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Has anyone had an issue in which TouchID is not accepting your fingerprint?

tvwonder

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I have the most trouble with my left thumb. Happens on my 6S+ and happened on my 6+ as well. I don't remember if my 5S had the same problem or not. It will work for a while when I enter it new but then it pretty much doesn't work after a couple days again. My hands get really dry and cracked so I wonder if that's a problem. Oh well, it's not my primary TouchID finger.
 

khkeet

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Today there has been a few times when I've gone to unlock the phone and it asks me for the unlock code and not taking my fingerprint. After I unlock with the code I can then use the fingerprint, like you have to do after turning the phone completely off but the thing is I haven't turned my phone off at all today. Has anyone else had this problem and do you think I need to do a factory reset? I've only had the phone ten days and haven't had any problems until today.

I teach a class for new iPhone users and I often hear people complain that it doesn't work. Usually we add a new fingerprint and it works fine.