Question about Imprint sensor

[Immortalis]

Hello xda,
I've been using my 5X for a few months and I'm happy with the device. Hovewer, there is one thing that annoys me, the fingerprint sensor, which is trying to read my fingers, when the phone is hidden into pocket, and when I want to unlock phone using my finger, it warns me about "too many tries, please try again later" (screen in attachment). Is it possible to make Imprint work only if the screen is on?
Thanks in advance.

 

[PiousInquisitor]

Face your phone with the screen towards your leg. Issue solved. Your screen is less likely to break in that position if something accidentally hit it.

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[Immortalis]

Yep, that's what I'm doing since I observed the problem, but then I don't see the notfication LED
PS partially solved, because I'm asking for a software hack

 

[PiousInquisitor]

Yep, that's what I'm doing since I observed the problem, but then I don't see the notfication LED
PS partially solved, because I'm asking for a software hack

You can see the LED through your pants when it's facing out? Are they made from saran wrap?

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[Immortalis]

You can see the LED through your pants when it's facing out? Are they made from saran wrap?

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No, but I'm pulling out the phone a little bit to make sure I got a new notification.
And this is going offtopic.

 

[PiousInquisitor]

No, but I'm pulling out the phone a little bit to make sure I got a new notification.
And this is going offtopic.

Anyway, it's currently not possible to make the sensor only work when the phone is on. That would require first and foremost an unlocked bootloader. Then you would need to download the kernel source (I'm pretty sure that's what controls the sensor) and modify it to do what you want. Then you would need to flash it to your device. Good luck.