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Fingerprint reader feels very sluggish/weird

Hey guys,
I registrated for this issue, but still I want to thank all of you here. I've found help here for many many years before, so thank you for that .
Now I need to describe my problem to get some help: I've bought my Z1 October last year and suddenly since yesterday the fingerprint reader feels just kinda broken. What I mean is that on Cyanogen OS 12.1 (stock) the fingerprint reader just stopped working completely. I then flashed CM13 (newest nightly) and here it is working, but only when I wake up the phone with the ON/OFF button, and not the home button with the integrated fingerprint reader.
When I use the ON/OFF button everything works perfect, but the home button doesn't work in like 9 out of 10 times. Now I wonder if the fingerprint reader is just broken already or if this is "just" some software issue. But I don't really think that the fingerprint reader is broken, because why didn't it work at all on Cyanogen OS 12.1 but now just not the home screen? I don't know.
Is there any way to test if the fingerprint reader is actually broken? Or another way to fix this? I really, really like the Z1 so far, but this really bugs me.
Thanks in advance .
PS: If this issue was already a topic I'm sorry, i didn't find it. And forgive my english, it's not my mother tongue.

Now that's funny.. exactly the same thing happened to me. All of a sudden, fingerprint reader stopped working yesterday, without having installed an update. When I now try to active fingerprint, it sort of crashes, vibrating for a long time and speeding through the ' fingerprint tutorial' as if I were touching it, which I'm not. This, combined with some random rebooting and crashing. Just did a factory reset and doesn't solve the problem. Not sure whether the reader is broken, but I'm getting pretty fed-up with Cyanogenmod.

Ok that's very interesting. Kinda sounds like it would be a broken update or something, even tho we both didn't install an update. Very strange.
Which OS are you running right now? Is it the same you were running when the issues started? I kinda thought about trying out ZUI, but I've heard it's kinda complicated to get it to work and to go back to CM if required.

running CM12.1. Guess I just wait and see if 13.0 solves the problem.. if they are ever gonna finish that this year. Phone is a lot quicker after the reset btw.. so that is recommendable

Yes, maybe I will try out CM12.1 later today and reply if it worked for me or not. At least CM13 is working like half the time.
Edit: Where can I download the CM12.1 stable? I can't find it on the CM site.

Many people including me are having this problem. We can't find a solution: it's almost one month since fingerprint stopped working.
Home button stopped working too, so I have to use onscreen buttons now. Really frustrated
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simoneser said:
Many people including me are having this problem. We can't find a solution: it's almost one month since fingerprint stopped working.
Home button stopped working too, so I have to use onscreen buttons now. Really frustrated
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OK, that's very strange and very frustrating. Gladly my homebutton is still working. But this sounds like a serious issue. And it sounds like a software issue.
Are you using Cyanogen OS?

I am on cyanogenmod 13. I tried to switch between many ROMs, tried to go back to cyanoOS with QFIL but had the same problem you mentioned (phone fast skipping the initial configuration of fingerprint, or always vibrating)
After some days, home button stopped working too (it works 1 time out of 6-7)
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simoneser said:
I am on cyanogenmod 13. I tried to switch between many ROMs, tried to go back to cyanoOS with QFIL but had the same problem you mentioned (phone fast skipping the initial configuration of fingerprint, or always vibrating)
After some days, home button stopped working too (it works 1 time out of 6-7)
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Damn, that really sucks. I hope this won't happen to my phone too. I was really happy with the Z1 until now, but why tose issues started with so many people now?
Did you think about sending it back?

I don't really know!
Yes, as soon as I'll get a spare phone I'll send it to China (I've ordered it from Gearbest so I will have to wait for months to get it back)
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simoneser said:
I don't really know!
Yes, as soon as I'll get a spare phone I'll send it to China (I've ordered it from Gearbest so I will have to wait for months to get it back)
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Damn, bad news. Well I wish you the best with your Z1!

