Apple Watch series 4 Haptics suddenly not working

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Apple Watch series 4 Haptics suddenly not working

Just wondering has anyone encountered this issue where your Apple watch’s Haptics suddenly stop working although the crown haptics work fine. (Scrolling on your Apple Watch gives you haptic feedback, but all other functions such as alerts, breathe, timer does not). I’m thinking this is more of a software issue because I’m still get feedback from the crown but not from the alerts itself. I have already checked all the settings, forced reset the watch, erased and repaired my watch to no avail.

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Posted on Mar 29, 2021 10:41 AM

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javaliga

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Mar 29, 2021 1:16 PM in response to Jollyshendy

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

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Zodian8

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Apr 8, 2021 9:17 PM in response to Jollyshendy

Hi Jollyshendy,

Have you ever dropped your Apple Watch?

If so, the Hapic Engine (what causes the haptic feedback to happen) could have broken from impact.

If this is an internal problem, learn more from this Apple article: https://support.apple.com/watch/repair/service

Cheers, Zodian8

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Jollyshendy Author

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Apr 8, 2021 9:11 PM in response to javaliga

Hi, I have tried both methods you suggested but it doesn't seem to work. The haptics are still not working as it should be.. It is weird that I get haptics when rotating the crown but for all other notifications on the apple watch there is no haptic feedback. I guess the hardware is failing?

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Jollyshendy Author

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Apr 8, 2021 9:18 PM in response to Zodian8

Hi Zodian8,

Hmmm yes I may have dropped it once or twice before. It's alright! Maybe it is time to upgrade to S6.. The S4 has been with me for about 2 years now and is definitely out of warranty, repairs are going to be expensive!

Cheers!

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Apple Watch series 4 Haptics suddenly not working

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