https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3985116#M9578 <P>My wife had the same thing happen on her old Xperia 5 iii, but when we replaced it and factory reset the phone to give to my youngest child, the fingerprint scanner started working again, so I think it was just a badly structured update that broken that generation of fingerprint readers.</P> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:10:56 GMT BahnStormer 2025-12-10T10:10:56Z https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3978642#M9539 <P>I've had my Xperia 1iii for just over 3 years and over a year ago the fingerprint sensor stopped working and then disappeared altogether from settings. I've just done 2 factory restores for another issue and I hoped this would fix it but it is still missing. If anybody has a solution for this I would be very grateful to hear it. Thanks</P> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:56:20 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3978642#M9539 mandipbassi 2025-06-20T11:56:20Z https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3985116#M9578 <P>My wife had the same thing happen on her old Xperia 5 iii, but when we replaced it and factory reset the phone to give to my youngest child, the fingerprint scanner started working again, so I think it was just a badly structured update that broken that generation of fingerprint readers.</P> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:10:56 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3985116#M9578 BahnStormer 2025-12-10T10:10:56Z https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3985117#M9579 <P>Try the full software repair via a PC.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:14:26 GMT https://community.sony.es/t5/1-series/sony-xperia-1-iii-fingerprint-sensor-no-longer-in-settings/m-p/3985117#M9579 BahnStormer 2025-12-10T10:14:26Z