Wondering if the fingerprint sensor can be used to sign into the various apps like banking etc. Vs just unlocking the phone.
I've looked around and couldn't find any info...
mpetruzz said:
Wondering if the fingerprint sensor can be used to sign into the various apps like banking etc. Vs just unlocking the phone.
I've looked around and couldn't find any info...
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Yes it can, I use it to sign into my bank account and other privacy apps.
Taebom said:
Yes it can, I use it to sign into my bank account and other privacy apps.
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thanks!! I was just using my pixel to do some banking and got worried for a second haha.
Can't wait to get my 6t next week!!
Taebom said:
Yes it can, I use it to sign into my bank account and other privacy apps.
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Do you think this depends on each app? I got the 6t last night and got everything up and running today. When I need to transfer money on Cash App it normally would give me the option (one my op3) to either input my pin or my fingerprint and now the fingerprint option is gone?
PuTTYMySSH said:
Do you think this depends on each app? I got the 6t last night and got everything up and running today. When I need to transfer money on Cash App it normally would give me the option (one my op3) to either input my pin or my fingerprint and now the fingerprint option is gone?
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Another user last night had issues with his Bank of America and Starbucks app not showing the fingerprint option while my Bank of America app did.
He removed his fingerprints deleted the app re-added his fingerprints and then re-added the app and it fixed his problem.
bp328i said:
Another user last night had issues with his Bank of America and Starbucks app not showing the fingerprint option while my Bank of America app did.
He removed his fingerprints deleted the app re-added his fingerprints and then re-added the app and it fixed his problem.
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Odd, that did it. Appreciate the help.
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Anyone having this problem? I switched my lock screen security over to the fingerprint scanner the other day, and I seem to be having some problems with it. It works ok. Like I can scan my finger, and the screen will unlock, but I keep randomly also getting asked for my alternate password, which is the other way that I can unlock it.
I'll unlock the screen with my fingerprint, then it will ask me for my password. I can hit Cancel, and it will still work fine, or if I enter the password, it takes me to the Lock Screen settings. It also randomly asks for my password if I'm just doing something random, like using Google Maps. And now, sometimes the screen won't even come on, when I wake the device. Black screen, backlighting lights up. What the heck??? Very strange. Please help, thanks in advance
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Did you ever find the solution to this? I'm having this problem too.
wendyn said:
Did you ever find the solution to this? I'm having this problem too.
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Sorry, I forgot that I also posted this on XDA. I'd received some responsed on Android Central.
Are you having all of the exact same problems? Or just some of them? Because I believe that I solved the problem of the phone screen occassionally being black on wake by moving all of my apps off of the SD card onto the device memory.
As for being randomly asked for my alternate password, I believe that this is because of an app called Worx Home that I recently installed so I could check my work email on my phone. I'm thinking it doesn't like having Fingerprint security. Do you have this app by chance? I can't verify this because I can't afford to remove the app.
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It turned out my problem was Touchdown HD app for reading my GroupWise email. My employer requires more secure lock on my phone. Thanks for following up!
wendyn said:
It turned out my problem was Touchdown HD app for reading my GroupWise email. My employer requires more secure lock on my phone. Thanks for following up!
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Ahh, so then I guess that confirms my suspicion about my work email app. Same problem, it wants a different security setting. You're welcome, and thanks for replying!
By the way, if anybody else is having blank screen on wake issues, one other thing I did at the time was uninstall the app Tasker. Not sure if that had anything to do with it, but it was one thing I did.
Just got this device and was shocked to notice there is no breath notification setting for the lockscreen... Is there a work around for this.
jackburtonhero said:
Just got this device and was shocked to notice there is no breath notification setting for the lockscreen... Is there a work around for this.
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I am using NoLED from the play store. It works OK, but not all the features seem to work on the Force. Still I like it better than not having an LED or breathing notifications.
What is "breath notification?" I've never heard that term before.
sn00gan said:
What is "breath notification?" I've never heard that term before.
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On the previous Moto devices with Moto Display, the notifications would "pulse." Meaning until you dismissed the notification, every few seconds, the screen would fade in and out...It was actually a great feature...They probably dumped it to save a little bit of battery life...
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Go into your Moto app. Third option should be "Display". Toggle it on. You can block specific apps from displaying by selecting "Block Apps", as I believe all apps will show by default.
After trying dozens of apps I think I found something that can work. There are several 3rd party lock screens that offer breath notifications but you end up losing the finger print reader function which was a big selling point to me. NoLed worked but you either need to shut off your lock screen or basically have two lockscreens which is kinda a pain.