Hey
I just have an status update if anyone else is having this problem and finds this thread.
After my Z1 having terrible battery life on CM13 I went back to the stock Rom (Cyanogen OS 12.1). Right after I've used the Zuk Z1 root tool (to find here on xda) to go back to stock my phone told me that there is a new official update. Right now I'm running stock Cyanogen OS 12.1 YOG4PAS60J. I've just tried out the fingerprint reader again and now it works without any troubles. So it seems like this was just a software issue.
I will try it out more detailed the next days but for now it works wonderful. I hope this is helpful for someone who is having the same problems.

brotbret said:
Hey
I just have an status update if anyone else is having this problem and finds this thread.
After my Z1 having terrible battery life on CM13 I went back to the stock Rom (Cyanogen OS 12.1). Right after I've used the Zuk Z1 root tool (to find here on xda) to go back to stock my phone told me that there is a new official update. Right now I'm running stock Cyanogen OS 12.1 YOG4PAS60J. I've just tried out the fingerprint reader again and now it works without any troubles. So it seems like this was just a software issue.
I will try it out more detailed the next days but for now it works wonderful. I hope this is helpful for someone who is having the same problems.
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Can you tell me what did you do step-by-step please? I am still on original YOG4PAS60J by air.
Is "Zuk Z1 root tool" this prog?

m4e2 said:
Can you tell me what did you do step-by-step please? I am still on original YOG4PAS60J by air.
Is "Zuk Z1 root tool" this prog?
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Hey, yes of course I can do this. And no, the Z1 root tool I meant is another one. I will link it in the steps.
1) I've flashed CM13 Nightlies, later I've clearly flashed the CM13 Snapshot
2) Because the Fingerprint Reader wasn't really working on CM13 either and I had terrible battery life I went back to Stock Cyanogen OS 12.1
3) To archieve that I#ve used this tool from Mauronofrio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z1/orig-development/tool-toolzukz1eng0-0-3-mauronofrio-t3332563
4) I used the instructions in the linked thread to go back to Stock
5) After everything went fine I was setting my phone up when I got a popup for a new Update OTA: YOG4PAS60J
6) I've installed that
7) After like 2 or 3 days I tried out of curiosity if maybe the fingerprint reader works again, and it does.
That's all I've done. After some testing with the fingerprint reader I think my fingerprint reader has still a little bit loose contact, but it works pretty good. So I think it's a mix out of an hardware and an software issue.
I hope I could help you a little bit.
EDIT: It started to not work anymore. I just said "**** it" and disabled the fingerprint reader now. Im very sure now that it's only a hardware problem.

This is exactly what happened to mine! In about 2 days it started lagging a lot and almost stopped working. When I tried to set new fingerprints, it just got stuck in the screen. Did a factory reset (including user data!), tried to set fingerprints and on the 1st try, it just speeds through the wizard without me touching the fingerprint reader, on the 2nd, it starts to vibrate like I was pressing it and I've to force the shutdown to stop. Pretty disappointed with this right now. :/

brotbret said:
OK, that's very strange and very frustrating. Gladly my homebutton is still working. But this sounds like a serious issue. And it sounds like a software issue.
Are you using Cyanogen OS?
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If you found a fix do post it. I've the same issue of fingerprint not working after some days of updating to the latest update. Home button does works though

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My fingerprint stopped working and it is not resetting whenever I try to reset it vibrates for long time and speed up the screen also i tried to factory reset the device and this also not working i am running on cyanogen os 12.1 plzz help me

Hey people.
I had the same problem few days ago. It happened when i restored the stock rom back through twrp. Now i have flashed dirty unicorns 6.0 and the finger print seems to be working fine now.

the problem is in hardware button on my zuk fingerprint stopped working around 1 year ago i tried installing various softwares as zui or cm13 but it did not worked so i have use it only as home button then around half year ago it just stopped working i decided to buy it for 10 dollars from ali express after dissambelling the phone and installing it works now with all functions so the problem is only hardware maybe installing some zip folder will help you for a while but it will stop working soon by the way dissasmbeling the screen was wery hard i have done that with a heat pistol on 300°c

Need testers for Resurrection Remix M (yuga)

You can download test build in here. Thanks for testing, RR already released.

may i test, downloading now.

I will test now !
Thanks !!

I will try it to when i have time.I love RR builds.I give fedback when install it.Thanks man.

Edit:
Very good work !!
Everything works so far, no reboot or FC
The only small bug on LED notification = color can not be changed in the settings
I'll let you know for further but really good !!

Yup, very good build. RIL works, camera doesnt save the pictures, bluetooth works etc. .Thank you!
Edit: sorry, my bad...i just opened it and i thought it works.

Camera works?
Any ss please?

Chippa_a said:
Hey guys!
Need testers for RR-M ROM for your device. Will need to check the operation of the built-in TWRP and the firmware in general. Write about their experiences here.
After that I will release it and for Xperia Z will come out new builds in the future. Yes, your device will officially be maintained by me!
You can download test build in here.
Looking forward to your feedback
Thanks.
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Can you provide device and kernel source please ?

