I have Apple Watch 3 with software 5.3.7 that I just installed and iPhone X with iOS 13.5. When I try to pair my watch it said that it needs to be on the latest version of watch oS but it’s not giving me the option to update it and at the same time tells me that my version is up to date (5.3.7). What do I do now?
Have tried using a iPhone with ios 12. This didnt work. When i tried the iPhone showed message that the only way to complete the watch upgrade woud be by upgrading the iPhone to ios 13.
So stuck in a loop.
I have an apple watch series 1 and yesterday I restored it and when I was pairing he said he need to update. Updated to WatchOS 5.3.7 and now I can't pair with my iPhone. Spent half hour talking with apple support and nothing helped...
This is a known problem, ios13 doesn't seem to like watches with watchos5
or below,here are the solutions from other forum members.
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Apple watch 2;
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.
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1st gen apple watch;
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.
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May 9, 2020 4:58 AM in response to Hashimsabbah
Just did this with a series1. I had to pair with the original phone and update
the firmware for me to pair correctly. All I did was ask to pair and the update
happened on an iPhone 6.
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Jan 28, 2020 7:48 PM in response to Jimmycon
I ended up having to reboot my entire watch. Clear it and then connect to
an older phone that was running OS 12- resyncing my watch with that
phone. Updating the apple watch through that phone and THEN removing
the sync with the old phone- resyncing to my current iphone 11.....that
worked. I hate apple
Find a phone with ios12 on it if you can and pair your watch to it,it will ask
you to update the watch select yes,after it has updated unpair the watch
from the ios12 phone and then pair it with your ios13 phone.
Now you can update to watchos6 and higher.
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Watch not pairing
