I don't want to redo all of my fingerprints to test, but there is a setting in screen lock called swipe.
Maybe that is what you need? It says if I change from PIN, I will lose all of my fingerprint settings.
No pattern for screen unlock, why Microsoft
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I was hoping for a pattern unlock as I'm sick of the amount of pins I have to remember on all my various devices.
I can understand how you need an initial pin to change or initially set up your FingerPrint biometric unlock et cetera but to have to continually remember and use a pin after that seems like overkill.
We should be able to use just the FingerPrint after that or more conveniently pattern unlock like I did on my Samsung note 10+ with a FingerPrint as well if needed to up the security level.
Microsoft if you are taking feedback for this device I would really like a pattern to be added to the pin and FingerPrint unlock option please.
The funny thing is that to restore my Google backup on this new phone I was prompted for an android pattern unlock which worked perfectly okay on the Duo!
What do you guys think?
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2020-10-02T17:44:03+00:00 Hi,
At this time by design there are only authentication methods for unlocking are pin and finger print. You do have the option to use swipe however that is just a swipe to unlock the device without authentication. (not a pattern swipe)
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Anonymous
2020-10-03T22:55:33+00:00 Thanks , good to know
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Anonymous
2020-10-03T23:00:04+00:00 @TomC_7 Maybe you you could give the team our feedback as it's a stanard feature in android we would like implemented as a choices please?