With fingerprint reading turned off - what happens when you touch the fingerprint reader on your Android phone?

[Arlen Holder]

With fingerprint reading turned off - what happens on your Android phone
when you touch the fingerprint reader (does the homescreen turn on)?

On my old $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus, touching it turns on the homescreen.
On my new $100 Moto G7, touching the fingerprint reader does nothing.

I prefer the LG way as the fingerprint reader is useless otherwise.

For those of you who turn off fingerprint reading, what happens when you
touch the fingerprint reader on your Android phone?

[The Real Bev]

I never turned it on. Nothing happens.

I didn't turn it on because I know how well the one at the gym works :-)

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[PeeGee]

On 31/12/2019 17:06, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 12/31/2019 08:47 AM, Arlen Holder wrote:
>> With fingerprint reading turned off - what happens on your Android phone
>> when you touch the fingerprint reader (does the homescreen turn on)?
>>
>> On my old $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus, touching it turns on the homescreen.
>> On my new $100 Moto G7, touching the fingerprint reader does nothing.
>>
>> I prefer the LG way as the fingerprint reader is useless otherwise.
>>
>> For those of you who turn off fingerprint reading, what happens when you
>> touch the fingerprint reader on your Android phone?
>
> I never turned it on.  Nothing happens.
>
> I didn't turn it on because I know how well the one at the gym works :-)
>

On my "cheap" ZTE, touching does nothing but pressing goes to the home
screen.
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[Pete Forman]

On my Moto G5s there is the Moto app that can enable one button
navigation. The fingerprint sensor can be tapped for home, swipe left to
go back, etc.

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[John McGaw]

Pixel 3: nothing.

[Arlen Holder]

On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 14:25:02 +0000, Pete Forman wrote:

>>>> With fingerprint reading turned off - what happens on your Android phone
>>>> when you touch the fingerprint reader (does the homescreen turn on)?
>>>>
>>>> On my old $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus, touching it turns on the homescreen.
>>>> On my new $100 Moto G7, touching the fingerprint reader does nothing.
>>>>
>>>> I prefer the LG way as the fingerprint reader is useless otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who turn off fingerprint reading, what happens when you
>>>> touch the fingerprint reader on your Android phone?
>>>
>>> I never turned it on.  Nothing happens.
>>>
>>> I didn't turn it on because I know how well the one at the gym works :-)
>>>
>>
>> On my "cheap" ZTE, touching does nothing but pressing goes to the home
>> screen.
>
> On my Moto G5s there is the Moto app that can enable one button
> navigation. The fingerprint sensor can be tapped for home, swipe left to
> go back, etc.

Thank you everyone for the information, which basically shows that the
fingerprint sensor, when not used for fingerpint biometrics, can in some
cases be repurposed successfully.

Since I have a similar phone to the G5 above, I should be able to
re-purpose it to do something useful, like awake the homescreen.

Unfortunately, I factory wiped my Moto G7 soon after purchasing it, so I
don't seem to have the "Moto" app in the default App Drawer app.

The only app in the default App Drawer app with "Moto" in the name is:
o Motorola Notifications

But in my additional App Drawer apps, I see also:
o Moto Actions (but it doesn't do anything when I press it)

And in my additional APK backup apps, I see tons of "moto" prefixes.
o Moto <com.motorola.moto> (System, 28sdk)
o Moto Actions <com.motorola.actions> (System, 29sdk)
o Moto App Launcher <com.motorola.launcher3> (System#, 28sdk)
o Moto DemoMode System <com.motorola.demo.env> (System, 28sdk)
o Moto Display <com.motorola.motodisplay> (System, 27sdk)
o Moto Photo Editor <com.motorola.photoeditor> (System#, 26sdk)
o Moto Voice <com.motorola.motovoicelite> (System, 28sdk)
o MotoCare <com.motorola.motocare> (System, 28sdk)
o MotoCareInt <com.motorola.motocare.internal> (System, 28sdk)
o MotoNfcSetup <com.motorola.nfc> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola face unlock <com.motorola.faceunlock> (System, 26sdk)
o Motorola Face Unlock <com.motorola.faceunlocktrustagent> (System, 26sdk)
o Motorola Message Service <com.motorola.appdirectedsmsproxy> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Modem Service <com.motorola.modemstats> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Notiviaions <com.motorola.ccc.notification> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Services Amain <com.motorola.ccc.mainplm> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Settings <com.motorola.coresettingsext> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Settings <com.motorola.carriersettingsext> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Slpc System <com.motorola.slpc_sys> (System, 28sdk)
o Motorola Update Service <com.motorola.ccc.ota> (System, 28sdk)
o MotoSignatureApp <com.motorola.motosignature.app> (System0, 28sdk)

There is a "Moto" & "Moto Actions" app on Aurora's Google Play scraper:
o Moto <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.moto>
o Moto Actions <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.actions>

Given the factory reset probably disabled the necessary app, I'll
download/install/update those two apps and try to see if one of them can
set the Moto G7 unused fingerprint reader to wake up the homescreen.

Thanks for the advice & information which, we hope, all benefit from.

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[Arlen Holder]

On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 20:43:37 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:

> Given the factory reset probably disabled the necessary app, I'll
> download/install/update those two apps and try to see if one of them can
> set the Moto G7 unused fingerprint reader to wake up the homescreen.

Drat.
Installed the two Moto apps (actually updated them) and tested both.
I don't see anywhere to set the inert fingerprint button to do anything.

If anyone knows how to change the fingerprint button to wake the screen,
please let us know.

TIA