Fingerprint sensor - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Will the sensor recognize more that one finger? Be nice to have it work with either your left or right 2nd finger.
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I think it can recognize up to five different fingerprints per google account.

Should be a fairly obvious answer...

bloodrain954 said:
Should be a fairly obvious answer...
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I think it's a very good question, especially as most Android users haven't had a phone with a fingerprint sensor before.

geoff5093 said:
I think it's a very good question, especially as most Android users haven't had a phone with a fingerprint sensor before.
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Actually, most android users have...

geoff5093 said:
I think it's a very good question, especially as most Android users haven't had a phone with a fingerprint sensor before.
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Well I've had 3 previous Android phones with a fingerprint scanner. The real question is what happens to that fingerprint if you flash a new ROM? I had a Note 4 that had to be factory restored due to the fingerprint not fully erasing itself and going to another ROM which caused a whole slew of problems including lag so bad that I didn't even want to use my $800 phone....I couldn't even type out a text msg because the keyboard would lag so bad. Look into the Note 4 section of XDA and you'll find people with the problem.... Now I'd like to find out what'll happen to the 6P and 5X in the same regards.

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Source?
This will be my first fingerprint reader device. Besides the clocking in time clock at work.
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Also, my first...

tcat007 said:
Will the sensor recognize more that one finger? Be nice to have it work with either your left or right 2nd finger.
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Check androidheadlines video of the 6p. Shows option to add multiple fingerprints.
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this'll be my first fingerprint device as well.

I wonder if they're using Qualcomm's 3d ultrasonic fingerprint technology. https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/security/sense-id
It's supposed to use a proven form of biometric scanning in the security industry and can work through metal.

first time also.
Coming from a S1->S3->Z3

also first. DROID1/2/3/4, '13 X.

bloodrain954 said:
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Very doubtful.
This will also be my first device with one.

bloodrain954 said:
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also my first fingerprint sensor

My first time as well. I never bothered to jump on the Samsung train.... although I REALLY wanted the Note 4.

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[BUG] Multitouch lost after 12 seconds

A guy from another forum pointed me to this bug.
It starts when you hold two fingers in the screen for more than 12 seconds. Then the multitouch is lost. After a few seconds it fixes itself.
Has anyone noticed this?. Is there any fix or workaround?.
This is terrible for gaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQblG7OxABk
omg same problem here.
i noticed it last night! also noticed video recording does not autofocus...with adeo
Ronaldo_9 said:
i noticed it last night! also noticed video recording does not autofocus...with adeo
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ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
Techcruncher said:
ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
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Right, there are a lot of stand alone cameras that don't have that feature
Yes i noticed this when playing the n64 emulator, i just commented in one of the threads about it lol.
Apparently we have the same digitizer as the Nexus S. Mayb we can get the driver from it?
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ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
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My Evo does.
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OneStepAhead said:
My Evo does.
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I think the point was, most cameras on phones do not have this feature and the Atrix did not have the feature out of the box.
IPhone does as well.
Anyway just tested this the bug is indeed real. This phone just has way too many issues.
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live4nyy said:
I think the point was, most cameras on phones do not have this feature and the Atrix did not have the feature out of the box.
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
A bit off topic but I don't see how the nokia N8 has autofocus considering it has a "full focus" camera, aka fixed focus.
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
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Right, right. I might have been thinking about touch-to-focus...
dinan said:
A bit off topic but I don't see how the nokia N8 has autofocus considering it has a "full focus" camera, aka fixed focus.
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Off topic... but full focus isnt the same as fixed focus. N8 has auto focus and C7, E7 has fixed focus
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I noticed this playing Dungeon Defenders before. Kind of a pain...waiting for some kind of hack/patch
hotleadsingerguy said:
I noticed this playing Dungeon Defenders before. Kind of a pain...waiting for some kind of hack/patch
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Same here it hasn't been that bad just my little guy would stop for a sec and I would have to lift my finger and push the virtual d pad again.
Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
Whipon said:
Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
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as i stated earlier.... i believe the atrix has the same digitizer as the nexus s. So posibly we could get the driver from the nexus s and try it...
Whipon said:
A guy from another forum pointed me to this bug.
It starts when you hold two fingers in the screen for more than 12 seconds. Then the multitouch is lost. After a few seconds it fixes itself.
Has anyone noticed this?. Is there any fix or workaround?.
This is terrible for gaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQblG7OxABk
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OMG I was wondering this while playing MARIO CART 64! You press B to go but you have to use the trackpad and 12 after the race starts, I always come to a stop and everyone passes me
LOL I sound like a dumbass kid now...but seriously, this is very very annoying...
The only work around I saw for Mario Cart was to use the Accelerometer sensor for the trackpad. Which is under Settings>Input Settings then Use sensor as-trackpad.
But this is defiantly an annoyance to other applications too...it really needs to be fixed.
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Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
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its a software thing
lol the more we discover about this phone, the worse it gets

