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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:59PM (#11613185)
If you turn off your iPhone, you can't use it again without entering your password, and you would have to do that consciously. On the other hand, your phone could otherwise be unlocked with just your fingerprint.
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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by colejohnson66 on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:12PM (#11613335)
Is there a way to know Touch ID is available, but can't be used because the device was just rebooted? Or does it act like there's just a password?
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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by thesimon on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:19PM (#11613413)
>Is there a way to know Touch ID is available, but can't be used because the device was just rebooted?

I don't know the verbatim message, but it says something along the lines of "Passcode is required to enable Touch ID"

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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by jayrhynas on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:40PM (#11613633)
"iPhone requires your passcode after restarting" vs "Touch ID requires your passcode when iPhone restarts" Also, if Touch ID is disabled then putting a finger on the sensor does nothing, but if it's enabled it shows the passcode screen with the above message

Edit: with Touch ID enabled, if you slide to the lock screen without touching the sensor, it says "iPhone requires your passcode after restarting" but the title says "Touch ID or Enter Passcode"

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