You must be using the fingerprint sensor to keep your phone safe, but if your fingerprint sensor stops working, then there is a lot of difficulty in locking or unlocking the phone. But now you do not need to panic and worry.

We will tell you in this article how you can correct the fingerprint sensor of the phone.

Clean fingerprint sensor

Let us tell you that sometimes due to excessive dirt, the scan on the fingerprint sensor is not done properly. If there is an error in keeping the finger on the fingerprint sensor again and again in your phone, then first of all you have to clean your fingerprint sensor with the help of a microfiber cloth.

Apart from this, you should also keep in mind that the fingerprint sensor should not get water. Often people start using the phone with wet hands, due to which the fingerprint sensor is more likely to get damaged. If your phone is not waterproof then you should keep your phone safe from water.

How to fix the fingerprint sensor?

First of all, you have to click on the setting option of your smartphone. In this, you have to select the fingerprint option. Then you have to click on Registered Fingerprint. After this, you will also have to enter the PIN in it and save it and select and delete the already registered fingerprint.

If the option of remove comes instead of the option of delete in your phone, then you can select that too. After this, removing the previously registered fingerprint, register your fingerprint by selecting Add new fingerprint. In this way, the fingerprint sensor of your phone will be fixed.

Apart from this, if your phone does not have a fingerprint sensor, then you will have to update the phone to the latest and install new software on your phone.

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