Booting to Apple Watch recovery mode manually

I want to boot my Apple Watch to the wireless recovery mode (where you bring your iPhone to your Watch and the iPhone updates or restores the Apple Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y2TBTfHTI) for testing purposes.

Is it even possible to boot an Apple Watch to this environment?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Sep 4, 2022 1:37 AM

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Sep 4, 2022 2:16 AM in response to DavidCom

That's not possible,the watch recovery screen only shows if there is a problem with the watch.

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