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with just your fingerprint touch ID makes getting to your phone fast and secure if you snagged yourself an iPhone 5s and you're using this new feature here are some tips to make the most of it for starters the fingerprint scanner goes 360 degrees so you can scan your fingers sideways upside down or whichever way you want don't worry about lining up your finger at the perfect angle just be sure to cover the entire home button for the fastest reading by now you've probably figured out that you can program more than one fingerprint for me I programmed both thumbs so that it's easy to unlock even if I'm holding it in my left hand well even though you can store up to 5 fingers try to resist the more fingerprints you store the longer it'll take touch ID to scan your fingerprints now if you did program multiple fingers and you want to add remove or rename them head to settings then general then touch ID and passcode and finally touch ID here you'll see a list of fingerprints with generic names to figure out which ones which just place one of your fingers over the scanner and the matching print will be highlighted then tap edit and delete or rename the fingerprints accordingly and finally the 5s gives you five chances to unlock your phone before it requires a passcode your phone will ask you for a PIN after three attempts but really you have five so go ahead and give it a couple more tries if you have any questions along the way or have some tips of your own hit me up on Twitter and check out how to see Netcom for the written guide to this tutorial for CNET I'm Sharon Vaknin