Tested rom just now!
Rom is super smooth
No FCs so far
Camera works but it get stucks after capturing a photo
TWRP 3 is working
Internal storage is not detecting in USB mode
I really appreciate your hard work. :good:
Some screenshots are below:

OK, thanks guys. I think it will be released soon =)
About camera: Yes, the capture photos mode needs to be improved. But the fact that the camera works on Marshmallow, it is already a good work (thanks to Otto Juntunen for it).
By the way, the capture photos can works in third-party camera apps such as Camera MX or Camera Pro HD. You can try that.

Chippa_a said:
OK, thanks guys. I think it will be released soon =)
About camera: Yes, the capture photos mode needs to be improved. But the fact that the camera works on Marshmallow, it is already a good work (thanks to Otto Juntunen for it).
By the way, the capture photos can works in third-party camera apps such as Camera MX or Camera Pro HD. You can try that.
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You are genius, finally we got Camera on MM

Just downloaded it and will report back after using it tomorrow at work etc.

After a night, CPU management seems strange: the temperature varies between 30 ° and 54 ° depending on the processor occupation, without an app is launched (almost idle state)

Chippa_a said:
OK, thanks guys. I think it will be released soon =)
About camera: Yes, the capture photos mode needs to be improved. But the fact that the camera works on Marshmallow, it is already a good work (thanks to Otto Juntunen for it).
By the way, the capture photos can works in third-party camera apps such as Camera MX or Camera Pro HD. You can try that.
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Will the Google's Camera app work here? Thanks in advance!

Camera works but pictures do not get saved. Tried Snap, Google, MX, FV-5 cameras. Battery life is horrible, 11 mins onscreen time and 6hrs in standby took around 60% battery. Tried modifying camera permissions but didnt do the trick. All in all it is a progress because of the camera but rom is very WIP. Thanks Dev!

The only camera that takes pictures and saves it is the one from Facebook Messenger app. Others that i tried, didn't work. Also, yes, the battery just flies off ...in 5 hours stand by and 1 hour on screen i got 5%.

Bug if is active WakeLocks in Advanced: Wi-Fi random shortly disconnecting after interval 4-10min Wi-Fi ON/2-4sec. Wi-Fi DISCONNECT and RECONNECT.

@Chippa_a can i get a link to your source code please?

I also notice random cuts during conversations (it can cut after 30 seconds or 5 minutes) = network connection is interrupted and returns 2 seconds after (blank network icon for 2 seconds)

Also found out there's no hotspot, the quick settings icon does nothing. Not so important but i just wanted to let you know.

Le max 2 finger print

My fingerprint sensor doesn't seem to be working as when I add a fingerprint it occasionally says 'try againe' at the top of the screen and then won't register my finger print. If it does not do that then it retest eras my finger all the way till the last part and then don't respond or vibrate. How can I solve this issue?

I have the same issue.

Looks like I have the same issue as reported by my wife (I'm currently not in possession of the unit as I'm abroad and it has arrived few days back). She knows how to register as I have the Letv 1s and she was playing with it before.
The symptoms are as you say, no vibration and no detection of the fingerprint.
Can it be from the rom that came with the phone (maybe multilanguage). I can't remember if on 1s I had this problem.
Currently I have emailed the shop and I'm waiting for their reply. If you guys find a fix, please share.
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valy_cta said:
Looks like I have the same issue as reported by my wife (I'm currently not in possession of the unit as I'm abroad and it has arrived few days back). She knows how to register as I have the Letv 1s and she was playing with it before.
The symptoms are as you say, no vibration and no detection of the fingerprint.
Can it be from the rom that came with the phone (maybe multilanguage). I can't remember if on 1s I had this problem.
Currently I have emailed the shop and I'm waiting for their reply. If you guys find a fix, please share.
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Hi,
For me, the fingerprint scanner is the real weak point of this phone.
If it would have a better one, it would be flawless... except for the lack of development due to LeEco not publishing open source for their devices
And trust me : I've had the OP3 for several days before getting the LeEco. And that fingerprint scanner works as it should and in a blink of an eye you can use your phone !
What I found out is that this fingerprintscanner is really sssslllllooooowwwww....
So press it once, and then put your finger back on for several seconds.
But of course, doing so reduces the nice thing in having a fingerprint scanner as you're done quicker with "screen on" + "pattern/code"...
Really hope that LeEco can improve this... but when I see how they act on their own forums (a representative posts about every 20 days) I am not that optimistic

