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Series 1 watch update?

I have received a Series 1 watch. 

S/N: G99TV03PHF1C  Model: A1802

How do I make this thing work?

This message came up:

“Unable to check for update. Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the internet.”

(Which is not true)

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Posted on Feb 28, 2022 3:31 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2022 1:22 AM

It's technically possible to pair a watch 1 or 2 to a newer phone,but in reality this is proving almost impossible for just about all the 1&2 owners on this forum.

Newer phone's require the watch to have updated hardware to cope with ios 14 or 15 and unfortunately because of the age of these watches the hardware is very limited to what it can do.

Then there is the subject of storage,these watches have very little storage space and the average software update now requires gigabytes of space rather than megabytes and again these watches are very limited with the amount of storage space they have.


It is recommended that even a watch 3 should be unpaired and repaired in order to free up enough space to update.

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Mar 1, 2022 1:22 AM in response to MonkeyRnch

It's technically possible to pair a watch 1 or 2 to a newer phone,but in reality this is proving almost impossible for just about all the 1&2 owners on this forum.

Newer phone's require the watch to have updated hardware to cope with ios 14 or 15 and unfortunately because of the age of these watches the hardware is very limited to what it can do.

Then there is the subject of storage,these watches have very little storage space and the average software update now requires gigabytes of space rather than megabytes and again these watches are very limited with the amount of storage space they have.


It is recommended that even a watch 3 should be unpaired and repaired in order to free up enough space to update.

Series 1 watch update?

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