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Hi I recently purchased the series 10 watch and everything good until the last few days where it refuses to charge. I have tried the old cable that I had with the series 6 (which still works - I have tested it), tried the new cable that came with the watch, tried soft and hard re boot. When i do this it works for about 1 minute then stops charging again. Is there anything I have missed or is it a faulty watch?
Apple Watch Series 10, watchOS 11
Older Apple Watches did not support Quick Charging, like the Series 10 does. Even the Ultra 2 needs more time to charge up to 80%.
So if your adapter can not handle the power management needed, your Series 10 can not charge correctly.
And Apple charging cables and batteries are equipped with electronic parts that help to control the charging process.
If you think charging your watch is an Apple Watch hardware issue, contact the official Apple Support or visit an Authorized Apple Service Provider/Apple Store, to get it diagnosed.
Apple Watch Service and Repair - Apple Support
Did you use the 20W Apple adapter?
I've only had my 10 for 3 days. This morning when I put it on my charger (same cable I'd been using with my 5) it appeared to start charging. 1.5 hours later it was not charging and I could not get it to resume until I rebooted it. It charged for the next 20 minutes but then I had to leave for work.
I just checked -- I'm using a 3rd-party 20w adapter. And I would not expect it to completely fail on a lower-wattage adapter (even if that were what I was using.) Good design would be that it would charge more slowly but charge nonetheless. The watch is not a high-power device.
Those are just the ones offered by the Apple Store, not an exhaustive list of the only chargers that work. Charging should not be this difficult. This is not an incompatibility problem, this is defect -- a bug.
It's a new puck (the one that came with the watch) and two different chargers. The only common item is the watch itself.
Again, charging should not be this difficult. The (this) puck plugs into a USB-C port on the charger. USB-C is a standard, meaning basic functionality is guaranteed if the standard is properly followed. The prior puck and charger were USB-A but the same statement applies. So Apple has either improperly implemented the USB standards in both their USB-A and USB-C pucks, or there is a hw or sw bug in the watch. Given that I've never had a charging problem in any of my prior Apple watches, that can only mean the problem is in the Apple Watch 10. And this is supported by the fact that other people with 10s who are no doubt using a variety of chargers are experiencing problems as well. The watch itself is the common denominator
Even if some combination of chargers and cables don't support Quick Charging, the Watch 10 should not require it. That would be a horrible design decision. If the supposed combo of charger and cable doesn't support Quick Charging, the watch should still charge, just not as quickly. It should not behave as mine has done twice now, which is fail to charge altogether, or even discharge all the while showing the charging icon. The watch is not a high-power device. It should not require a high-power charger and extra "features" just to charge normally.
If my watch continues to behave as it is doing I will definitely be taking it in for warranty service.
The compatible Apple adapters can be found on this Appel Online Store page:
Charging Adapters Apple, compatible with Apple Watch 10
I did not find a 47W adapter.
Did you also connect the watch to the 20W Apple adapter?
Some users reported, that the older 5W chargers do not work on the newer Apple Watches which support fast charging.
Thank you! I’m not the original poster, but this fixed my issue.
You're welcome 🙂
No, until this happened I didn't know I might need to. This was with the same adapter I've been using with my series 5
Thank you - I did not know this would cause an issue but it works well now 👍
You're welcome 🙂
Since those Apple Watch models support Fast Charging, the older adapters can't deliver the needed output.
It happened again today -- this time with a new 47w adapter. This time it showed the charging symbol, but in about 90 minutes on the charger it went from 80% charged to 74%.
Apple watch series 10 not charging
