The fingerprint readers integrated under the screen have a positive and a negative aspect. The good thing is that, for many, housing this sensor in the front of the phone is the most comfortable, but nevertheless, this technology is somewhat more lenses than the most classic physical digital readers.
Samsung is one of the main manufacturers that has opted to bring this technology, not only to the premium smartphones in its catalog, but also to some mid-range models. If you have a Galaxy phone equipped with an on-screen fingerprint sensor and you are not satisfied with its speed, the guys at XDA Developers have found a useful trick that increases your reaction time and allows you to unlock the device, whatever it is, in any way. immediate.
This is stated by numerous users who have tried this hack, although some declare that they have not noticed an excessive speed change.
The fingerprint sensor hack
Increasing the speed of your Samsung Galaxy’s fingerprint sensor isn’t too complicated. These are the steps you should follow:
- Open the Settings panel
- Access the Applications menu and press the 3-dot menu button at the top that gives access to more settings
- Select Show system apps and look for the com.samsung.android.biometrics.app.settings command . Select it.
- Now open the Battery menu and select the Optimize battery usage option
- Find once more com.samsung.android.biometrics.app.settings and press the button to disable this feature. Restart your phone to apply the changes.
Now you’ll need to wait for the reboot process to complete and for all applications to load to determine whether or not the sensor is faster than before.
Does it work on all models?
The slower the unlocking, the more this hack improves its speed. For this reason, those who have detected this trick for the Samsung Galaxy point out that the speed increases twice but that this is noticeable in the same way in all the brand’s models. The unlock animation of the Galaxy S20 , for example, is almost immediate, so doubling that speed is almost imperceptible, However, in other models such as those that offer this feature of the Galaxy A range, they notice better performance than the time to unlock the phone or use other functions that use the fingerprint sensor.
