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[Sony Xperia 1 III] kevinmcmurtrie:
It seems to be an electrical noise design defect. My original Xperia 1 III rebooted if it had a fingerprint set, the screen off, and was fast charging with the factory charger. It self-destructed while sending it in for repairs and SBE made false claims that I had altered the firmware. I exchanged it and the replacement has issues too. I can pick up the phone off the table and it says the fingerprint reader is disabled from too many attempts. The touchscreen sometimes goes crazy too. Tap-to-wake is essentially run-battery-dead-because-screen-never-turns-off.

The other issues in this thread are software bugs, probably with the low-memory-killer. This is definitely not my favorite phone.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] B. East:
I have a UK 1 III and have not really had any problems with the finger print scanner, it struggles to open the phone if the screen is off, but if I pick the phone up and the screen comes on, it unlocks every time using the scanner. I have not modded the phone or changed software and have had the phone for just over 2 years.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Andrew Lin:
Hi I wonder if anyone has tried to replace the fingerprint sensor and flex cable to try to fix it. These could be bought for like 10 dollars together in China so might be worth a try!
[Sony Xperia 1 III] zadox:
My XQ-BC52's sensor stopped working. It didn't happen overnight. Started performing erratically a couple of months ago, then just died. Fingerprint Manager is not even shown in Settings. If I trigger it through *#*#7378423#*#* service menu or through Activity Launcher (com.android.settings.Settings$FingerprintSettingsActivity), it can not register any new fingerprints. I get an error message:

-------------------------

Could not read your fingerprint

Registration will be cancelled as fingerprint enrolment time limit has been reached.

Follow the registration instructions and try again.

-------------------------

In the meantime and for different reasons, I was forced to change ROMs (both stock and AOSPs, Android11 and Android13); in no case did the fingerprint sensor seem to work. There are threads at Reddit, at community.sony.com, complaints everywhere, and not just for the 1 III. Might be hardware problems, software problems, security problems but the way Sony has handled it is a disgrace.

It hurts to admit that what seemed like good and unique (in a world of stupid hardware and software companies) turned out to be a frustrating experience. The fingerprint sensor, the software updates, the thermals, the battery, the hyped but subpar screen and camera, the 5G, the warranty. I am not picky but, no matter how much money I am prepared to spend, there is just no smartphone out there that can satisfy me more than 15%.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] jporter396:
My lovely xperia 1 III has been the best phone I've ever had. But the fingerprint sensor started to not work , a restart would fix it and it'd be ok for a day. Also cleaning side sense cache would make it work again as well . Which had me thinking it was software related. I'm on the stock room modded on Android 11 unchanged since day 1 so I'm sure it wasn't a software update. Anyways it would Then be ok for a couple hours. Until then it stopped working altogether no matter how many times I restarted it.

Got a new fingerprint sensor off eBay for 35 bucks and it is back in action working 100%.

Sony has terrible sensors many people have this issue .

Was going to get the xperia v but us bootloader isn't unlockable and the mark III is aging so well I don't want to move on ! Plus $35 is much cheaper than $1300 !

Plan to keep this phone for a couple more years now as it is dialed in. Best of luck
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
MInes pretty much totally out now too. Sometimes it doesn't see the sensor at all and the setting disappears, sometimes the setting is there but it keeps telling me to wipe the sensor and try again. Sometimes it will come back for a while after a reboot sometimes not. Safe mode didn't fix it, cleaning the sensor didn't fix, nothing seems to help. When it was first starting to cut out it seemed to be temperature related, I'm thinking at one point the phone got got enough to actually damage something, like melting some adhesive and having a cable come loose.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] merc50:
I had this problem occuring very recently. I noticed it one day after plugging into the headphone jack to aux port in my car, as I usually do on my way to work. Then it got worse; only working for a short time after reboot, sometimes the reboot didn't work at all. I tried cleaning, adding/deleting fingerprints, nothing worked.

I took the SIM card out and put it in a different phone for a bit. When I put it back in to 1 iii; it has definitely been working way better, although this has only been for the past few days. I also have a fingerprint sensor on the way to me via ebay if I end up needing it.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Andrew Lin:
This seems to be caused by water getting into the fingerprint sensor, at least for me. The fingerprint sensor's water tape is very weak. It could be wet but nothing else in the phone is wet. To fix, just replace the fingerprint sensor. It worked for me. I am not sure if everyone can fix it like this because I have seen too many fingerprint issue complaints.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] merc50:
Mine was definitely not due to water damage.

My sensor has been fixed after I removed and reinstalled the SIM card. Nothing worked until I did that. It's been working 100% since my last post on Oct. 10th.

