Nokia 9 PureView: fingerprint sensor outwitted with chewing gum pack
from David Haydl 
on April 24, 2019, 9:30 p.m. | 🔥 popular | Write a comment
Reviewer of the Nokia 9 PureView agree on one: the in-display fingerprint sensor is not the best. An update made this even worse.
A few days ago, the Nokia 9 PureView received an update for the fingerprint sensor, which apparently made it even less reliable than before. That's how it is on some devices proeasily possible to outsmart the fingerprint sensor with an unregistered finger - or even a pack of chewing gum.
Video of the fingerprint sensor unlocking phone with a packet of chewing gum and someone else's finger pic.twitter.com/jwY4ZG7uCh
- Decoded Pixel (@decodedpixel) April 21, 2019
Too precise before, too imprecise now?
But why is that possible? Android Authority reported that it was previously too difficult to unlock the smartphone and now it is suspected that HMD Global aka Nokia has turned down the accuracy of the sensor so far that it is too inaccurate again and allows unlocking with a pack of chewing gum. On the positive side, this problem can be fixed with an update. We now have a statement from HMD Global: They say that they are now investigating the case and will report back when there are new results.
HMD has just gotten back to me about the Nokia 9 fingerprint reader. They are investigating it. pic.twitter.com/EbeqQ35422
- TechAltar (@TechAltar) April 23, 2019