Reviewed guide | 2026-10-17
Biometric login stopped working in the Bybit app after a phone change: fixing it safely
Face ID or fingerprint login in the Bybit app is tied to the device, so a new phone or a reset wipes it. How to sign in the long way, re-enable biometrics and passkeys, and avoid locking yourself out in the process.
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For months you opened the Bybit app with a glance or a fingerprint. Then you moved to a new phone, restored from a backup, and the app greeted you with a full login screen asking for a password you have not typed in ages. This is expected behaviour. Biometric login is stored securely on the device itself and does not transfer with a backup, and passkeys may or may not follow depending on how they were saved. The fix is straightforward, as long as you go through the steps in the right order and keep your other factors working.
Sign in with your password and second factor first
Open the Bybit app installed from the App Store or Google Play and choose to log in with email or phone and password. If you have forgotten the password, use the reset option on the login screen, which will ask for verification through your email or phone and your authenticator. Expect Bybit to treat the new phone as a new device and possibly to send a confirmation email. Approve it only if you started the login yourself, and read the device details in the email before tapping anything.
Moving your authenticator before anything else
If your Google Authenticator or similar app lived on the old phone, make sure your codes are available on the new one before you wipe the old handset. Many authenticator apps can transfer accounts by QR code or restore from a cloud backup. Test by generating a Bybit code on the new phone and using it to log in. If the old phone is already gone and the codes did not transfer, you will need the authenticator reset route in the Bybit app, which involves identity checks and a waiting period.
Re-enabling biometrics and passkeys
Once logged in, open the profile menu, go to Security and look for biometric or Face ID login and passkey settings. Turn biometrics back on; the app will ask the phone to confirm your face or fingerprint. For passkeys, check whether your existing passkey appears in the list. If it was saved to iCloud Keychain or Google Password Manager, it may already work on the new device; if it was stored only on the old phone, remove the old entry and create a new one.
Cleaning up the old device
Still in Security, open the device management list and remove the old phone, especially if you are selling or giving it away. Then log out of the Bybit app on the old phone and delete the app before wiping it. Check the login history for anything unexpected during the switch. Finally, note in your password manager when you re-enabled biometrics and which passkeys are active, so the next phone change goes faster and with fewer surprises.
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Scenario checkpoint
- Log in with password and authenticator on the new phone before trying to restore quick login.
- Confirm authenticator codes work on the new device before wiping the old handset.
- Re-enable biometric login and review the passkey list under Security in the app.
- Remove the old phone from device management and log out of the app before resetting it.
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