Before that, it was the same as everyone else... it was working only a few minutes after reboot then failing constantly, then it started not working at all for a couple of days. I don't think it was the sensor itself obviously.

I have received a sensor to replace it, but I haven't had to do so.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
Did you do anything else in between? I tried that, didn't work for me.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] merc50:
No, just shut the phone off, took the SIM out and put into a different phone for 10 minutes then back into the 1iii and it worked like new. Definitely weird.

I noticed that with my phone the fingerprint sensor started acting up when plugging into the stereo jack, and when getting hot. Then it was happening all the time, only working for a few minutes after reboot so I ordered a sensor.

Wouldn't hurt to install a new flex wire though, that's probably the issue with most I would think.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] 954097023:
My personal guess is that the phone is too hot causing unrecognized.

My solution:

1.Reboot the phone system to delete all the recorded fingerprints and re-record the fingerprints.

2. Use the app (Scene) to control the performance of the system and the overheating problem.

Scene

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My fingerprint is working fine.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Gitaroo:
I also run into this issue recently, touch senser fixes itself as soon as I reboot the phone. This has to be a 100% software problem. Makes zero sense why it would just work after I reboot. If the sensor is dead or malfunction it would be permanent. Overheating doesn't make sense neither if a reboot fixes it. They phone gets hot when i charge true, but i keep it charging and reboot it and still fixes it
[Sony Xperia 1 III] killzonefury619:
My 1 iii started having this issue a while back with it randomly working again with or without restart then it went for ever for a while. Due to travelling and and important data I decided against software reset or other software fix attempts and instead bought replacement from aliexpress and get it replaced in a local repair.

Unfortunately that didn't work too. For some reasons I need to factory reset anyway now and will upgrade to android 13 also finally through xperifirm so hopefully it fixes it.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] calypsouh:
it could MAYBE be a broken software update or a dying fingerprint sensor and your best option if the fp is dying is to just replace the sensor
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
Definitely seems like a software issue. Checking the logcat, the sensor reacts when I touch it, but it's a bunch of errors:

[11-28 22:00:02.357 2503:5577 D/Fingerprint21]

Daemon was null, reconnecting, current operation: null

[11-28 22:00:02.360 2503:5577 W/Fingerprint21]

NoSuchElementException

java.util.NoSuchElementException

at android.os.HwBinder.getService(Native Method)

at android.os.HwBinder.getService(HwBinder.java:81)

at android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint.V2_1.IBiometricsFingerprint.getService(IBiometricsFingerprint.java:74)

at android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint.V2_1.IBiometricsFingerprint.getService(IBiometricsFingerprint.java:84)

at com.android.server.biometrics.sensors.fingerprint.hidl.Fingerprint21.getDaemon(Fingerprint21.java:417)

at com.android.server.biometrics.sensors.fingerprint.hidl.Fingerprint21.isHardwareDetected(Fingerprint21.java:762)

at com.android.server.biometrics.sensors.fingerprint.FingerprintService$FingerprintServiceWrapper.isHardwareDetectedDeprecated(FingerprintService.java:709)

at android.hardware.fingerprint.IFingerprintService$Stub.onTransact(IFingerprintService.java:681)

at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1280)

at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1244)

[11-28 22:00:02.360 2503:5577 W/Fingerprint21]

Fingerprint HAL not available

[11-28 22:00:02.408 2503:7591 D/Fingerprint21]

Daemon was null, reconnecting, current operation: null

[11-28 22:01:42.879 697:697 I/hwservicemanager]

Since android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint@2.1::IBiometricsFingerprint/default is not registered, trying to start it as a lazy HAL.

The option still does not exist in my settings, and if I try to access the menu to add fingerprints via the Support app, it instantly times out.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Pandemic:
I have exactly the same even with support app, so not an hardware issue but software indeed, and you use also fw .472A ? I do so the problem is in that fw.

Because in the earlier fw's i had no issues at all.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
I'm on 61.2.a.0.388
[Sony Xperia 1 III] calypsouh:
maybe try reflashing the OS thru odin?
[Sony Xperia 1 III] justmeandmyphone:
It's not a XPeria specific bug, had the same problem on the SGS5. The problem is the trust agent of the Google Play Services. Go to settings -> security -> trust agents, disable the Google trust agent, reboot, re-enable trust agent.

That's a temporary fix, sooner or later you will have to do the procedure again.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] kevinmcmurtrie:
It's not about the fingerprint reader not authenticating. The hardware dies and the driver quits. The OS won't even say it has a fingerprint reader anymore. Initially, restarting fixes it for a little while. As time passes it will never work again.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
I solved the fingerprint sensor problem.​

First of all I backed up the phone, then I connected the phone to the computer and through Xperia Companion I did "Software Repair".

