Thank you very much Neil. I'd been scanning it with my finger tips. Kawal.
Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Oct 2013, at 10:44 am, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Kawal, > > Some handy pointers on the finger print reader: > > Firstly, I strongly recommend you add several fingers to use with the sensor, > ones of course that you would typically use to actually press the unlock key > are good choices. > > When you teach the device your finger print remember these two handy tips. > > Firstly, adjust the orientation of your finger each time you get a positive > scan, indicated by a short vibration of the device. For me, I changed the > position and orientation of my finger each time it scanned and moved > orientation between probably up to 270 degrees or so, meaning that the reader > had a good range of samples to get a good overall reading on. > > Next, be sure to scan your actual finger print, and not the tip of your > finger itself. > > It is tempting to jab at the unlock key, effectively pressing it with more or > less the end of your finger, but, this is not your finger print. > > Try when the phone is scanning your finger to lay your finger out flat, with > the nail and tip of your finger pointing towards the top of the device for > each scan. This I found dramatically changed the effectiveness of my readers > performance. > > Finally, the reader seems to have a great deal of trouble if you have even > slightly damp hands, or, have recently washed your hands and dried them, > presumably this is as the drying process has smoothed out your print. > > I also noted that when I use an alcohol based gel to clean my hands that this > destroyed my print for almost a day and the phone would not recognise my > prints for almost 24 hours afterwards, however, it did settle down again > afterwards. > > HTH > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > >> On 14 Oct 2013, at 13:40, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello All. >> >> For those of you who might be using a 5S, does your finger get recognised >> all the time? The second time running within a week since I had the I phone, >> my finger does not get recognised. Is this happening to anyone else? I have >> deleted my finger scan twice. Then re added it and again after a few days it >> can't recognise my finger. If it's only me then I'll contact apple. >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Kawal. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