So I thought maybe I just need to have the phone remind me I have a notification. I scoured the Google play store and came across an application called Recurrent Notification Manager which in my first days use seems to work. You basically tell Recurrent Notification Manager what app to monitor set the time you want the app to be refreshed and it's good to go. Best thing is you can still keep the fingerprint reader and the moto display on with the cool hand wavy thing.
It is a free app but if you want it to monitor more then one app with you have to pay $1.70. Also this app is a bit rough around the edges it's only got a 3.0 rating in the Google play store but everything seems to be working fine on my end.
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After trying dozens of apps I think I found something that can work. There are several 3rd party lock screens that offer breath notifications but you end up losing the finger print reader function which was a big selling point to me. NoLed worked but you either need to shut off your lock screen or basically have two lockscreens which is kinda a pain.
So I thought maybe I just need to have the phone remind me I have a notification. I scoured the Google play store and came across an application called Recurrent Notification Manager which in my first days use seems to work. You basically tell Recurrent Notification Manager what app to monitor set the time you want the app to be refreshed and it's good to go. Best thing is you can still keep the fingerprint reader and the moto display on with the cool hand wavy thing.
It is a free app but if you want it to monitor more then one app with you have to pay $1.70. Also this app is a bit rough around the edges it's only got a 3.0 rating in the Google play store but everything seems to be working fine on my end.
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Did you try my suggestion above?
JonnyXoom said:
Did you try my suggestion above?
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Screen only flashes once that way. I'm looking for continuous notifications until I clear the notifications.
jackburtonhero said:
Screen only flashes once that way. I'm looking for continuous notifications until I clear the notifications.
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In my experience, notifications will breathe until dismissed. Motos running Marshmallow handled these notifications differently than Nougat-based Moto's now do, but it's the same in principle.
JonnyXoom said:
In my experience, notifications will breathe until dismissed. Motos running Marshmallow handled these notifications differently than Nougat-based Moto's now do, but it's the same in principle.
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Verizon updated the Z force to 7.0 and although it says in the moto app that the screen is supposed to flash in and out when you get notifications it just flashes once.
jackburtonhero said:
After trying dozens of apps I think I found something that can work. There are several 3rd party lock screens that offer breath notifications but you end up losing the finger print reader function which was a big selling point to me. NoLed worked but you either need to shut off your lock screen or basically have two lockscreens which is kinda a pain.
So I thought maybe I just need to have the phone remind me I have a notification. I scoured the Google play store and came across an application called Recurrent Notification Manager which in my first days use seems to work. You basically tell Recurrent Notification Manager what app to monitor set the time you want the app to be refreshed and it's good to go. Best thing is you can still keep the fingerprint reader and the moto display on with the cool hand wavy thing.
It is a free app but if you want it to monitor more then one app with you have to pay $1.70. Also this app is a bit rough around the edges it's only got a 3.0 rating in the Google play store but everything seems to be working fine on my end.
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I was able to get NoLED to work. However, when you have a notification on the blank (or maybe lock) screen you have to dismiss it by touching the home button. Once I do that I touch the fingerprint scanner and the phone unlocks. It is an extra touch, but not too bad. I will check out the app you reference above as well.
Smithfolk4 said:
I was able to get NoLED to work. However, when you have a notification on the blank (or maybe lock) screen you have to dismiss it by touching the home button. Once I do that I touch the fingerprint scanner and the phone unlocks. It is an extra touch, but not too bad. I will check out the app you reference above as well.
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That was the exact same experience I had with NoLed. It wasn't awful just another touch to unlock.
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Verizon updated the Z force to 7.0 and although it says in the moto app that the screen is supposed to flash in and out when you get notifications it just flashes once.
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I'm on Verizon and on 7.0. Flashes until I dismiss it.
JonnyXoom said:
I'm on Verizon and on 7.0. Flashes until I dismiss it.
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Are you sure?
JonnyXoom said:
I'm on Verizon and on 7.0. Flashes until I dismiss it.
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Could you please let us know if that happens? You are an onwer of the new lenovo's moto, right? If some verizon's phones has this function, I would like to share your MotoDisplay.apk from the path system/priv-app/MotoDisplay/.
Thank you in advance!
tsoump said:
Could you please let us know if that happens? You are an onwer of the new lenovo's moto, right? If some verizon's phones has this function, I would like to share your MotoDisplay.apk from the path system/priv-app/MotoDisplay/.
