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iWatch Wont Pair With New iPhone 7

Yesterday I received a replacement iPhone 7 due to a hardware issue. I’d forgotten to unpair my iWatch from the old phone and now Im not able to pair the watch with the new phone.


Whether i I try to pair with the camera or manually, I receive a message that the phones software needs to be updated prior to pairing (which I did & took roughly 12hrs, but was nonsense cuz the phone is brand new). But I still receive the same error message.


It it appears as if this is some sort of security measure to prevent from being paired. How do I get rid of this and pair with my phone, por favor!


Yes, I’ve read some of the other threads...I cannot go to My Phone because the phones not paired.

Apple Watch Series 2, watchOS 5

Posted on Apr 29, 2019 1:39 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2019 1:56 PM

Never mind, the download just hasn’t been “installed”.


So if you’re having the same issue, go to ‘downloads’ and simply click “Install”.

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iWatch Wont Pair With New iPhone 7

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