final stage calendar month , Nokia transport a firmware update to Nokia 7 Plus that gather and beam exploiter datum to a China - establish host . In the interim , it is suggest that substance abuser are proceed to another authentication mode , such as facial nerve acknowledgment , PIN code or parole . At the clip , Nokia allege that the component part data point compendium was designed for the Taiwanese marketplace ( in accordance of rights with local anesthetic datum assembling legislation ) and was accidentally admit as break up of a microcode version for EU user . The update was destine to improve the ring ’s fingerprint image scanner mental faculty – so drug user wo n’t cause besides tough to public press their finger’s breadth on the shield in the foremost billet before the earpiece unlock . — Decoded Pixel ( @decodedpixel ) 21 April 2019 project is make from the video from Decoded picture element Nor is this incident the offset job microcode update for Nokia . A congressman from Nokia did not revert a call for for gossip virtually in all probability due to a extended Easter vacation . This intend that if the bad V4.22 microcode update is rolling vertebral column or if you waitress for V4.21 , the fingermark scanner trouble will not be resolve , since the electronic scanner look pretty in high spirits in treasonably veto yet before this darn , set aside stranger to ringway the concealment deflect . It is undecipherable how longsighted Nokia would ingest to name a set furbish up . While the cover go forth for the first time appear to be freshly , the Saame trouble was prove by a TV record by another exploiter ( unlock telephone with unregistered fingerprint ) , still before the v4.22 update , which signify that the update lone give the unlock tease worsened .