Upon startup I restored everything except the "Settings" of the phone, for example:

Alarms, ringtone volume, display settings etc.

They have not been restored.

I am convinced that the bug was created with previous operating system updates. Therefore, by doing a complete restore, and therefore including "Settings" in the restore, you will also restore the bug, carried by old settings that conflict with the latest versions of Android.

I've been using the phone for 6 days since I did this and the sensor is perfect! Always recognizes the fingerprint.

P.S. As an unlocking system I have both fingerprint and PIN unlocking. I haven't yet tested whether it works correctly with pattern unlock.

Confirmation from others is very welcome

I apologize if there are any understanding problems, but I used the translator
[Sony Xperia 1 III] bentree:
Please keep us updated. I honestly find this outcome interesting.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
After 2 days of use, I confirm that even with the unlock pattern, the fingerprint sensor works correctly.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] w0dash:
My device has the same problem, and I guess it's an hardware error (fingerprint module looses connection but is only initialized at boot or something similiar).
[Sony Xperia 1 III] EdgarWollust:
Hello,

I actually did this and it worked. I repaired 2 of the Xperia 1 III by changing fingerprint sensor and battery too (cuz when i got it already open u know...)

So in my opinion changing the Hardware works like a Charme...
[Sony Xperia 1 III] bentree:
How is it going after a few weeks?
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
It's working perfectly. I'm sorry that many others haven't tried this solution
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Kellis:
You made my day! Thank you!

I even tried flashing using newflasher without success.

However, a simple full system repair through Xperia Companion fixed it.

Thanks again!
[Sony Xperia 1 III] WoWant:
Thank you, it really solved the issue for me. 2 days - 0 fingerprint scanner disconnections. It's not only a problem with Xperia 1 III, but also with many other Sony smartphones, even custom firmware doesn't help, only recovery through Xperia Companion.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
Great news! 🙂

Who knows how many have abandoned this phone due to this problem

😢
[Sony Xperia 1 III] WoWant:
Oh yes, I was actually looking for a new phone myself. Your message came at just the right time. Thanks again. It's amazing that such a widespread issue has such a simple solution.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
Has anyone tried just clearing data on the settings app to see if that's enough?
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
I don't think it's enough. Many have also had problems switching from stock to custom rom
[Sony Xperia 1 III] RobbRoss:
Stopping and clearing the data of the system com.qualcomm.qti.biometrics.fingerprint.service application helped me. At least so far, i.e. 3 days.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
I tried that before and it didn't work. Mine currently has no data, only option to clear cache
[Sony Xperia 1 III] RobbRoss:
After 2 weeks it stopped working again but cleaning and stopping com.qualcomm.qti.biometrics.fingerprint.service and of course restarting phone helped again.

If it matters, I have Xperia 5 III.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Eldar Sony:
I want to try this method

Тell me how to do this
[Sony Xperia 1 III] RobbRoss:
Go to:

Settings -> Applications -> All... -> :System... -> find: com.qualcomm.qti.biometrics.fingerprint.service

force Stop and Clear memory for this service.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Eldar Sony:
Тhank you. I tried it and couldn't find such a service in my search
[Sony Xperia 1 III] ZellZoy:
You have to click the 3 dot at the top right and click show system apps, though doing this did not fix the issue for me
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Eldar Sony:
That's what I did, but this system application is still not there

I also downloaded third party apps to work with the apps. they were also not displayed
[Sony Xperia 1 III] kulli.mentor@gmail.com:
Hi,

Do you confirm it is still working?

What Xperia do u have? What backup app did you use?

I am convinced that it has to do with the overheating issue, because my fingerprint scanner stops working every time the phone is doing some hard working tasks, video and photo or smth else thet gets the phone hot.
[Sony Xperia 1 III] kulli.mentor@gmail.com:
How do you control the overheating problem with Scene?
[Sony Xperia 1 III] Masterblop:
Yes, Is still working.

My Xperia Is 1 III model XQ-BC52.

Backup Google.

