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Apple Watch won't turn on

I wore my watch swimming today in the water mode. Immediately after turning off the water mode my screen went black and it would not turn back on. Force restart does not work. What should I do?

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 7

Posted on Jun 13, 2021 1:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2021 2:18 PM

Have you retried rotating the digital crown to turn off water mode again?


The watch is not waterproof, it is water-resistant, could you have subjected the watch to something that harmed the watch's water-resistant state? Dropped the watch? Subjected it to harsh chemicals that could eat away at the watch's seals?


About Apple Watch water resistance -

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205000


M1 Mac mini, macOS 11.4; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 7.5; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 14.6; iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14.6; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.6; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 14.6  HomePods, audioOS 14.6 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

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Jun 13, 2021 2:18 PM in response to tk995

Have you retried rotating the digital crown to turn off water mode again?


The watch is not waterproof, it is water-resistant, could you have subjected the watch to something that harmed the watch's water-resistant state? Dropped the watch? Subjected it to harsh chemicals that could eat away at the watch's seals?


About Apple Watch water resistance -

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205000


M1 Mac mini, macOS 11.4; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 7.5; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 14.6; iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14.6; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.6; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 14.6  HomePods, audioOS 14.6 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

Apple Watch won't turn on

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