Touch ID 2 sensor with improved recognition technology and, possibly, support for additional functions.
How to set up Touch ID
If you just bought a device, then by going through the standard activation procedure when you first start it, you can immediately tune Touch ID. To register a fingerprint and enter it into the Touch ID database, you need to perform a few simple steps. Let us immediately note that the device can store up to 5 fingerprints, which are stored in a special memory compartment of the central processor.
1. Before immediate setting up Touch ID, we recommend that you thoroughly wash your hands and, most importantly, your fingers, and also thoroughly wipe the Home button on the device, because... It is the Touch ID sensor that is built into it. Only after this you can start setting up.
2. Before setting up the Touch ID sensor, you need to come up with and enter a four-digit number, or complex password. It will be prompted if Touch ID fails to recognize your fingerprint.
3. Hold your iPhone the same way you normally hold it when pressing the Home button. Place your finger on the Home button and hold it until you feel a slight vibration or until the system tells you that you can remove your finger. Don't press the button too hard, just tap it lightly.
3. After the initial scan, the recognition system will ask you to change the position of your finger to complete the scan. Hold the phone as usual and touch the edges of your finger so that the system can fully recognize the fingerprint.
How to set up Touch ID if your device is already activated
You can configure the Touch ID sensor and save fingerprints in the processor memory, if the device is activated, through the main settings. To do this, go to Settings and select "Touch ID and password" in the main menu. Next you need to select “Fingerprints”. Then the system will offer the procedure for registering and saving fingerprints already described above.
Use Touch ID instead of entering a password and for App Store purchases
Once you've set up Touch ID and stored your fingerprints in your iPhone's processor, you can use your fingerprint to unlock your device (instead of entering a password) and as a means of authentication when making purchases in the App Store and iTunes Store.
To unlock your iPhone using Touch ID, wake up the device from sleep mode by pressing the power button or home button. After that, gently move your finger to the Home button without pressing it, and the phone will unlock.
If Touch ID fails to recognize the fingerprint within three attempts, you will be prompted to enter the password that was set when touch settings ID. It is also worth noting that the Touch ID sensor is disabled and a password is required if:
1. The device turned on after rebooting
2. More than 48 hours have passed since the device was last unlocked
3. You want to go to the "Touch ID and password" item in the device settings
To use Touch ID as an ID account Apple ID(to make purchases and downloads in the App Store and iTunes Store), you need to go to settings, select "Touch ID and password" and activate the "iTunes Store, App Store" item there.
Gently place your finger on the Home button and the purchase will be completed. Please note that you will be prompted to scan your fingerprint every time you try to download content from the App Store or iTunes Store. If the sensor fails to recognize the fingerprint within 5 attempts, you will be prompted to enter your Apple ID account password.
How to improve Touch ID performance
Some users using the Touch ID sensor have complained that the system does not accurately recognize their fingerprints. There is a couple simple ways to increase the accuracy of identifying your fingerprint using Touch ID.
1. Touch ID processor memory can store up to 5 fingerprints. To make recognition of the finger used to unlock the device more accurate, you can do the following: assign the same fingerprint to different memory slots. That is, in essence, you need to “scan” one finger several times, as if they were different fingers. Thus, the accuracy of your fingerprint recognition can increase to almost 100%!
2. Keep the Home button clean so that it is free from dust or moisture. The accuracy of fingerprint recognition directly depends on the surface of the sensor, so, naturally, if there is grease, dust or dirt on it, the accuracy of fingerprint recognition is noticeably reduced.
3. Check that you have installed it on your device latest version software - Apple can make changes and improvements to the built-in iOS functions at the software level. So, for example, in iOS versions 7.1.1 officially introduced improvements to Touch ID, making fingerprint recognition more accurate and smoother.
After updating the software, we recommend deleting all registered fingerprints and adding them again to make Touch ID as accurate and convenient as possible.
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4 comments to the article "How to set up Touch ID on iPhone 5S, iPad Air 2 and later"
It's quite safe. No matter how much we played with activating the iPhone using the fingerprint even left on the film, and then applying it, the iPhone was never activated.
Yes, the code helps to unlock your iPhone if for some reason you cannot unlock your iPhone using your fingerprint. It's good that the security system is so duplicated. It happens that Touch ID stops working due to damage and then the ability to unlock via a passcode is very good decision. And remember, I write everything down on pieces of paper and keep it in one place, and I advise you to do the same and keep it in a designated place.Andrey, for me, as an engineer, your words are like a song! After all, we have to repair iPhones from different owners =)
For even more protection, you MUST put a PIN code on your SIM card and turn off notifications on a locked device. Then the iPhone’s protection will be at its maximum.
This feature makes me absolutely delighted, cool! But I’m a little worried whether I can be one hundred percent sure that the system recognizes only my fingerprint. And if, for example, my hands are dirty, the system will prompt me to rescan? I read that there are 5 attempts. Well, you also need to remember the password or write it down on a piece of paper and carry it with you ((
A very convenient feature. Although it resembles the work of criminologists, in essence it provides very powerful protection, because each person’s fingerprints are strictly individual. And the fact that you need to keep the Home button clean for more accurate and better fingerprint recognition is another compelling argument that you need to keep your gadget clean)
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Apple has been successfully using the Touch ID biometric sensor in its devices for several years to protect users’ personal data. To prevent this system from malfunctioning during operation, we have prepared some practical tips for you.
The Touch ID fingerprint scanning system has become one of the main features of the iPhone 5S and still delights users of phones and tablets from the Apple company. Using your fingerprint, you can unlock your phone, pay in the App Store or iTunes, and recently the biometric sensor works in conjunction with Apple Pay and other applications, including those from third-party developers.
