Samsung S23 - Apps auto opening on fingerprint unlock

[NiKRuLeZ]

Hi all

I have Android 14 with One UI 6.0

I have noticed a strange intermittent issue. When I unlock my phone using fingerprint it automatically opens a random app on my phone that I never explicitly opened myself. It's usually facebook.

Anyone else experiencing the same issue?

TIA

Nik

[Lord_Shiva]

icon that's usually in the app drawer. If you have Marshmallow or later, you might have apps that start randomly due to a lack of battery optimization. This method helps optimize apps so they stop starting automatically.

[NiKRuLeZ]

Doesn't happen on my S21 with the same version of Facebook app. I believe it's a S23 / One UI issue.

[SaraMack89]

Thanks for posting this, Nik! Yes, it's been happening on my S23 Ultra for several days if not a couple weeks now. Super annoying, which is why I decided to look up if anyone else has found a fix yet. Hoping to get this corrected soon...

[Sombody3]

I know this sounds a bit obvious but, is your app placed under the fingerprint scanner and your phone thinks your tapping on that right after you unlock your phone? (Sorry if I sound stupid.)

[NiKRuLeZ]

Yes it is! But it's not always Facebook it's sometimes other apps but mostly Facebook!

[Sombody3]

🤔

[SaraMack89]

Not stupid! Great callout.  Now that I'm looking more closely, I can see 3 apps real close to where the fingerprint scanner is located that, yes, are typically the ones launching on unlocking. But there's another app higher and to the right that opens a lot too. Very odd. Should we test removing apps from that section to see if it fixes the auto-launch issue? (Which wouldn't actually be a fix, IMO, but still.)

[Sombody3]

Maybe I had a similar problem on my s22 ultra but on a smaller scale, I just tried to lift my finger off the scanner as quick as possible after the phone unlocked. But changing the app positioning is a better fix (as long as you have enough space on your home screen to move them. 😊

[SaraMack89]

The main struggle I have with that "solution" is that this is a NEW problem that wasn't occurring before. So, what changed? Ya know?