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Is it possible to pair an Apple Watch 1e Generation with an iOS 13 device?
I received the Apple Watch 1e generation (A1554) and for some reason this device has never ever updated because it got lost during moving, so it's brand new and doens't seem to update to the latest supported version, which then causes and issue when pairing with an iOS 13 device like the iPhone XR.
iPhone XR
This is becoming a bigger problem every day,ios13 doesn't seem to like watches with watchos5 or below,here is one proven solution from another forum;
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I found a friend, who was on iOS 12 and used his iPhone to pair. Before pairing it asked to upgrade the watch OS (iOS 13 didn't offer this option). After I upgraded the watchos I unpaired the watch from the ios12 phone and then was able to pair it with any iPhone running iOS 13.
This is becoming a bigger problem every day,ios13 doesn't seem to like watches with watchos5 or below,here is one proven solution from another forum;
Quote;
I found a friend, who was on iOS 12 and used his iPhone to pair. Before pairing it asked to upgrade the watch OS (iOS 13 didn't offer this option). After I upgraded the watchos I unpaired the watch from the ios12 phone and then was able to pair it with any iPhone running iOS 13.
pairing was successful on the following device (with associated OS)
to pair via bluetooth I used an iphone 7 with iOS 12, after pairing immediately accepted the watchOS update to version 4.3.2 after everything was successfully equipped with the last update, unpaired the iPhone and the Apple Watch a reset (factory settings) all this took some time but afterwards pairing on an iPhone XR with iOS13 g was a piece of cake.
All in all, the problem with me was not in the pairing via Bluetooth, but activation did not work, this screen does not appear on the iOS 13 and therefore you do not get the Apple Watch paired.
Glad you got it sorted.
Apple Watch 1e Generation
