New Apple watch stuck on preparing

I am trying to pair my new watch series 3 to my iphone 13. It asked to update watch os when i first scanned the watch with iphone. The watchos came in as 8.7.1 and it got "downloaded to watch" after a long time and is now stuck at preparing. (its been 2 hours , progress bar has not even moved single dot). My phone runs on ios 16.0.3 which i believe is the latest. I tried restarting both phone and watch, resetting network settings, hard reseting watch and re-installing watch app on my phone but still no luck. please someone help me in this regard and will be really appreciated.

Apple Watch

Posted on Oct 13, 2022 01:56 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Oct 13, 2022 02:01 PM

Similar questions

1 reply

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

New Apple watch stuck on preparing

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.