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Watch face goes blank

My watch is fully charged and working, however the face goes blank after about 30 seconds.

Posted on Aug 27, 2021 6:46 AM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2021 7:30 AM

If you have to tap on the screen to make it appear then you might have theatre mode turned on in the control centre.

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Aug 27, 2021 7:30 AM in response to 30secondwatch

If you have to tap on the screen to make it appear then you might have theatre mode turned on in the control centre.

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Aug 28, 2021 1:30 AM in response to 30secondwatch

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Aug 27, 2021 6:55 AM in response to 30secondwatch

If you don't have always on turned on then you can set the screen to turn off after 15 or 70 seconds after you tap on it.

Does this sound familar?.

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Aug 27, 2021 7:27 AM in response to 30secondwatch

Until today, the apple watch worked continually. Now, the watch face turns off after about 30 seconds. I would like to return to continual operation.

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Aug 27, 2021 7:31 AM in response to Community User

I counted the seconds, yes, it turns off after 15 seconds.

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Aug 27, 2021 7:44 AM in response to 30secondwatch

Check your settings in settings/general/wake screen.

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Aug 27, 2021 9:15 AM in response to Community User

It turns out that the theater face masks was on my watch. I googled it and asked what the masks were. In the answer it told me how to turn it off. My watch is not running normally.

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Aug 27, 2021 9:16 AM in response to 30secondwatch

correction: “is NOW running normally”

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Aug 27, 2021 9:30 AM in response to 30secondwatch

I mentioned theatre mode in my 2nd post.

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Aug 27, 2021 10:39 AM in response to Community User

Thanks, I missed that.

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