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How to Register More Than Five Fingerprints on the iPhone 5s [Video]

How to Register More Than Five Fingerprints on the iPhone 5s [Video]

Posted September 26, 2013 at 8:41pm by iClarified
You can register up to 25 fingerprints on the iPhone 5s using this trick that gets around Apple's 5 fingerprint limit.

When following our instructions on how to setup a fingerprint for use with Touch ID, instead of repressing the same finger down five times to get a more accurate scan, simply press a different finger down each time. Scan up to five different fingers and then repress each finger until the iPhone has obtained enough data. (This will likely be three scans per finger). Repeat the process when you get to the edge scans. (You'll likely need to press each finger down once).

In testing, this worked flawlessly for us. We had no problem scanning each of the fingers to unlock the iPhone.


We're not sure who discovered this trick but you can check out a video below of Note Suwanchote demonstrating how it works.

Of course, we recommend that you use the correct method for scanning in the finger you commonly use to unlock your device. However, you might want to use this technique for a few of your additional slots if you want to provide easy access to the device for friends or family.

Take a look below!

[via Lyle]


Note*: We tried this method with 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 fingers. It only worked with up to 5 fingers.


How to Register More Than Five Fingerprints on the iPhone 5s [Video]
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aces99
aces99 - March 15, 2014 at 11:43pm
How do you watch this video because it just keeps saying it is private
unklbyl
unklbyl - September 28, 2013 at 5:40am
If you are going to allow 25 people on your phone, just disable the fingerprint scanner! Kudos to the person who uncovered this though! If you don't try, it will NEVER work!
Mr bo jangles
Mr bo jangles - September 27, 2013 at 1:51am
I may try this with my toes
iPol
iPol - September 27, 2013 at 12:26am
Thanks dude !!! It works great !!! But instead using 5 fingers (not worked for me) i used 3 fingers ! Every finger unlock the phone now !
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