App keeps asking for fingerprint

[ajsamett]

Anyone else having this issue? I have an Android and sometimes when I open the app it asks for my fingerprint continuously (i give it, it thinks a sec and asks again). I exit the app and reopen and it keeps doing it. It doesn't always happen but I'm starting to plan a trip and don't want a dysfunctional app interfering! Thanks

 

[klmall]

Maybe you need to re-do the fingerprint app. DS and I just had to on our new Pixel 7s.

 

[ajsamett]

Hmm maybe it's a pixel thing i have the 6

 

[chris benton]

Anyone else having this issue? I have an Android and sometimes when I open the app it asks for my fingerprint continuously (i give it, it thinks a sec and asks again). I exit the app and reopen and it keeps doing it. It doesn't always happen but I'm starting to plan a trip and don't want a dysfunctional app interfering! Thanks

Does the same thing happen with other finger print authenticated apps at the same time? This happens to me with the several FP apps I use after doing common things that might compromise the print's integrity. I notice it especially if I have a bit of a wet finger, (like doing dishes,) but if I dry it off well, and then deliberately / cautiously touch the screen, I'm fine. I also noticed it started happening more and more when my screen protector was far too old.

 

[mom2rtk]

Asking for your thumbprint is the same as asking you to log in. And the Disney app from time to time does go wonky and keep asking me to sign in. It's just crappy Disney IT.

Maybe try your a web page if the app is acting up? I know on my computer at home, the website works better on an incognito page.

 

[goofyernmost]

I don't believe an android phone has a fingerprint ability. A smart phone is required for that last I heard.

 

[ajsamett]

Asking for your thumbprint is the same as asking you to log in. And the Disney app from time to time does go wonky and keep asking me to sign in. It's just crappy Disney IT.

Maybe try your a web page if the app is acting up? I know on my computer at home, the website works better on an incognito page.

This makes me feel better! It's probably that issue then. Thanks

 

[chris benton]

I don't believe an android phone has a fingerprint ability. A smart phone is required for that last I heard.

Iphones have to be smarter than Androids, or else none of the users would know how they work. There's been a well known inverse relationship in intelligence between user and device for years.

 

[soniam]

Iphones have to be smarter than Androids, or else none of the users would know how they work. There's been a well known inverse relationship in intelligence between user and device for years.

The companies are equally stupid though Don’t ask me how I know

I do have to say though that apps seem to be better tested in iPhones, so at least they were half the time

 

[goofyernmost]

Iphones have to be smarter than Androids, or else none of the users would know how they work. There's been a well known inverse relationship in intelligence between user and device for years.

I have always called my iPhone, a smart phone. It does all the things that I want it to do and since you brought it up. What is the difference.

 

[lanejudy]

I have always called my iPhone, a smart phone. It does all the things that I want it to do and since you brought it up. What is the difference.

Both iPhone and most Android phones are smartphones. A smartphone is basically a computer in a phone - touch screen, apps, Internet, etc. "Dumb phones" are very basic cell phones with limited capabilities other than as a phone.

 

[goofyernmost]

Both iPhone and most Android phones are smartphones. A smartphone is basically a computer in a phone - touch screen, apps, Internet, etc. "Dumb phones" are very basic cell phones with limited capabilities other than as a phone.

Thanks, I didn't know that. So an android that is also a smartphone can utilize the fingerprint option?

 

[lanejudy]

Thanks, I didn't know that. So an android that is also a smartphone can utilize the fingerprint option?

Yes, there are android phones with fingerprint capability.

 

[chris benton]

I have always called my iPhone, a smart phone. It does all the things that I want it to do and since you brought it up. What is the difference.

Too funny - I legit thought you were throwing shade on Droids like back in the day when ppl used to argue about which is better! But, this proves that advertising works wonders. There are major and minor differences depending on what you'd like in a smartphone, but the basic usage is the same: Phone, camera, apps, browser. Way back when I was searching for my first smartphone, I asked all my coworkers (in I.T.) how to choose a phone. Their overwhelming advice was to get a Droid, and anyone I asked enthusiastically listed very specific reasons why new Droids were far superior than Iphones at that time. Most of my friends and family not in I.T. related fields overwhelmingly told me I should get an IPhone, but oddly, not one of them could tell me why. Honestly, not even one of them. I found that extremely weird, and went on a path to learn the differences since they are so expensive. Since then, Iphone, has in general, caught up to the flagship droids for the performance features that I am interested in, so I actually almost bought one for my last replacement. There's a ton of vids on youtube that explain the differences, and a lot of them will have you falling out of your chair laughing.

 

[Mousetopia]

I don't believe an android phone has a fingerprint ability. A smart phone is required for that last I heard.

An android is a smart phone

 

[goofyernmost]

Too funny - I legit thought you were throwing shade on Droids like back in the day when ppl used to argue about which is better! But, this proves that advertising works wonders. There are major and minor differences depending on what you'd like in a smartphone, but the basic usage is the same: Phone, camera, apps, browser. Way back when I was searching for my first smartphone, I asked all my coworkers (in I.T.) how to choose a phone. Their overwhelming advice was to get a Droid, and anyone I asked enthusiastically listed very specific reasons why new Droids were far superior than Iphones at that time. Most of my friends and family not in I.T. related fields overwhelmingly told me I should get an IPhone, but oddly, not one of them could tell me why. Honestly, not even one of them. I found that extremely weird, and went on a path to learn the differences since they are so expensive. Since then, Iphone, has in general, caught up to the flagship droids for the performance features that I am interested in, so I actually almost bought one for my last replacement. There's a ton of vids on youtube that explain the differences, and a lot of them will have you falling out of your chair laughing.

I have an i-Phone because it was part of the deal when I went with Sprint. I paid for it as I paid for my program setup. I now own it and since I don't use it constantly it is still working like new and I have switched to Consumer Cellular and pay one third what I was paying with Sprint/T-Mobile. When this phone dies I will probably go back to the android. It gives me endless chuckles when I see lines of people waiting for the Apple Store to open so they can spend hundreds of dollars for the new and improved (allegedly) phone. I have to admit that because I have a problem with short distance vision I do not really enjoy using my phone for video streaming and the like. I make and receive calls, send and receive texts and most of my outside sourcing is via WiFi.

 

[Wood Nymph]

Anyone else having this issue? I have an Android and sometimes when I open the app it asks for my fingerprint continuously (i give it, it thinks a sec and asks again). I exit the app and reopen and it keeps doing it. It doesn't always happen but I'm starting to plan a trip and don't want a dysfunctional app interfering! Thanks

I noticed that I sometimes have that problem if I'm not using the WDW wifi.

 

[_19disnA]

Smartphone is a generic name for any type of phone that has other capabilities like access email/text/internet/etc. Iphones are Apple products. Android is the name of the other operating system commonly used on smartphones (products not made by Apple). My android smartphone is several years old and doesn't have fingerprint capability, perhaps newer ones do.

Do phones that use fingerprint recognition still provide the option of a password entered from your keypad?

 

[CarolynFH]

Do phones that use fingerprint recognition still provide the option of a password entered from your keypad?

The most recent iPhones do - in fact, they periodically ask for your passcode to validate your fingerprint or face ID and require it to log in after you've restarted your phone.