Apple Watch Exercise Circle

My watch has recently stopped recording my exercise minutes and not closing the circle.

online solutions suggested include life no’s on the watch and or on my phone watch app that are not visible to me.

Posted on Jan 27, 2021 10:00 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2021 10:12 AM

You must be moving fast and hard enough for it to count as exercise.


What exercise are you working with?

If you are sure your working hard enough at the exercise you can always


First try force restarting your iPhone by whatever method your version calls for.  As soon as you see the Apple logo force restart your watch by holding in the crown and side button for 10 seconds till you see the Apple logo then release.  Log into your iPhone and wait for your watch to boot, then log into it.


Failing that I'd try unpairing the watch from your iPhone then pairing it back setting it up as new.

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Jan 27, 2021 10:12 AM in response to Frustratory

You must be moving fast and hard enough for it to count as exercise.


What exercise are you working with?

If you are sure your working hard enough at the exercise you can always


First try force restarting your iPhone by whatever method your version calls for.  As soon as you see the Apple logo force restart your watch by holding in the crown and side button for 10 seconds till you see the Apple logo then release.  Log into your iPhone and wait for your watch to boot, then log into it.


Failing that I'd try unpairing the watch from your iPhone then pairing it back setting it up as new.

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