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touch id not working

  1. Ibrahem Ahmed

    Touch ID acting really strange

    I've a MBP 2020 running Big Sur, and for some reason the touch ID sensor is not picking up my fingerprint. I only managed to get it work, when touch the sensor on the right far right side. If I just place my finger in the middle of the sensor it wont pick it up. I've tried removing all finger...
  2. A

    My iPhone 6+ drains over 50% overnight

    I’ve been using my phone since mid 2016 and it has served me very well so far. So I recently updated my iPhone to 12.2 and my phone started draining so much overnight. I checked the battery usage and it has nothing running in the background either. My touch ID stopped working as well. I rebooted...
  3. contacthamdi1998

    iPhone HELP! Touch ID Tweaks.

    Hi, I have an Iphone 6s plus and I had to replace the touch ID from another broken 6s plus which had a perfect working Touch ID since mine was broken. It is not possible to activate the touch ID of another Iphone for mine. I have found out from some research that the touch id is linked to the...
  4. S

    Touch ID No Longer Works + Can't Setup New

    Over the last week, I noticed my Touch ID wasn't responding. Kinda brushed it off as a glitch. But today, I had had enough. I deleted the current print and was going to just set it up again hoping it would fix the issue. But to my dismay, it won't let me set up a new. Keeps erroring out. Yes, I...
  5. T

    My MacBook Pro 2016 (or Touch ID) is acting weird

    When I leave my MacBook Pro 13" with Touch Bar sleep when the lid is still opened, this weird thing happens: when I click the power button (also Touch ID sensor), sometimes it unlocks the computer and gets right to the desktop, sometimes it doesn't work, gives me the lock screen with my account...
  6. N

    Apple ruined Touch ID on my iPhone 6 - Screen Replacement in Apple Retail, replaced phone for free

    - Got my phone's shattered screen fixed at the new Apple Store in Brooklyn. - Put on screen protector and case I bought in advance real quick. - Tried registering Touch ID to discover it's now saying Failed on the Touch ID setup. - Software wipe on device/DFU Restore both don't fix this...
  7. frequent reader

    touch id quits working after a few days

    I have a new i-phone 6S and my touch id is does not consistently work. I have entered various fingerprints and each time the latest print works for a short time and then quits; a previous print quits completely. None of my prints will work. I contacted apple support and a senior rep guided me to...