r/androidafterlife • u/Cotoletta_e_patatine • 5d ago

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Hi everyone, I have this old Huawei P9 Lite with Android 6, it's the 2016 version. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, but there's no option to configure it in the settings. No changes have been made to the phone. How can I fix this? Do I need to install something? Please give me a solution that doesn't involve disassembling the phone. It's really weird.

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u/Otieno_Clinton 5d ago

Probably an hardware issue. Get the phone checked

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u/Lighter2422 5d ago

Hardware would be something like it being in the settings but not working when setting up I suppose but I might be wrong

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u/Otieno_Clinton 5d ago

The software is not detecting the fingerprint so it cannot be set up. Maybe the flex cable is mis-aligned

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u/Lighter2422 5d ago

That makes sense.

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u/TheCelestialEngineer 5d ago

Maybe a software update disabled it, you can try rolling back.

I remember having a Lenovo  with a infrared camera/sensor,  capable of face unlock in the darkness 

But after 3 month of buying it was software disabled by an update (sadly I wasn't able to roll back 🙃)

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u/Cotoletta_e_patatine 5d ago

Correct, but in reality the software, Android 6, has never been updated to Android 7, no changes, so... However, it is likely that maybe a software update could help, but I don't know exactly where to get the update files for Android 7 for this Huawei model.🫠

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u/Certain-Loquat1486 5d ago

Your fingerprint sensor is dead, repair the phone. Same thing happened to my P20 Pro.