My Apple Watch is stuck on water mode and digital crown will not unlock.

My phone will not unlock from water mode even when I spin digital crown it won’t show me anything it just shows me my home screen after it tells me that I need to twist the digital crown on the side but nothing happens when I spin it.

Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 6

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 7:15 AM

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Dmluna10 Author

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Jun 10, 2020 10:01 AM in response to Community User

Hi, yes I’ve Tried that but it didn’t work. It also was on the charger all night and then taking it off for about and hour. It immediately went to 10%.

Jun 10, 2020 7:18 AM in response to Dmluna10

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My Apple Watch is stuck on water mode and digital crown will not unlock.

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