NexusPenguin said:
Hi,
For me, the fingerprint scanner is the real weak point of this phone.
If it would have a better one, it would be flawless... except for the lack of development due to LeEco not publishing open source for their devices
And trust me : I've had the OP3 for several days before getting the LeEco. And that fingerprint scanner works as it should and in a blink of an eye you can use your phone !
What I found out is that this fingerprintscanner is really sssslllllooooowwwww....
So press it once, and then put your finger back on for several seconds.
But of course, doing so reduces the nice thing in having a fingerprint scanner as you're done quicker with "screen on" + "pattern/code"...
Really hope that LeEco can improve this... but when I see how they act on their own forums (a representative posts about every 20 days) I am not that optimistic
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For me the fingerprint Scanner is working perfectly. Faster than iPhone 6 und it only fails to read 1 out of 15. Got 3 prints registered and it does very well

katze94 said:
For me the fingerprint Scanner is working perfectly. Faster than iPhone 6 und it only fails to read 1 out of 15. Got 3 prints registered and it does very well
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What version of the software are you using?

The fingerprint sensor has gotta be the worst ever in a mobile device. My phone takes good 5 seconds to unlock. Registering new fingerprints takes ages. Last I heard that this was some qualcomm tech which does scanning of skin layers under the top layer. But right now the technology is big fail.
That fingerprint sensor hardware is beta 1 in our phone. I am sure the new Le Max 3 which is coming out with Snapdragon 823 will not have this issue. They will advertise how the fingerprint is now 100x faster than before and bla bla.

magic_man said:
What version of the software are you using?
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I am on TeamSpains Cm13 Version. In eui it wasnt that good but now its working without any problems
And to the guy over this post:. 5 seconds for fingerprint unlock? May be your device is faulty. I didnt experience this. Even not on stockrom

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katze94 said:
I am on TeamSpains Cm13 Version. In eui it wasnt that good but now its working without any problems
And to the guy over this post:. 5 seconds for fingerprint unlock? May be your device is faulty. I didnt experience this. Even not on stockrom
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Even my device on 15S unlockes after 5 seconds. The worst sensor and algorithm ever.

Hello guys,
One way to make finger print recognition better : save several time the same finger print.
Not very sexy but it works for me

So as I have arrived home, I've changed the firmware to 015s stock and the fingerprint started to work. Of course it's not ideal as my 1s but at least it's working. It takes about a second to read and unlock... acceptable to be honest. Maybe they will improve with the upgrades because for 1s it had improved within 2-3 firmwares to super fast recognition.
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My experiences after several ROM, the international Indian ROM has removed bug.
Recognition really fast, from 10 attempts 8 immediately.
Note!
By the installation Rome should be installed super su with.
The encoding is prevented with it.

i have the same experience here... got my max2 from geekbuying but wont even recognize my fingerprints... so i updated to 5.8 eui from india not the Chinese version and not it works... however it takes one sec to open slower than my honor 5x. ... hope leeco would make it a bit faster considering the new tech it has...

Is there a major difference between the indian rom and the stock chinese rom that has english language? Does the indian rom have english language selection?

Yes the system language is complete into English.

The fingerprint scanner on 5.8.16s is much improved It seems much faster now. There was even an upgrade notice at first boot where it said it would erase my previous prints to upgrade.

Thanks for the update, will try it.
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Guys in my device the fingerprint sensor working ONLY IN 5.6 EUI!!!no matter what rom i flash ,with full clean install i cant input a fingerprint!!!i have test every single rom who is based on EUI 5.8,EVEN THE OFFICIAL! IS NOT WORKING.i even try the latest 5.18.6s for x829...nothing..0...
any help will be appreciated pls.....

Z953RR said:
Guys in my device the fingerprint sensor working ONLY IN 5.6 EUI!!!no matter what rom i flash ,with full clean install i cant input a fingerprint!!!i have test every single rom who is based on EUI 5.8,EVEN THE OFFICIAL! IS NOT WORKING.i even try the latest 5.18.6s for x829...nothing..0...
any help will be appreciated pls.....
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what i did on mine was download the indian rom 5.8 on my computer and renamed it as "update.zip"...then copy the file into the internal storage. ..once in internal storage, i used my file manager app to open it...then clixk update. your phone will update and wait about 15 minutes..iy will reboot and change your fingerprint via settings.... hope this helps

9449water said:
what i did on mine was download the indian rom 5.8 on my computer and renamed it as "update.zip"...then copy the file into the internal storage. ..once in internal storage, i used my file manager app to open it...then clixk update. your phone will update and wait about 15 minutes..iy will reboot and change your fingerprint via settings.... hope this helps
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i ve try this rom too..no success...............

