Hi Robin and Harry,
I seemed to have the same issue until I listened to the last Today in iOS Podcast. Here a listener reported how he discovered that his Touch ID would do the same as you describe, but that in the end he discovered it was user error. I am not saying it totally is user error because there could be something wrong with your specific hardware and of course you would just have to bring the phone to an Apple Store to determine this. Anyhow, this user said that he set up Touch ID by scanning the tip of his thumb and that he also moved it around and so on. Like you he said it worked at first and then it got worse, but he noticed that if he used a part of his thumb a bit further down and not totally the fingertip that it worked much much better. I have since deleted all my prints and rescanned my thumb using 2 of the 5 available prints because he also said that if you do it more it works better which makes sense. Since I have done this and use more the pad of my thumb half way between my fingertip and the knuckle I have had no issues and it works very reliably and fast and, what's more, it continues to work just as well a week later. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harry Bell Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Touch ID only works for a couple of days My touch ID has never worked long for App Store but had always worked to unlock iphone - till yesterday and now no more! So I'm obviously joining a merry band! Harry in UK On 14 Dec 2013, at 17:34, Kathy and Wilda <wi...@nc.rr.com> wrote: I am also having the same issue as well as my husband. I'm sure hoping it will be fixed. Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Christopherson Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Touch ID only works for a couple of days Dear listers I heard on a recent iFive podcast someone saying that this was an issue for them and asking if anyone knew of a solution. It's the same for me too so I was wondering if anyone on this list knew if this was likely to be fixed with a firmware update. I can program in a finger or thumb and it works fine for a day or so then it doesn't work - not even a small percentage of the time - it just never works thereafter until I reprogram and then it works 100% of the time for a day or so. Any comments welcomed, Robin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. 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