Overheating can cause various problems for any phone. therefore it may be possible that the fingerprint sensor is not working properly.
[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] IcePhoenix466:
I unlocked the bootloader using a quick way, which is by pressing the volume buttons up and down and running the script. After that, I had an inscription at startup, in order to start the phone, I had to press the power button again. To get rid of this inscription, I downloaded platform tools and threw into the platform tools folder a file with the name vbmeta.img, which I took from the firmware that I currently have and entered the command when the phone was in fastboot "fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img". The inscriptions did not disappear, then on one forum I was advised to enter the command "fastboot oem cdms", I entered this command and the phone started without inscriptions. After that, I patched boot.img from my firmware using magisc and threw the file into the platform tools folder, renaming it magisc_boot.img and entered the command "fastboot flash boot magisk_boot.img". Root rights worked, but I realized that I didn't need root and deleted it using the update item and download the full firmware. Now the bootloader is unlocked on my phone and there is no root. How do I lock the bootloader safely. Current Firmware Indonesia
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[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] IcePhoenix466:
Will there be any problems due to the fact that I unlocked the bootloader in an unofficial way and flashed vbmeta.img from my firmware?
[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] NOSS8:
Miflash will erase your data.

Normally not but tried to do a test without locking the bootloader.

Or you can use the Bat files included in the extracted folder of the TGZ file, without Miflash.
[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] IcePhoenix466:
Guys, I'm scared. I have all banking applications and device search from xiaomi working with an open bootloader. I don't want to turn my phone into a brick.
[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] IcePhoenix466:
I won't try to block bootloader.
[POCO M3 Pro / Redmi Note 10 / 10T 5G] NOSS8:
You should know what you want...
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Hello does anyone have patched firehose for xiaomi 10t pro edl mode miflash tool. thank you
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i search also without success. 8250 qualcomm firehose file. Can someone help us? thank you very much !!!
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No we don't have it yet.
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[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
Introduction:

Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It's a fully touch driven user interface , no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
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DISCLAIMER:

THIS RECOVERY IS MEANT TO BE USED WITH MIUI 12.0.4 GLOBAL ROM!!!!! USE WITH MIUI 12.5 AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

BUGS:

- OTG is sometimes buggy

- Same bugs as OrangeFox

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Make sure you have fastboot and drivers installed. Reboot into fastboot mode and type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

SUPPORTED MODELS:

Redmi 9A (dandelion)

Redmi 9C (angelica)

POCO C3 (angelicain)

Other garden device (Xiaomi MT6765 / MT6762 With Dynamic Partitions)

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CHANGELOG:

2023-03-25: Initial release of TWRP for garden
2023-04-27: Synced latest sources

CREDITS:

- OrangeFox for TWRP sources

- Me for compiling TWRP

- opsonc for testing TWRP :D
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
Now this is the first time I saw someone post here, but I'll make tests on the recovery

I tested it, and errors already pop up, seen in the attachments, the error was "Failed to mount "/persist" (Device or Resources busy)

I think that is my device error but that doesn't really popup on the orangefox recovery but otherwise you can use it

One more thing, that it is kinda laggy, not much noticeable but much more laggy than orangefox recovery and the statusbar or the thing at the top was not visible due to the camera notch,

But Otherwise, its pretty usable

Psst, can you make a custom kernel for This Phone?

Redmi 9c?
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] ax0:
gah damn! thats 😍
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
Thank you for testing. I might try to fix the persist issue, but i'm not sure how to. I don't have this device.

I can try making a custom kernel for this phone too with some optimizations
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
Oh okay, thanks:)
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
You can notify me if you have a working custom kernel
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
New build is up!

Changelog:

- Synced latest sources
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
Hey!, New build!:D

actually, any custom recovery i tried with this device is broken at miui 12.5 , i think its because it has a incompatible vendor (R Vendor), it just gets stuck on the loading screen, but i can actually adb shell into it by plugging it in and viewing the logs.

i dont think so the errors, i just think them as the vendor problem.

ill try out again te custom recovery later
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
this recovery is based on twrp-11, an android 11.0 twrp build so it should work i guess
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
maybe, ill try everything out later and provide feedback later, or maybe even tomorrow

oh and one thing about miui 12.5 on the redmi 9c is horrible like google play store cant let you sign in, it said that it has problems communicating with the servers, so i dont think using that rom will be good
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
thank you!!
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
Hey, just tested it and yeah, same issues as before, it just gets stuck at the loading screen, and so i had to reflash miui 12.0.10 to get access it back via spflashtools but good job 👍.

still the persist problem still exist but yeah, a finally usable twrp eyy😄
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] juancho0807:
So far I did not encounter any problems with 12.5.

Anyway, will try this recovery once usable. Keep it up and thanks for the effort guys.
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] Deleted member 11977573:
how though?
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] juancho0807:
Tried it on 12.5.4. Stuck at TWRP screen.
[Redmi 9C ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Develo] notnoelchannel:
That's weird.

I think it's the vendor/or the kernel