"Fingerprint" screen unlock?!

What with MIUI making lock screens customizable, and the EVO gods somehow automatically knowing what every thread is about without reading them....
How cool, would a lock screen that looked like a "theatrical" biometric scanner, wherein the user need touch and hold where the "scanner" is for a few seconds for the phone to unlock.
Anyone else have any neat lock screen ideas?
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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Yea, but I don't think I can say those here.
Thats already been done on the iphone. In fact there is a few apps like that.
Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
A real fingerprint scanner lockscreen would be too freaky, speaking from a security standpoint. I'm sure the government will issue phones like that some time in the near-future, to safeguard us all from 'terrorism'.
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I don't think the OP was talking about a real fingerprint reader. The Evo's screen isn't capable of capturing that anyway. The idea of an unlock screen that looks like a fingerprint reader does sound kind of cool, although if it worked by just holding your finger in one spot while it "scans," it might be too easy to unlock it by mistake.
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Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
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Yeah I thats the one I thought of. That's like exactly what he's talking about. It pretends to read your fingerprint to unlock your phone. It's kinda cool, but loses its novelty.
decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock&feature=search_result
only works as a ''lockscreen'' if you use a replacement launcher like adw, LPP, etc and choose the launcher as a locked app.
works fairly well after several training photos are taken in all sorts of settings and light, but is just too slow for my tastes... although i am excited too see how much better it gets, as it could be a serious consideration after further development
that's awesome! Thanks for the link! Totally what I was thinking. Face recognition by the camera would be cool too, although my front face camera got spooky 6+ months ago, so I don't know if that would ever work...
decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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This would be very cool. Just improve on the facial lock that comes with the camera and we be good to go.

Nexus 6 has double tap to wake

Nexus 6 imports the double tap to wake up a function so valued by users of the LG G2 + ome confirmed by +Mathew Honan of +WIRED that has got to pick it up and test it.
midan said:
Nexus 6 imports the double tap to wake up a function so valued by users of the LG G2 + ome confirmed by +Mathew Honan of +WIRED that has got to pick it up and test it.
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Nice! Love this feature. Always envious of lg for that. How much does it effect battery life
noticed the nexus 9 has it too on a video i saw.
Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
I hopefully does it, because after getting use to it on my g3, i catch me some times trying to wake my other devices with double tap
I loved that feature on my G2, M8, and now G3...but with my G3 always turning on in my pocket I was ready to be over that feature.
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Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
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"In his hands on, Honan specifically calls out the feature, although some were still left wondering if it could have been a misprint (the Nexus 9 also has tap-to-wake). We reached out to the author where he was able to confirm that yes, this is, in fact, a feature found in the Nexus 6 and was most certainly not posted in error. Boom" -Phandroid
Glad google included this feature. I guess other people just didnt try to tap it?
This is great news!
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Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
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As you can see it is not a mistake to have given the news in preview
Also double-tap to sleep (turn-off)?
Here is the article from Wired. The confirmation is in the comment section.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/
It's a 5.0 feature from what I saw.
Bataga said:
It's a 5.0 feature from what I saw.
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Only in today's day all the major blogs have given prominence to the news
gogol said:
Also double-tap to sleep (turn-off)?
Here is the article from Wired. The confirmation is in the comment section.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/
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Yes! That's even better. I won't even miss my g2 then with the heads up notifications and the double tap to sleep and wake it'll be the features. that I used most. Only thing I'll miss are the nice camera features like burst shot and some of the other effects. And the floating apps and dual app use but I didn't use those as much
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Here's a direct link to the comments where it is specificlly confirmed. Ironically. It's my comment he's replying to.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/#comment-1649047442
I'm not a fan of bringing back dead posts but double tap to wake does not work on the nexus 6, or at least not on mine.
I'm still hoping they included it, just not yet enabled. Or maybe a dev can activate it, especially since it is on the Nexus 9. Key will be if the digitizer and screen are on different power planes so as not to drain battery.
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I'm not a fan of bringing back dead posts but double tap to wake does not work on the nexus 6, or at least not on mine.
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It's been confirmed a while ago that it doesn't have it. There's a commit that removes it specifically.
Good thing its a nexus. We will have the option down the road I'm sure
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It's been confirmed a while ago that it doesn't have it. There's a commit that removes it specifically.
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I hope a Dev can enable it with a new kernel I miss that from my G3
Its only worth enabling if it doesn't completely drain the battery IMO ... and that depends on hardware .. thats the reason why Nexus 5 couldnt really use it ( even after activated by the devs ) because the hardware wasn't right :
It had to keep power to the entire screen rather than just the digitiser, thats why the G3 etc don't drain the battery .. lets hope the Nexus 6 screen is built to supply different power to the digitiser and actual screen

