Yes, it does. What I was trying to say is that I have more luck with my print being recognized if I press the power button than if I press the home button. I hope that's clearer.
On 2/4/16, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Ok, if my 5s is locked, I still need to press the power button but that's a > quick press. When the phone opens then I need to touch the sensor to unlock > my phone. Alternitivly I can use the on screen key pad to type in my 4 > character pass word but why bother. Now if my finger is sticky or dirty, > the finger print reader might not work in which case I then just manually > type my 4 digit code in. Does that help any? > > > Alan > > Sent from my iPad Air > >> On Feb 4, 2016, at 7:29 AM, Kimber Gardner <kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> So if your phone is locked and you place your finger on the home >> button, it unlocks without you having to press the home button or >> anything? >> >> Because I have to press either the home button or the button on the >> side to unlock the phone regardless of whether I use the fingerprint >> or enter the passcode. The pressing of some button has to come first. >> >> I guess I'm not understanding either. <g> >> >>> On 2/4/16, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> I'm not quite sure I understand what your doing. All I need to do on my >>> 5s >>> when my phone is turned on is to place my index finger on the home >>> button. >>> No pressing it, no moving my finger around. I just hold my finger on >>> the >>> sensor and it only takes a second or so to read it. My index finger is >>> usually clean. I know some people are eating snack food and such and >>> get >>> poor results with the finger print sensor. I figure if they can't figure >>> it >>> out for them selves that that's probably not a good idea then maybe an >>> iPhone isn't for them. Rarely do I have a problem opening my 5s and when >>> I >>> do, it's usually because my finger is not clean. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> Sent from my iPad Air >>> >>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 3:37 AM, Kimber Gardner <kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> In light of our recent discussion of the fingerprint recognition on >>>> the iPhone I have something interesting to report. I've been doing >>>> some very unscientific testing with my iPhone 6 and have found the >>>> following. >>>> >>>> When attempting to unlock the phone with my fingerprint, if I press >>>> the lock button on the side of the device while holding my thumb over >>>> the home button, nine times out of ten my print will be recognized and >>>> the phone will unlock. If however, I press the home button to unlock, >>>> the opposite is true and nine times of ten the recognition will fail. >>>> >>>> I don't know what this means but I thought it was interesting. >>>> >>>> Kimber >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kimberly >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>>> or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn >>>> - >>>> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>> >>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or >>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn >>> - >>> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Kimberly >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kimberly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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