Getting error 53 when updating iOS on your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus? Apple has confirmed that if you have had a third-party repair on Touch ID/Home button on an iPhone 6 or over, that will lead to device getting bricked for security reasons.
Apple has reportedly been working internally on a technology that could see 3D Touch-esque features and functionality integrated into its biometric Touch ID sensor. As is often the case, the inner workings of the Cupertino-based fruit company have been thrust into the public domain via an official patent submission to the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). In this instance, the patent outlines the intention and usage of a technology entitled "Force-sensitive fingerprint sensing input".
There's an ongoing chatter about an iOS 9.1 Touch ID issue that is reportedly affecting some iPhone and iPad users who have updated to Apple's latest mobile firmware. Here are the details.
USPTO has published a patent application from Apppe that lifts the lid on a Touch ID-based 'panic mode' feature that Apple could be planning on introducing to its range of iOS devices.
We’ve been hearing faint rumors for quite a while that Apple could be bringing the Touch ID fingerprint sensor to its Mac lineup. And today, a new report has popped up, suggesting that it could happen, with the recipients being the next-gen MacBook Air, Pro and the Magic Mouse, Trackpad. More details can be found right after the break.
Here's how you can fix Touch ID efficiency on iPhone, iPad the easy way and without inputting new fingerprints. More details on this tip can be found right here.
A clever 7-year old boy just developed a rather simplistic method to unlock his father's iPhone 6 Plus protected using Touch ID.
When Touch ID, Apple's fingerprint sensor, first emerged on the scene with last year's launch of the iPhone 5s, it was dispelled by many as a gimmick. It quickly emerged that it was anything but - rather a very refined measure that enhanced security and promoted seamlessness. With iOS 8, Apple has further expanded Touch ID's reach, adding third-party support allowing banking, password management and other such apps to reap the fruits of the implementation. It's still not without its fair share of limitations, though, and among them, the fact that it doesn't immediately allow a user to log in right after a reboot. It has now emerged that this isn't an arbitrary decision imparted by Apple, but actually, is due to the secure infrastructure upon which Touch ID is based.
Apple's Touch ID technology may currently be something that is only enjoyed by those carrying an iPhone 5s, but according to the latest report coming out of KGI Research, that should be about to change.
For the past few weeks, each new day has spawned a bunch of reports pertaining to the Apple iPhone 6. But while, for the most part, the revelations seem to add very little value to the overall picture, today's reports out of Asia suggest that the production wheels are very much in motion. Further to the report originating in China that Pegatron had received a bundle of iPhone 6 orders, it has now emerged that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has prepped the initial lot of Touch ID fingerprint sensors for the next Apple handset, along with the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.
