How do you manually force the Apple Watch (Series 3 - GPS/Cellular) to connect/use the cellular connection?
There are times when I need to have the watch connect to cellular due to certain conditions (weak wifi, away from phone but within wifi distance with watch, etc.)
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 5
It should (works for me) force the watch to cellular if you disable WiFi in the watch Control Center, and disable Bluetooth in the iPhone Settings app (turning off in iPhone Control Center doesn’t disconnect the watch). If all other attempts fail, put the iPhone to airplane mode.
It should (works for me) force the watch to cellular if you disable WiFi in the watch Control Center, and disable Bluetooth in the iPhone Settings app (turning off in iPhone Control Center doesn’t disconnect the watch). If all other attempts fail, put the iPhone to airplane mode.
Connect to a cellular network
Your Apple Watch with cellular will automatically switch to the most power-efficient wireless available: It can connect to your iPhone when itʼs nearby, a Wi-Fi network, or cellular. When your watch connects to cellular, it uses LTE networks. If LTE isn't available, your watch will try to connect to UMTS if your carrier supports it.
When your watch connects to a cellular network, you can check the signal strength from Control Center or the Explorer watch face. To open Control Center, touch and hold the bottom of the screen, then swipe up.
The Cellular button turns green when you have a connection. The green dots show the signal strength.
The Cellular button turns white when your cellular plan is active, but your watch is connected to your iPhone using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
So you can’t just turn off Wi-fi on the control centre? It would then go to cellular.
No. The watch will still attempt to connect to nearby known networks.
Thanks for the response but this doesn't provide a method to FORCE the watch to use cellular. I understand that Apple is trying to make it the "...most power-efficient wireless available"; however, sometimes, it's not the most FUNCTIONAL!
Thanks, but that only shows the cellular connection; it does not provide a method to force cellular on. If I tap the cellular icon, another screen displays which allows me to turn cellular off/on. (And in my case, it's already turned on)
Don't know if this helps.....https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-215399/
Ok not sure of anything else if I do I will be back.
Force Apple Watch to Use Cellular Connection
