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My Apple watch won’t vibrate

One day my Apple Watch just randomly stopped vibrating..I’ve tried doing everything (soft reset, hard reset, completely resetting the watch, looking at the haptic settings) and nothing will work. I need info on this.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 5

Posted on Feb 24, 2019 2:55 AM

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Posted on Feb 24, 2019 4:36 AM

Check you have not accidentally engaged Silent or Theater modes. Then look in the Watch app on your iPhone, and have a play in the My Watch/Sounds & Haptics settings. If you change the Haptics setting you should get at least a tap on your wrist. If you don’t get this try a forced reset (press and hold both buttons until the Apple logo appears, then release and let the watch reboot).


If still not working you could try unpairing then re-pair the watch. Try restoring the backup made during unpairing for the first attempt, and you have the fallback of trying again but setup as a new watch with factory default settings for a second attempt.


If even a re-pair doesn’t get it working the Haptic Engine in the watch might be defective, Contact Apple Support To arrange getting it checked and serviced.

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Feb 24, 2019 4:36 AM in response to Bwest201

Check you have not accidentally engaged Silent or Theater modes. Then look in the Watch app on your iPhone, and have a play in the My Watch/Sounds & Haptics settings. If you change the Haptics setting you should get at least a tap on your wrist. If you don’t get this try a forced reset (press and hold both buttons until the Apple logo appears, then release and let the watch reboot).


If still not working you could try unpairing then re-pair the watch. Try restoring the backup made during unpairing for the first attempt, and you have the fallback of trying again but setup as a new watch with factory default settings for a second attempt.


If even a re-pair doesn’t get it working the Haptic Engine in the watch might be defective, Contact Apple Support To arrange getting it checked and serviced.

My Apple watch won’t vibrate

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