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Apple Watch 4

Wont turn on when I raise my wrist? Only when I touch it?

Posted on Jan 24, 2023 1:29 PM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2023 1:36 PM

Make sure that Wrist Detection is on. To check the setting, open the Watch app on your iPhone. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Passcode.


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




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Jan 24, 2023 1:36 PM in response to Caggoss

Make sure that Wrist Detection is on. To check the setting, open the Watch app on your iPhone. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Passcode.


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




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