Stuck in preparing mode for watchOS 7.4.1
Stuck in preparing mode for watchOS 7.4.1? Been trying to update Watch for 6 hours. Have got to this point twice. All software downloaded, twice. Rebooted phone and watch.
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6
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The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken up by the operating system and other critical software. So installing a major update is not going to be easy;
1.Unpair and erase your watch to factory settings.
2.Set up the watch again,but setup as new not from a backup.
3.Update the watch, which now has enough free memory to update
4.Unpair and erase the watch a second time
5.Re-pair the watch with your phone, but choose the backup you made in step 1,another backup is made in step 4 but don't choose that one.