Thank you in advance!
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Unfortunately, I no longer own this phone. I posted this nearly two years ago.
Recently i got my One plus 6T but for now i wont root it but i got some important apps on my older Nexus 6P like Google Authenticator, LastPass Authenticator. I was wondering how can I transfer those app'a data to my One Plus 6T without doing root? Any thoughts?
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Just set them up again. I just did that after all other options failed
Anar.Gurbani said:
Recently i got my One plus 6T but for now i wont root it but i got some important apps on my older Nexus 6P like Google Authenticator, LastPass Authenticator. I was wondering how can I transfer those app'a data to my One Plus 6T without doing root? Any thoughts?
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Give OnePlus Switch a try.
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Give OnePlus Switch a try.
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It's not copying app's data as i know
The TMO manual says it will copy some 'appliance' data. That's probably the problem
I already tried and some apps were copied alright, some others not. There were a few ones, mostly financial apps. But definitely it copies data.
Like others said you can use One Plus Switch.
Otherwise, stop being lazy. People will copy over app data and other things from one device to another and then a week later will come on here complaining why something else on the device is glitchy and not working right. I've got over 100 apps. Throw on some headphones and jam some music or throw on the TV and watch some sports while you click each app and do some basic setup. Dedicate the hour or two and get it done once and right and call it a day.
Does anybody know how apps that use your fingerprint to login will be dealing with the situation that there is no longer a fingerprint reader on the pixel?
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Face unlock.
Hi @sic0048,
Thanks for your answer. This is exactly what I presumed. I was wondering if any apps which are now using fingerprints for logging in, will work straight out of the box. Or will the app developers have to program in support for face unlock. In other words will for example banking apps work directly after the pixel4 is released or will one have to wait till these apps (and it is quite a few) are updated.
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I'm not a developer, but my guess is that the unlocking is always handled by the phone, regardless of method. The app is told when it is unlocked, not how. So I suspect it will work out of the box.
nickgd said:
Hi @sic0048,
Thanks for your answer. This is exactly what I presumed. I was wondering if any apps which are now using fingerprints for logging in, will work straight out of the box. Or will the app developers have to program in support for face unlock. In other words will for example banking apps work directly after the pixel4 is released or will one have to wait till these apps (and it is quite a few) are updated.
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The API will probably be a generic biometric check which could be fingerprint, face, voice or whatever. It would be over complicated to specify a particular type, rather that the secure service in Android trusts the process used. There is a section in security for trusted services
An exposed mod allows you to trick all apps into using face unlock. If your OK with rooting your phone then the problem is solved.
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i have a number of apps that unlock with a fingerprint. are these not going to work on the P4?
I think they will ask for face unlock. And maybe you need to touch some button on the display to "start scanning the face" (and this should take 1/3 of a second) and not accidently authorise a purchasing without additional manual action.
As for the apps, they should automatically adapt to this. I don't think is something a dev need to do (unlike the stupid Pixel Visual Core which, afaik, is something devs need to manually add support, and that's horrible implementation for Pixel users).
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i have a number of apps that unlock with a fingerprint. are these not going to work on the P4?
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We'll have an article on the Portal explaining this situation soon.
The apps use a biometric security API, they do not know that a fingerprint reader or face Id was used. It's a trusted service that negotiates and approves a security test. The Android OS provides the security authentication not the app
I'm also pretty curious about this. I had set up most accounts to use long crazy passwords Google suggested becuase I didn't need to know them for my fingerprint scanner to work.
Actually I have a few apps that use fingerprint to unlock and now with the pixel 4 they won't work. 2 bank apps and a password manager. When I open them the fingerprint option doesn't even come up. I have to use a password.
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The apps use a biometric security API, they do not know that a fingerprint reader or face Id was used. It's a trusted service that negotiates and approves a security test. The Android OS provides the security authentication not the app
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That's exactly how I thought it would work. Apparently this is not the case.
All of my bank applications switch to pin code verify, or password depending on the apps capabilities.
If there was an api (didn't check) then either the app devs decided not to use it properly or just plain hacked the bio Auth directly somehow.
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....well at least Google Pay works with FaceID!
MishaalRahman said:
We'll have an article on the Portal explaining this situation soon.
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Could you please post here once this article is up on the portal?
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Could you please post here once this article is up on the portal?
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Here you go: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-users-wait-developers-add-face-unlock-support/