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Why my Apple Watch blinks like a bulb (on /off on/off) ? I did the force restart, doesn’t work!

My Apple Watch is only blinking like a bulb does. It functions normal on the system only the screen has such problem of flickering lights (on/off on/off). And some times totally dead screen!

Apple Watch Sport

Posted on Aug 18, 2021 10:54 AM

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Posted on Aug 18, 2021 6:36 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support



But it may be a hardware problem. Your best bet its to make an appointment at the Genius Bar in an Apple Store near you and let them look at it:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple


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Aug 18, 2021 6:36 PM in response to nabin1992

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support



But it may be a hardware problem. Your best bet its to make an appointment at the Genius Bar in an Apple Store near you and let them look at it:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple


Why my Apple Watch blinks like a bulb (on /off on/off) ? I did the force restart, doesn’t work!

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