From time to time, Touch ID users encountered minor problems - smartphones refused to recognize their fingerprints. For some time, the reason was, which Apple promptly corrected. However, this was not the only problem.
Despite all the reliability and modernity of the biometric sensor in iPhone smartphones 5S/6/6 Plus, as well as in iPad tablets Air 2 and new iPad Mini 3, periodically and this miracle of technology fails. We decided to figure out why problems with recognizing the owner’s fingerprint may arise and how they can be eliminated.
When turning on and setting up Touch ID for the first time, the smartphone prompts the user to place a finger on the sensor several times and does this for a reason. The thing is that when using a smartphone, you do not place your finger at a right angle, or your finger may not be completely clean, wet, and so on. The system specifically asks you to move your finger over the surface of the reading sensor when setting it up. However, even this standard procedure, conceived by Apple to improve the performance of Touch ID, does not always save users.
Therefore, inquisitive minds around the world quickly came up with a simple and quite reliable way on our own to improve and speed up the operation of the biometric sensor in Apple technology. To make Touch ID recognize your fingers faster and more accurately, simply make several copies of the same fingerprint. Touch ID allows you to add up to five fingerprints, and even if you've added both thumbs and index fingers to the database, you'll still have one free slot where you can add a copy of the fingerprint you think you'll use more often. Thanks to this simple operation, the accuracy of Touch ID increases by 60-90%, in proportion to the number of copies of one fingerprint.
Another simple way to improve the performance of a biometric sensor is the so-called. To do this, you need to go to the security settings, enter your password and simply alternately place your fingers entered into the sensor base. At the same time, the system determines which fingerprint you are currently “training” by highlighting it in gray. If you do this procedure for each fingerprint several times in a row, the accuracy and performance of Touch ID will increase.
When entering your fingerprints into the phone's memory, try to do it as naturally as possible, as if you were picking up the phone in order to unlock it or do some other familiar action, and not to send a perfect copy of your fingerprint to the CIA.
If the Touch ID sensor remembers data about your fingerprints under field conditions as close as possible, then it will also perceive them in real life it will be much better. Therefore, feel free to place your finger on the biometric sensor in a way that is convenient for you, at any angle. The stability of your fingerprint perception and the accuracy of Touch ID will only benefit from this.
A small but practical tip for Touch ID users: touch the metal edge of the Home button with your finger when scanning your fingerprint. In this way, the sensor will receive from you the most complete picture of the identification fingerprint and will be able to more accurately and quickly recognize the “finger” offered to it.
Well, last but not least, advice to Touch ID users. Perhaps the most banal and obvious, but at the same time important - wash your hands and keep the Home button itself with the sensor located in it clean. If you're having trouble identifying your fingerprint, start by simply wiping the front of your phone and the button itself.
The layer of dust and grease that accumulates on the surface of the biometric sensor, which is invariably present on our fingertips, makes it difficult for Touch ID to properly scan your finger. Therefore, do not hesitate to wipe the button more often, and keep your hands clean, this will be useful not only for Touch ID, but also for your health.
Every user of Apple smartphones and tablets equipped with a fingerprint scanner will agree with me that getting used to this new feature it was not difficult - it is so harmonious, simple and convenient. For example, I’m so used to Touch ID that when I pick it up iPod Touch For some time I just keep my finger on the Home button and wait for the player to unlock, without thinking at all that there is something missing in this device. Apple were not pioneers, but their solution was so successful, convenient and elegant that people instantly got used to Touch ID and now look puzzled at Apple devices that lack this function.
This is why it is very important for users that their biometric sensor works correctly, quickly and accurately. And we hope that with our advice this will be exactly the case.
First of all, it is worth noting the Reachability feature in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which I already talked about in the chapters on software devices. Now the scanner is used not only to read a finger pattern instead of entering a password, but also works as a touch surface, responding to user actions. Double tapping the Home button allows you to slide down the interface standard applications and third-party programs, thereby making it easier to access the buttons at the top of the screen. This function works flawlessly and always on the first try, so a successful experiment can begin the search for new uses for this surface. Firstly, Apple could in the future abandon the mechanical button in favor of a fully touch-sensitive surface, thereby saving some space on the case. Secondly, come up with some other ways to use the scanner, because you can not only touch it, but also swipe it with your finger, which gives at least four more possible actions. For example, you can set it to return to the previous menu level.
The second important change in Touch ID was support payment system Apple Pay. It has not yet been launched, but the features of its operation are already known. To identify the user during payments, it will be possible to use a fingerprint scanner, and the smartphone will transmit an encrypted token via an NFC chip for secure payment for goods or services. Apple has managed to make a truly secure system, since a fingerprint protects more reliably than a four-digit password, and in addition, the device does not transmit information about bank card and other payment information. The only problem is that it’s difficult to even imagine when Apple Pay might be launched in Russia, so that you can evaluate its capabilities yourself, and not be content with theoretical information.
The third innovation related to Touch ID is support third party applications. After iPhone launch 5s and iOS 7, Apple did not allow third parties to access scanner data, which greatly limited its use. Few believed that the situation would change, but Cupertino decided to meet the users halfway. Now, for identification in applications, you can use a scanner instead of entering a password, which is very convenient in diaries and notes, programs for accounting for finances and collecting passwords. The App Store already has software that supports Touch ID, such as Day One, 1Password and Evernote. As for using the scanner in practice, an example is the operation of an application for storing passwords. In the Safari browser, using the 1Password extension, you can quickly fill out logins and passwords for sites, and to avoid entering a complex master password, just put your finger on the Home button. This saves a lot of time and nerves and allows you to expand the audience of users who care about data security, thanks to simplified authorization.
