iphone 14 wont pair with apple watch

I just loaded iPhone 14 with old phone info and go to pair Apple Watch and it cannot locate. Verified it was unpaired from iPhone 13 but, cannot move ahead. Any ideas?

Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 8

Posted on Sep 17, 2022 1:33 PM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2022 2:21 PM

I had a similar situation with my iPhone 14 Pro and Apple Watch. The iPhone 14 Pro simply did not recognize the Apple Watch's animation.


I solved the issue by choosing "Pair Manually" as indicated in step 3 here.


Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

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Sep 21, 2022 11:02 AM in response to Wandy269

I am also having this issue but with my Series 3/watch OS 8. Will start pairing both with animation and manual pairing options but after triggering either restoring from previous backup or starting out new it eventually gets to a "unpairing from watch" screen and tells me to start over. No other indication what is wrong. Have tried multiple ways and tips like clearing network settings, etc etc.


Tried to pair with an iPhone X on OS 15 and same issue...

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