OneUI 6.1 puts an end to the fingerprint reader of the Samsung Galaxy S23: it doesn’t work!

Samsung started offering the long-awaited One UI 6.1 update to users a few days ago. The new version of the operating system brought many innovations, especially Galaxy AI, to many devices including the S23 series. However, user feedback suggested that the company may have been in a bit of a hurry with the update.

Users share on Reddit, on their devices at fingerprint scanner He stated that they were having problems. All complaints came from owners of the Galaxy S23 series.

Fingerprint animation does not appear

Looking at the complaints you can find here, we can understand that the problem is not experienced by a few people, but on a large scale. Even Even S23 FE has problems There are people who say. Users say they haven’t experienced anything like this before One UI 6.1.

Let’s explain the problem a little. According to the information received The fingerprint scan icon does not appear on the phone screen. Users will not encounter this icon when turning on the device with the power button or double-clicking. When this is the case, the feature becomes useless as the fingerprint scanner is not used in this way. does not work. If you put it on a blank screen, nothing happens.

Raise your hand in the comments when expected It was indicated that the problem could be solved. When a user views the fingerprint animation to block He stated that it worked. But other users continued to experience this annoying problem.

There was no statement from Samsung regarding this issue. However, we can predict that the company will solve the problem with an update soon.

There are also people who claim that the phone charges slowly

On the other hand, some S23 and Z Fold 5 users may experience issues with the phone after the update. it charges slowly also claimed. However, it is not clear if this issue is related to One UI. The charging speed of phones can depend on several factors. For example, they charge faster when the battery level is low, and slower when the battery level is high. Testing conducted by SamMobile also showed and supported that the device charges quickly at a low charge. So the charging problem probably has nothing to do with OneUI.