My watch started asking me for password verification but has no keyboard

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My watch started asking me for password verification but has no keyboard

I have an 8.7 Apple Watch that’s ~2 years old. It suddenly started asking me for password verification. I can’t enter a password as it doesn’t have a keyboard (I checked). I can’t download a keyboard as I can’t enter my password for the App Store. It seems to be working (though not quite fully) and I did do a hard reset (I usually only have to enter my numerical passcode), but I would really like it to be fully functional and would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!

Apple Watch Series 8

Posted on Oct 8, 2022 5:53 PM

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Answer 1

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lllaass

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Oct 9, 2022 12:57 PM in response to joanfromoakland

First try a normal restart and if still problem try a forced restart:

Restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Next would be to:

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch

Set up your Apple Watch

Sometimes you have to setup as new and not from backup since there may be some corruption in the backup that is causing the problem.

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Answer 2

lllaass

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Oct 9, 2022 9:22 AM in response to joanfromoakland

This happened on my S6 watch last year. I could scribble the password and there was also a button in the screen that said I could enter the password on the paired and connected iPhone. Is there still an option to enter on phone?

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Answer 3

Oct 9, 2022 4:33 PM in response to lllaass

Thanks! I just did a forced restart as the restart previously did not help. Now it’s just asking me to enter my password if I want to continue using FaceTime on my watch, which I don’t. I don’t even have FaceTime on my watch. So hopefully, the restart helped 🤞🏼

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Answer 4

Oct 9, 2022 7:07 PM in response to joanfromoakland

I have not had a problem since the forced restart. It was interesting that the Apple instructions said not to do a forced restart unless the watch wasn’t responding. I did it anyway and thank you so much!

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Answer 5

Oct 9, 2022 11:30 AM in response to lllaass

Thanks, no. I thought there would be but it’s not an option.

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Answer 6

Oct 9, 2022 2:03 AM in response to joanfromoakland

In the watch app try signing out and back in again.

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