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After updating my Apple Watch it’s started malfunctioning and hasn’t been the same again

After updating the software on my series 4 Apple Watch it started malfunctioning and the screen keeps blacking out. Any help with this? Thanks

Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 7

Posted on Oct 1, 2021 7:00 PM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2021 8:18 PM

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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Oct 1, 2021 8:18 PM in response to tshepiso229

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


After updating my Apple Watch it’s started malfunctioning and hasn’t been the same again

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