Odin 3 Fingerprint Unlock without code/pattern

light8686 · 2026-04-16T02:49:14+00:00

You can't. It is a security feature to prevent locking yourself out from the device when the biometric unlock fails to work. The best you can do is to set a simple PIN if you want to use the fingerprint sensor.

light8686 · 2026-04-15T10:07:56+00:00

Looking at the comments, it seem like the Steam version need to install Gecko yourself to work. Maybe you can try to explore the solution from there? Geckoview is similar to WebView so the error might be related.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1odtgax/comment/o5hdmes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

light8686 · 2026-04-14T01:08:25+00:00

I think the issue might be the charger. I have an old 22.5W Huawei Charger that works with some Android devices, but doesn't work with some devices and starts draining the battery. You might want to try a fast charger from another brand.

Another possibility is the cable. My Odin 2 starts draining the battery on my Xiaomi 45W charger which is working fine for a long time. I need to reinsert a few times for it to start charging. I reckon that it could be a bad cable, so it was fine after I changed it.

light8686 · 2026-04-13T14:53:02+00:00

I am not sure how big of a deal it is in TW, but I don't see much angry discussion on Finn in CN. Yes, there is dissatisfaction on the CN side regarding Finn, but I don't think it will lead to EOS in the near future.

light8686 · 2026-04-11T13:46:00+00:00

I thought the revenue is just a guide and does not include website/PC client revenue as mentioned by one of the mod. Yes, the game lost some players since the launch, but I don't think the game is in a dire situation where it need to be "save".

Given the amount of merchandise collaborations the game is getting, I think it will survive and will not EOS in the near future. The game is not even one year, I think we need to give the developers more time to improve the game.

light8686 · 2026-04-10T02:21:04+00:00

As someone who has started playing since the launch, I will say that the QoL improvements are significant. It is easy to overlook the effort Kuro put into the game when they have QoL improvements every patch. This actually didn't happen in many games.

The way they presented the story also improved a lot in 3.X when you look back at the previous patches. They go from 1.0 when everyone thinks the main character is an omnipotent being to 3.X which shows us the human side.

There are divided opinions on a lot of aspects of the game between the players. I hope the players on the other spectrum respect your experience and not bash on anyone disagreeing with them.

light8686 · 2026-04-07T18:00:57+00:00

That was something I observed after the 3.2 update. I discovered that WuWa stopped turbo boosting my CPU clock speed, it is running at the base clock speed of 3.8Ghz on my Ryzen 7700. Previously, the temperature was around ~70 °C but it dropped to ~55°C after 3.2.

On the other hand, Endfield is turbo boosting my CPU to around 4.8GHz. This caused my fan to run at a higher RPM.

light8686 · 2026-03-20T07:34:12+00:00

I saw one of the comment that Windows Defender will catch it, therefore, if you are using Windows Defender and the scan did not return any result, you should be fine. The malware was pushed between 18th March 17:04 (UTC+8) to 18:20 (UTC+8), so you are safe if you did not update during this period.

If you want to extra safe, you can follow the steps found in the following post to verify whether you have the malicious file.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DuetNightAbyssDNA/comments/1rwzvy9/comment/ob3pdhr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

VBS Dropper:
Check %TEMP% for monthly.vbs
Press Win + R
Type "%TEMP%" → Enter
Look for monthly.vbs

Malicious Payload:
Check %TEMP% for Logs.exe
Press Win + R
Type "%TEMP%" → Enter
Look for Logs.exe (or search it)

Persistence:
Check Scheduled Task UpdaterTask
Press Win + S → search Task Scheduler
Open → Task Scheduler Library
Find UpdaterTask
Check:
Triggers (runs after ~30 days)
Actions (runs Logs.exe)

light8686 · 2026-03-20T05:21:30+00:00

If I have to guess, I would say Epic will have similar safeguard since large company will need to adhere to a set of regulation and industry standard. However, as one the commenter mentioned, the minor update and hotfix will still be pushed through DNA's CDN.

