Fingerprint unlock iPad

Egon · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:34

Hey folks,

Just upgraded the flagging iPad 3 to an Air 2 and I'm find the unlock process to be unnecessarily long. At the minute, if I pick the iPad up and the screen is both locked and asleep I have to press the home button to wake it up, then leave me finger there to unlock it, then press the home button again to get to the apps screen.

Is this really all necessary? Can't I just hold my finger there and have it all that in one go like I do on my phone? My phone is Android, hence why I'm not familiar with this process on iOS.

Ta.

The_Abyss · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:05

https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/14/ios-...-change-is-setting-on-touch-id-iphones-ipads/

Feek · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:12

^^^ accessibility settings.

Egon · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:32

Thanks guys. Still need to press the home button to wake, but that's much better.

Soootylad · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:32

A bugbear of mine it that when you switch a device on, a thumbprint isn't enough, it needs a password/passcode first time round...

Surely a fingerprint is as good as it can get so why the password?

ajf · 6 Jan 2017 at 16:37

I'm sure with my iPad, I press the home button to wake and then it automatically unlocks after a second in just one action.

Re the password at startup, isn't this down to American law that allows Police to require you to submit physical evidence, but not something committed to memory?
Same reason that after so many days, even a powered on device sometimes prompts for the password.

Egon · 6 Jan 2017 at 21:18

Exactly, you need to press. Then hold for a second.

I'm used to just touching the sensor on my phone... It's near instantaneous.

Caged · 7 Jan 2017 at 13:54

Soootylad said:
A bugbear of mine it that when you switch a device on, a thumbprint isn't enough, it needs a password/passcode first time round...

Surely a fingerprint is as good as it can get so why the password?

It's so that you can power your device off if you're travelling through security / talking to police and can't be forced to unlock it.

Soootylad · 8 Jan 2017 at 19:28

Caged said:
It's so that you can power your device off if you're travelling through security / talking to police and can't be forced to unlock it.

What, really?

Combat squirrel · 8 Jan 2017 at 20:10

Caged said:
It's so that you can power your device off if you're travelling through security / talking to police and can't be forced to unlock it.

Soootylad said:
What, really?

Yup, if you think about it a fingerprint reader is really insecure because you can be easily forced to unlock something, you can't as easily force a pin code out of some one.

pepp77 · 8 Jan 2017 at 20:17

Combat squirrel said:
Yup, if you think about it a fingerprint reader is really insecure because you can be easily forced to unlock something, you can't as easily force a pin code out of some one.

yep, its much easier to chop someones thumb off that to get them to say 4 numbers

Combat squirrel · 10 Jan 2017 at 12:12

pepp77 said:
yep, its much easier to chop someones thumb off that to get them to say 4 numbers

Why would you chop thumbs off? Just put the phone on their thumb by force, if someone legally or illegally wanted access just hold their arm and force the thumb print reader under the thumb... Much easier than getting someone to talk.

hawky525 · 10 Jan 2017 at 13:35

pepp77 said:
yep, its much easier to chop someones thumb off that to get them to say 4 numbers

Err lol!