1. A method for fingerprint authentication in an electronic device, comprising: recognizing a fingerprint in responsive to a touch input to a touch input unit; detecting whether the recognized fingerprint is a white image; displaying a request for a fingerprint re-touch on a display if the recognized fingerprint is detected to be the white image; increasing a count of a number of times a fingerprint authentication process failed if the authentication process fails; and maintaining a current total of the count if the recognized image is determined to be the white image.