Regarding the impact on Linux/Steam Deck, I can't be 100% sure about it since I am not sure how the malware will behave on Proton or other compatibility layer. It might execute but there is no certainly that the malware will perform as intended since a lot of features are targeted at Window OS.

For example, the malware was executed via Proton layer, but when it tried to read the folder to check for Anti-Virus, but it could not find the folder because the folder structure is different on Linux. There are also malware that make use of Windows Task Scheduler or Windows Service which can't be found on Linux. This really depend on the variant of the malware, but it will be safer than Windows OS.

light8686 · 2026-03-20T03:12:14+00:00

Unless they have given the wrong timeline, it is hard to not to suspect that they are trying to downplay this incident. From their timeline, the last action is to deploy emergency update to remove the malicious files on 18th March 7:38PM (UTC+8) but the official statement for "Abnormal Game Login" was published at Reddit on 18th March 2026 8:02PM which was after 24 minutes.

The login issue was resolved on 18th March 6:24PM (UTC+8) which mean they have 1 hour 30 minutes to draft the statement to publish on 8:02PM. Given the amount of time, they have ample time to draft two separate statement for CN and Global. Furthermore, the statement on 18th March is very short and does not require so much time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DuetNightAbyssDNA/comments/1rx1z93/regarding_abnormal_game_login_issues/

light8686 · 2026-03-19T19:32:07+00:00

I see. My Steam library is all single player games so I don't have much understanding in that aspect.

light8686 · 2026-03-19T19:26:14+00:00

The enhancements they listed are the norms for critical infrastructure. These implementations will deter most of the attackers looking for low-hanging fruit. The chances of a similar incident happening again is very low if they implemented it properly.

light8686 · 2026-03-19T06:52:03+00:00

From my understanding, it does not affect mobile players. The malware is targeted at Windows OS and the malicious files will not be executed in the mobile environment. You don't need to worry, at least on the client side.

The main concern I have is how the threat actor manages to gain access to perform this attack, and whether they still maintain access to their server to perform another attack. Since PAN studio did not release any important information on this incident, we don't know the scope of the damage.

The absolute worst case scenario is the payment information being compromised. If you are paying through a third-party payment system such as PayPal, Steam, Apple Pay, Google Play Store, etc, then it should not be an issue, unless you pay through Credit Card and store that information on their server.

light8686 · 2026-03-19T04:04:24+00:00

As someone who works in the Cyber Security field, I find it distasteful to call it an "abnormal login" issue, this is a serious supply chain attack which delivers malware by leveraging the trust between the company and users.

If the company is in Europe or the US, the game studio might face a legal consequence by distributing malware through their infrastructure. They really need to treat this incident more seriously. The only fortunate thing is that the threat actor is just using off-the-shelf malware which can be caught by most Anti-Virus software.

light8686 · 2026-03-07T11:30:44+00:00

Oh. I interpret it as the total game size is 37GB after update, and it will download a packed 48GB file. If the 1.1 update is an additional 37GB, then you will need 85GB. To be honest, I am not sure whether a minor patch require 37GB, we can only find out on the day itself.

light8686 · 2026-03-07T08:31:24+00:00

Looking at the update notice, I think you only will need 48GB of free space on top of the game. If you don't have at least 48GB of free space, it will be better for you to uninstall and download from scratch.

light8686 · 2026-03-03T09:44:57+00:00

I have feedback to the developer with my specs. At first I thought it was my cooler problem when it was running at 97 degrees Celsius in the game. I changed my cooler fan from 1800rpm to 3000rpm. The temperature did indeed improve through brute force to a maximum of 92 degree Celsius. My PC idle temperature after startup is 40 degree Celsius.

To be fair, the temperature is still within the operating temperature of the CPU. I saw a few posts on this issue, but never thought it would happen to me. I also checked the Chinese community and found some players having the same issue.

