Apple watch erase all content and settings loop

Hello

I have Apple watch series 1 38mm, and just updated to the latest watchOS 2 days ago (with my iPhone 6s)

Tonight after charging it for sometime, when I took it, the side button was unresponsive and the watch restarted by itself. It gave me the Erase all content and settings option, and it failed every time I tried.

It always stuck at around 75% from completion


I've tried unpairing it from my iPhone and remove from Find My iPhone, no luck.

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Posted on Dec 30, 2019 8:00 AM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2020 9:36 PM

Thanks, I actually did a long-press while the watch was going in the boot process (the cycle). Then watch broke the cycle and came out of the loop : to the pairing mode.

After that, i paired the my iPhone and completed the setup. Now the watch is working fine.

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Jul 14, 2020 6:02 PM in response to rahnuma112

The only way to get out of the Erase all content and settings loop is to wait for the battery to completely die off. By that, I mean even when you press the crown, there are no images, squiggly line showing the battery charge, etc. The watch battery must completely die down. I believe this erases the memory from the ram.


After that, place the watch to charge with phone nearby. You should be able to set the watch up again.

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