Screen unlock by fingerprint unavailable

I just received my phone and was trying to set up the fingerprint option to unlock the phone. I was able to add my fingerprints, but it does not give me the option to use it for screen unlock in security settings. Any advice?

Hi there - sorry for the late reply. Please do the following:

  1. Check if you have the latest software version by going to Settings > System > About > Wireless update.

  2. Perform a cache reset.

  3. If that does not fix the issue, then perform a backup and factory reset.

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Thank you Sharad!

With Kindness,

Casey R Brown

I ran into the same issue here regarding fingerprints. All fingerprint related stuff was gone, OS and applications. Support suggested a factory reset, but luckily I found this entry.

Cache reset did it. Everything is working fine again.

Thanks to Sharad for saving my day.

Best regards from Austria,
Robert

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