This has been a feature for years that if the phone restarts you have to enter your pin to unlock it.
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Do you have your phone set to automatically restart on a schedule such as 3 to 4 times a week? Anytime this phone and my last phone was restarted I had to enter the PIN to unlock the phone since it couldn't be done by fingerprint, it disables that option when rebooting a phone.
If you don't want to have to enter a password or PIN to unlock your phone when it asks then turn the security features off then you won't need to enter anything to open the phone. If you want fingerprint and face reader on to unlock phone then you need to live with having to use a PIN or password now and then to unlock your phone. There is no other option.
I have my phone scheduled to restart twice a week and I am not bothered by entering a PIN. When I had a screen protector that didn't work with my fingerprint sensor than it was an inconvenience to use a PIN every time to get into the phone. I turned off the security features until I got a screen protector that actually worked with the sensor.
I just don't see it being that big of an inconvenience to do it every few days.
It is an issue for me because I should be able to set time say 30 days to enter my PIn. Also, when you pay for the device and costly 1k and it yours then you should be able to turn this feature off. I modify y car all the time. No different. Fingerprint works great so need to have this. It is annoying. Are there other phones which don't have this feature yet? I hate to defer to an iPhone. Been in Samsung Eco system for 20 years. IOS is snow catching up. May be a thought and sync with my family as they are all iPhone users anyways. Thanks
You can turn the feature off - you can turn off all security measures and then not have to deal with it at all. Till then, you will have to deal with it, as it's not going to change. I'm not sure other manufacturers do not have the same restrictions, but if they don't, you are free to buy another brand. If you don't want to type in a long password, set a short pin.
You may have bought a phone, but you are still restricted to the limitations of said phone (or any device of any kind). Again, if you want your phone secured, you will have to deal with the security measures. If they are too inconvenient and annoying for you, turn off all security and take your chances of others accessing your phone.
The reason for the restriction is that people are stupid and they leave their phones unlocked in places or around people they shouldn't and then they get cranky and start blaming the phone manufacturer for their own security lapses.
🙏thanks but people who loose phone can opt into this feature. I just want to use my fingerprint and that's it. No need to have this log in feature. But I appreciate it.
This really annoys me.. why isn't just a fingerprint good enough? Cell phone companies act like we're all living in a mob movie and have to worry about someone hacking off our fingers so they can access our phones. So **bleep**' stupid!!
