In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later…

    • @bighatchester@lemmy.world
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      2216 hours ago

      I miss the back fingerprint scanner. I could unlock my phone as I’m taking it out of my pocket . The in screen one on Samsung phones is really unreliable.

      • @vxx@lemmy.world
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        27 hours ago

        My sensor is on the button that turns on the phone, and it’s on the right side where the thumb is placed anyway. You press it, phone turns on and you can enter the passkey, you slide your thumb over it, you unlock the phone directly.

        I have it deactivated though. There’s no need to store my fingerprint anywhere to save 1.5 seconds.

    • @czech@lemm.ee
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      2721 hours ago

      Seriously. I’m tired of blinding myself at night when trying to sleepily check my phone. The sensor on the back of my old pixel could also be used to pull down the notification shade which I can’t easily reach with one hand, now, since the screen is so large.

      • JWBananas
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        210 hours ago

        There is a one-handed mode gesture that you can enable. It allows you to swipe straight down on the gesture bar to pull the entire top of the screen down.

        • @czech@lemm.ee
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          29 hours ago

          I use that but it only works from the home screen. If I use the gesture from an app it just interact with the app.

          • SanguinePar
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            34 hours ago

            That’s odd, I can use that gesture from any app. Wonder if it’s phone-specific.

            • @czech@lemm.ee
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              11 hour ago

              I’m using a pixel 8 with graphene. If I try to use that gesture while browsing lemmy with the Sync app, for example, it just scrolls the feed back towards the top.

              I only explain bc I’m hoping I’m using it incorrectly.

          • @Osiris@lemmy.world
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            517 hours ago

            Nope! The 9 is the first pixel that uses Ultrasonic. Its a massive upgrade from the optical scanner in the 7. Legitimately never misses

            • Eager Eagle
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              115 hours ago

              fwiw the optical one in the Pixel 8 I use is pretty good and works better than the ultrasonic of my old Samsung, which was a disaster.

      • @monty33@lemmy.ml
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        419 hours ago

        I forgot about the gesture to pull down the notification bar. The was far superior. I could reach in to my pocket and have the phone unlocked before I even see the screen

      • @Damage@feddit.it
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        219 hours ago

        On the back sucks, with your phone laying on a surface you can’t access the reader… Sony had it right, put it on the side, on the power button

    • @MisterD@lemmy.ca
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      214 hours ago

      If someone can unlock your phone when you are unconscious or dead, it’s only identification. Not authentication