google pixel 2 fingerprint hardware not available

Some users are saying even swipe up to open the phone doesn’t seem to work post the update. One user Himanshu Gargas wrote that even safe boot, followed by factory reset didn’t solve the problem. On the Nexus forum, users are also facing the same problem after they updated their device. Some pointed out that restarting the phone did not help either. Other Pixel users have also pointed out how they tried deleting their fingerprints as well, but it doesn’t solve the problem at all.

Previous Pixel devices had used chips from Qualcomm, with Google having begun developing its own chips (codenamed Whitechapel) in as early as 2016. Instead I just get the following error when trying to add a fingerprint: “Enrollment was not completed. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro were previewed by Google on August 2, 2021, which confirmed the phones new designs and the introduction of its custom Tensor system on a chip (SoC). I thought if I deleted my fingerprints and re-added them it might help. The user wrote, “ I tried rebooting and clearing my cache with no change. One Pixel user with the name of Shector wrote that after updating the fingerprint scanner stopped working, and the phone flashed the following message: “Fingerprint hardware not available.”Īlso read: Google Pixel audio distortion a hardware problem, admits company

Google users have been posting on the Pixel and Nexus product forums about this problem. He also adds the company will reaching out to users privately for bug report information.

Google pixel 2 fingerprint hardware not available