Apple watch series 9 won't setup

I recently bought my wife the new watch. I tried to set it up last night however I cannot get the watch to finish the process. I get to the part where you use the camera to pair the watch and it says unable to connect. I tried manual mode however the watch does not give me the 6 digit pass code. She has an iPhone 12 pro it is running iOS 17.1.1

Posted on Nov 14, 2023 04:17 AM

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Jun 9, 2024 06:34 PM in response to Mbarrett4474

can you please confirm how you fixed this problem, I am facing same issue

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