My Apple Watch was submerged with it locked in the water mode however the screen went blank and now won’t charge turn on or give any sign of life. What can I do?
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Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 5
How old is the watch? You may have damaged the watch at some point defeating the watch's water resistance and it has been water damaged.
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Same problem with my 11 month old 6 Series watch. You can try bringing it in for service if they will even look at it. I didn't have Apple Care so they didn't even look at mine. There was no solution other than buying a new one since it is considered water damage and an out of warranty repair.
Ok, I see what you were saying. Because water damage is not covered by the warranty, even though the watch still had one month of warranty, the water damage would make it an out-of-warranty repair.
It is my understanding that Apple doesn't actually repair Watches, they just replace them under warranty.
It is also my understanding that Apple would have sold you an Watch in the out-of-warranty situation for less than the cost of buying a new watch at retail.
An 11-month-old watch is not out of warranty.
Water damage is not covered under Apple's limited warranty.
Since swimming with my Apple Watch, the screen went black and won’t charge.
