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Apple watch AOD stopped working, as well as workouts

Hi,

My apple watch series 5 AOD suddenly stopped working. In addition, when I workout the workout is paused after a few seconds.

It seems like the watch doesn’t recognize that it’s on my wrist or something.

The watch also stopped taking my resting heart rate.

I tried everything, wrist detection is on, aod is on, tried to toggle them on and off. Reseted my watch, unpaired and paired as new. Nothing works. I wonder if this is a problem with the sensor, since nothing changed in settings and no solution works.

Low power mode is off.

Theater mode is off.


Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Posted on Oct 22, 2022 10:06 AM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2022 10:26 AM

Force Restart your watch:


Press and hold BOTH the digital crown and elongated power button until the screen goes back and keep holding until you see the Apple Logo, then let go.

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