However, with Sony, things are a little bit different. And not for good. They hardly seem to give any weightage to the user opinions and feedback. The perfect example of the same is the issues with the fingerprint on Sony Xperia 1 III/5 II/5 III that users are voicing their concern over for the past year or so but all these concerns all falling on deaf ears.
The inability of such a crucial function to work and ignorant behavior from the OEM has left users with no choice but to start looking for an alternative. This is really a sad state of affairs because if this is the kind of treatment users are getting after spending such a hefty sum of money, then the company is doomed for a downward spiral sooner than later. With that said, there does exist a couple of workarounds that might give you a temporary respite from this bug [from a few hours to even a few days], and then you’ll have to again execute these fixes. While these are in no way the most feasible or viable way to get this job done, but as of now, these are the best tweaks that we have at our disposal. So with that in mind, let’s get started.
Fix Fingerprint not working on Sony Xperia 1 III/5 II/5 III
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success.
FIX 1: Boot to Safe Mode
Your first course of action should be to boot your device to Safe Mode. Doing so will disable all third-party apps and services and if the issue gets rectified, then the issue is with a third-party app, which needs to be uninstalled a the earliest. Here’s how it could be done:
FIX 2: Re-Add Fingerprint
For some users, deleting the existing fingerprint and re-adding it did the job. So do give it a try using the below-listed steps and check out the results.
FIX 3: Update Google Play System
For some, updating the Google Play System to the latest version managed to rectify the underlying issue. So let’s give it a try using the below-listed steps and then check out the results. That’s it. These were the various methods to fix the fingerprint not working issue on Sony Xperia 1 III/5 II/5 III. As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers are yet to acknowledge this issue, let alone give out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when any of these two things happen [chances of which are quite rare], we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.
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