New OTA Moves features are sweet!!

With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.
HeCareth said:
With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.
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Are you describing ambient display?
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shinesthru said:
Are you describing ambient display?
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I believe he's talking about pick up to wake and double tap to wake.
Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?
km8j said:
Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?
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I honestly used links from AndroidPolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...otification-seems-like-an-accidental-rollout/
Downloaded and sideloaded the OTA. I have a Google Store device and flashed over fine.
Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?
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Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?
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I haven't noticed.
Edit:I have noticed that happens. This may be a doze thing
So this works on USA networks?
It works fine on all Pixels with V software. Canada got it early because this fixes a major LTE issues.
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Some are saying this also fixes some of the Bluetooth issues. I haven't seen anyone verify this though.

pie control by coolace (no root)

anyone using this for their note 9 ? i have it install in my Note 9 (exynos duo), everything is good until i click on button on pie control, it take nearly 2-5 second to load apps, is kind of irritating for me, anyone facing this issue ? or i miss out something ?
Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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bjc112 said:
Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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my seem like something go wrong, first click is decent 1 second but second click will take up to 4-5 second to load ...
weird
i love gestures more than other controls
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Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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chacho_2me said:
i love gestures more than other controls
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we don't have good lock in our region.
skabt said:
we don't have good lock in our region.
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pie controls or goodlock? i dont have also.. but i search on google. so far no malware
I JUST started using PIE controls by coolace (due to having seen it on this threat). It is working great so far, no slowdown or hangs or anything.
I am using snapdragon Note 9
Thanks for mentioning the app by the way, I think it might be favorite edge/gesture control now (have tried many)
have a look, wondering this is normal ? but i done nothing on my phone ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFGe1EQDcI&feature=youtu.be
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have a look, wondering this is normal ? but i done nothing on my phone ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFGe1EQDcI&feature=youtu.be
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Which wallpaper is that?
Looks like Maxelus AMOLED live wallpaper
another pie controls app. Works pretty well reminds me of lmt launcher
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Which wallpaper is that?
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AVriANCE said:
Looks like Maxelus AMOLED live wallpaper
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YUP amoled livewapaper ....
btw my is really slow right ?
i found one funny issue with my pie control, if i open pie control in any screen other than home screen, it work perfectly but in home screen it take few second to load, any one have idea what it cause ?
I am actually taking back my recommendation on this app...
more than once I have had it kind of "take over" my screen.
What I mean is, any touch on my screen is attempting to touch something in PIE control (and not actually graphically showing PIE control, btw).
you effectively can't do anything at that point.
Its been a few days since I stopped using it, but I really did pretty exhaustively try to figure out how to stop this.
I really liked this app's "swipe" method instead of pulling the PIE out and having to like hold on a button for a quick sec, this app lets you do it in a smooth swiping motion.
Anyways, ive given up and gone back to onscreen navigation keys.
Every method I have tried (including XDA's navigation) has had some small hangups that eventually have problems working.
And no I haven't reported errors and such in respective threads, I just give up because my "lots of effort into having a hacky phone" days are behind me

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