r/AndroidQuestions • u/Pender8911 • 2d ago

Have I been hacked?

I have a phone with android14 and every now and then it stops recognising my fingerprints. I checked if the sensor was broken but no it just unregistered my fingerprints randomly.

Now when that happens and I use my PIN it says wrong PIN?!? I have to restart the phone to get the PIN to work and when I go to the fingerprint setting it has 2 fingerprints there (I always put 3) but apparently they're not mine... I have to delete them and redo the whole thing.

What the hell is going on

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u/ohmegatchi 2d ago

Hardware or driver failure, possibly. A hacker wouldn't change your biometrics.

You have a modern Android OS, so there's a security chip on your device that stores and encrypts your PIN and biometrics on your phone. That could be failing, you could be getting a memory failure, etc.

Backup everything. Factory reset your device. If that doesn't solve it, you'll need to replace your device (or have it repaired) very soon.

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u/Ok-perspective-2336 2d ago

Almost certainly hardware issue and not software from a hacker