My Apple Watch won’t charge and it won’t show anything except the Apple logo. I cannot force restart it and it won’t connect to my phone. So I deleted it because it wouldn’t connect. How do I fix this?

My Apple Watch won’t charge and it won’t show anything except the Apple logo. I cannot force restart it and it won’t connect to my phone. So I deleted it because it wouldn’t connect. How do I fix this?

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Posted on Dec 4, 2022 10:55 AM

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Dec 6, 2022 12:15 PM in response to gale154

Hello gale154,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. 


We understand that your Apple Watch isn’t paired with your iPhone. we are happy to help.


What is the exact error message you receive? Which series Apple Watch do you have? What is the watchOS that’s installed? Were you able to follow the steps in the article that brought you to us? What happens when you try to restart your Apple Watch? Which iPhone are you trying to pair your Apple Watch? What is the exact iOS version installed on your iPhone? Please go to Settings > General > About > Version. These answers will help us to isolate the cause.


Please try the steps here: If your Apple Watch isn't connected or paired with your iPhone - Apple Support These steps may help resolve this.

Try to connect your Apple Watch and iPhone again

  1. Keep your Apple Watch and paired iPhone close together to make sure that they're in range.
  2. On your iPhone, make sure that Airplane Mode is off and that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are on. To check, open Control Center
  3. If you see the Airplane Mode icon  on your watch face, Airplane Mode is on. Open Control Center, then turn off Airplane Mode. 
  4. Restart your Apple Watch and iPhone.


Let us know if you have further questions.


Take care.

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