Rest finger to unlock in IOS12?

By tripolice, 6 October, 2018

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi,
I cannot find rest finger to unlock in IOS12 it used be earlier, I.E., in Home Button settings inside Accessibility settings. Has it been moved elsewhere or removed altogether?

Thanks.

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By Ekaj

4 years 5 months ago

Hello. On my iPhone 7 I actually have to press the Home button in iOS 12, whereas before I could just rest one of my index fingers on there and it would unlock. I don't know why this small change, but Touch ID just seems to be a bit finicky for me. It does work though.

By tripolice

4 years 5 months ago

Thanks for the response. It's a matter of that extra press, which till IOS11 could be reduced by enabling Rest Finger to Unlock option. I updated to IOS12 and for some reason reset my device and the extra press is back, and the option is missing from its usual place in Settings>General>Accessibility>Home Button. So has the option being removed or been moved elsewhere is my question.

By Tyler

4 years 5 months ago

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

That is interesting. On my iPhone 7 running iOs 12, the, "Rest finger to open," setting is in the expected place, accessibility > home button, at the very bottom.