Need a new rom

Hello, I'm searching a rom based on android 7.x, i've tried rr 5.8.3 but i had the fp problem and battery drain, all other roms 7 have fp problem. I want a good rom with no battery drain and fp working. if there isn't one ,link me a good rom 6.0

On next day should be released miui 9 dev for our device. Keep an eye on this thread https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-weekly-rom-releases.103/

Any update?

I can't say for sure about FP since all the recent Nougat roms have worked fine for me regarding FP.
I would recommend LOS from 28/8 for the battery alone. It's pretty close to MIUI:
Download link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73580045&postcount=17
4pda thread: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=794653&st=5580

hrafninn said:
I can't say for sure about FP since all the recent Nougat roms have worked fine for me regarding FP.
I would recommend LOS from 28/8 for the battery alone. It's pretty close to MIUI:
Download link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73580045&postcount=17
4pda thread: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=794653&st=5580
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I'm scared, i wanna a rom wich for sure the camera and fp will work based on nougat version

Roket1428 said:
I'm scared, i wanna a rom wich for sure the camera and fp will work based on nougat version
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My initial tests with LOS 28/8 were great, but there is a bug with the stock camera app. When recording video at night the recording is very dark and has some artifacts. I was able to get around this using Bacon Camera (Open Camera and Footej Camera also work). Other than that I haven't noticed any bug except for compass being out of whack, but I'm sure it'll be fixed soon.
No reason to be scared though, if you backup in TWRP you can always roll back.

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My initial tests with LOS 28/8 were great, but there is a bug with the stock camera app. When recording video at night the recording is very dark and has some artifacts. I was able to get around this using Bacon Camera (Open Camera and Footej Camera also work). Other than that I haven't noticed any bug except for compass being out of whack, but I'm sure it'll be fixed soon.
No reason to be scared though, if you backup in TWRP you can always roll back.
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I'm downloading it, hope no problem with battery and fp. i read the thread wich you link, and i found a kernel wich help with auto-brightness and another fix for usb notifications? I'll link here, give me a reply if i can boot those too.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9k_rsR7LVCIWHVmZW5fVU5ERFk/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9k_rsR7LVCIdmxMdmw0S0tpTDA/view

Roket1428 said:
I'm downloading it, hope no problem with battery and fp. i read the thread wich you link, and i found a kernel wich help with auto-brightness and another fix for usb notifications? I'll link here, give me a reply if i can boot those too.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9k_rsR7LVCIWHVmZW5fVU5ERFk/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9k_rsR7LVCIdmxMdmw0S0tpTDA/view
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I have not tried the fix for USB notifications, but the auto-brightness one works just fine. Do you have the post on 4pda regarding USB notifications fix? Would like to read up on it before I flash it.

hrafninn said:
I have not tried the fix for USB notifications, but the auto-brightness one works just fine. Do you have the post on 4pda regarding USB notifications fix? Would like to read up on it before I flash it.
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Both fixes are bootimages, so they cannot be installed together. I guess the later fix (brightness) already contains the charging notification fix.

I think I have a good Lineage build based on other guys' sources. I'm testing it for a couple of weeks - no reboots, all the bugs seem to be fixed, battery lasts for about 2 days for me. Drop me a message if interested - if there will be a decent demand, I'll publish my build... and may be ResurrectionRemix.

Rom with always ready fingerprint

Hi.
I'm looking for a custom rom with always ready fingerprint, like on MIUI. I've tried a few week ago one of the custom rom, and it was annoying that I must click unlock button and then i can unlock device by fingerprint.
Can You help?
Best regards

Try evolutionx 5.1.

LineageOS works if you enable "always on display". Put your finger and unlock directly.

Shapeshift OS ? has the best implementation for fingerprint unlock.
Very fast and stable rom with Always FOD ready + it has the feature that disables night light on FP recognizing for more accuracy.

thanks for the replying, i tried shapeshitft os, but my bank app was crashed. I've also tried evolutionx, but i've got big problem with performance and camera. Finally, i've backed to global, first time since 1,5 year. And this is it. I forgot, that device can be smooth and bug-free. There's perfect. Thanks for replying Good luck, be health