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Apple Watch series 5 not working properly after latest update downloaded.


Watch not working after latest update.

Posted on Mar 28, 2021 10:26 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2021 10:42 AM

Can you explain what is not working? Without knowing anything else, 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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Mar 28, 2021 10:42 AM in response to elext

Can you explain what is not working? Without knowing anything else, 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


Apr 1, 2021 8:30 AM in response to javaliga

I tried the rebooting of both the watch and phone to see if that fixed my problem of both poor battery life and the fact my contact names no longer show up on my watch when a text or call comes in (just the phone number). It did NOT change anything. Battery life is sinking like a stone and same problem with numbers not contact names. 😠 Frustrated with this Apple update...or should I say major step backwards?

Apple Watch series 5 not working properly after latest update downloaded.

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