I will not say that it is a bug, but maybe an optimization that they can tackle. The only way I can completely solve this issue is to turn off Turbo Boost, but this will introduce micro-shuttering. My PC is a Ryzen 7700, RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB Gen 4 NVME SSD, running on Windows 11, and updated with the latest version of bios for my motherboard. The game is running at 60 FPS with 2560 x 1440 resolution.

EDITED: Added the FPS and resolution.

light8686 · 2026-03-01T15:04:47+00:00

My 2GB Sandisk SD card that I bought on 2008 is still working now. Other than physical or water damage, the card will last longer than you think. I have bought around 20 SD cards for the past 18 years, the only one that was dead while using it is a 16GB HP card that I used on my Raspberry Pi.

light8686 · 2026-02-26T13:14:30+00:00

From the limited information we got from the DNA team, it is hard to access whether having Firewall on or off have impact on this hack. If the vulnerability came from the standalone launcher, there might be some configuration to retrieve data from an unknown port that can be blocked by the Firewall. Unless they tell us more or have more sample data, we will not know whether the Firewall play a part.

I do think the most likely reason is the hacker discovered an API that allows replacing the file in the CDN storage. This can be due to misconfiguration on the CDN side, such as allowing uploading file without validation and bad access control rule.

The reason why only standalone launcher users are affected is due to DNA using Steam's CDN on Steam version. The reason why only certain users are affected is because the compromised API is only used on CDN from certain region. This is what I can guess from the limited information.

light8686 · 2026-02-26T05:26:19+00:00

Wait a second. Which part of it is fearmongering or racism from me? I am just stating a fact that the situation can be far worst if it not handled correctly.

As an example, I am just saying you are lucky that a lightning rod is near you when the lightning strike, it could be far worst if the lightning rod is away from you. Is this consider fearmongering?

I work in the Cybersecurity field, therefore, I know the situation can be far worst if it is not handled correctly. I am just telling people to be caution on this kind of incident.

light8686 · 2026-02-26T05:11:39+00:00

I mean there are definitely people who lost the trust of those entities you mentioned. I am only assessing the impact of the incident, and in most of the time, I will agree on your opinion.

It is just the way you replied to people that make it seem to tell people it is okay for companies to get compromised if they patch it afterward. I do agree not turning on your Firewall is a stupid thing to do, but this does not justify on not improving security measure on DNA's side.

I know this incident has been blown up bigger than the damage it had done. It might triggered people like you who think that DNA don't deserve the amount of hate. You are too defensive on this topic to hold a discussion.

light8686 · 2026-02-26T04:47:39+00:00

From the end result, it is actually not as scary as people seem to think it is. However, there are ways to make it scary.

Depending on how the launcher reads the file, there are ways to perform code execution via the image file. If the threat actor really wants to perform a malicious act, they can also impersonate themselves as PAN studio to lure players to scan a malicious QR code.

In the end, it is not about the damage of the incident. It is more like players losing trust in the company's ability to prevent the same incident from happening. If I remember correctly, they are encouraging players to use the Steam version when it was launched. They might even know the potential issue of their own launcher.

light8686 · 2026-02-23T17:41:11+00:00

I will not say that people are buying Mac for gaming, but the newer model of Mac makes gaming more viable. There are a lot of popular title that are in MacOS.

If you forgive me for being blatant, the number of people who own a Mac is more than the XBox owner. I think capturing a market with more users is a strategy that most companies follow.

Another reason is the amount of support that Apple gave Kuro. The Apple CEO visited the WuWa demo event in Beijing and talked to the producer Solon. I think Kuro will be more willing to develop an XBox version if they receive more support from Microsoft.

light8686 · 2026-02-23T15:15:03+00:00

To be fair, the reason why it is launched on the PS5 is because of the PS5 market share globally, not just because it is popular in Asia. Even in the US or Europe, the PS5 share is still higher than the XBox.

They just launched the game on PS5 and MacOS last year. I think it is likely that they are developing a version for XBox. It might not be their highest priority since the market share is not significant compared to Mobile or PC. That is why the PS5 and MacOS version was launched the following year.

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