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bradverel Author

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Apple Watch will not connect to my iPhone

I have an apple watch series 3 that is not paired to my iPhone. I have the watch on the charger and am trying to pair up the device. The step I am getting lost at is the WatchOS update. My watch continues to reboot and will not connect with my iPhone. My iPhone 7 is getting stuck at the update page on "estimated time remaining". I believe this is because it cannot pair up with the watch before rebooting. Nonetheless, this is a very frustrating process and I am wondering if anyone else has some insight on how to fix this. Thank you and good day.

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020 10:59 AM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020 11:31 AM

You can't update a watch unless it's paired.

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