How to Make the iOS 7.1.1 Touch ID Fix Work For You

The introduction of iPhone 5s ushered in a new era of access control for mobile devices. With Touch ID - Apple’s novel implementation of data access via biometrics - getting into your iPhone couldn't be faster or easier. That’s what I wrote in my first article on Touch ID here on TMO, How to Manage and Troubleshoot Touch ID on iPhone 5s. For most users, including me, this still holds true. However, for a not-insignificant number of iPhone 5s users, Touch ID has been somewhat problematic since being introduced in September of 2013. Since then, there have been complaints of slow, failing, or non-existent fingerprint recognition, resulting in the need to repeatedly reconfigure Touch ID in iOS Settings.

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