Samsung to patch the Galaxy S10’s fingerprint sensor over screen protector concerns 2019
Samsung to patch the Galaxy S10’s fingerprint sensor over screen protector concerns
Samsung says it’s working on a fix
Recently, a launch in The Sun guaranteed that the Samsung Galaxy S10's in-show unique mark sensor has a security blemish. Obviously, certain "gel spread"- style screen defenders can confound the ultrasonic sensor, and on the off chance that you register a unique mark while the spread is applied, at that point the telephone can begin opening itself for anybody's unique finger impression, not simply those you've enlisted.
After at first giving an announcement saying that clients should just utilize "Samsung approved embellishments" with their gadget, Samsung now says it will fix the issue. The organization revealed to BBC News that it is "mindful of the instance of S10's failing unique finger impression acknowledgment and will before long issue a product fix." One Twitter client asserted that the Note 10, which uses a comparable sensor, is additionally helpless to a similar issue.
GLASS SCREEN PROTECTORS CAN ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS
Since the S10 was declared, we've realized that it doesn't function admirably with particular sorts of screen defenders. In a video posted back in February, Marques Brownlee exhibited how the telephone will battle to distinguish a recently enlisted unique mark after you apply a thick glass screen defender. Nonetheless, he didn't have a go at enlisting a unique finger impression after this screen defender was applied, which is the thing that appears to have occurred here. An ordinary plastic defender tried by Brownlee seemed to work fine and dandy.
Samsung's legitimate help site concedes that specific screen defenders can be an issue for the telephone, taking note of that "informal, scratched or filthy screen defenders may make the unique mark sensor glitch." The organization has likewise said that some screen defenders that accompany silicone telephone cases can be perceived close by fingerprints by the telephone's sensor, as indicated by a message in Samsung's help application, Reuters notes.
In case you're stressed over the obvious security chances here, yet you completely need to have a screen defender on your telephone, at that point the least difficult arrangement is to utilize the screen defender that comes pre-applied to the gadget. It may be an essential sheet of plastic that is probably not going to last you a lifetime, however you can generally supplant it when it unavoidably gets scratched. At the point when that occurs, you most likely don't have to go for Samsung's authentic $29.99 screen defender, however perhaps you can purchase something somewhat superior to a £2.70 gel spread from eBay.