I just purchased a new Apple watch series 8 and began to pair it with my iPhone 12. I got past where it is paired and I tell it which wrist I wear the watch on, and it began doing something else that would take a few minutes and then it starts to unpair. It has done this several times, and I'm not sure what to do. I've shut down each and restarted, but still does the same thing.
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Hello R2D2_1973,
Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Let's try these steps:
"If the pairing process stalls
If it seems like the pairing process has stalled — for example, the pairing animation remains on the screen for several minutes — resetting your Apple Watch might help:
More details can be found here: If you can't pair an Apple Watch with your iPhone
If the issue persist, can you provide a few more details? What is your exact iOS version on your iPhone? Do you know your exact watchOS version? Also, do you have another iPhone you can pair your Apple Watch, just to test and see if the issue persists?
Cheers!
Hi bro,
I have the same issue, my watch is series 8, my iPhone is 14 ios 16.6 latest version. could you please clarify how did you solve the issue?
Mine too
Hi bro,
I have the same issue, my watch is series 8, my iPhone is 14 ios 16.6 latest version. could you please clarify how did you solve the issue?
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Its new watch, not linked to any account, I checked that
Were you able to make it work? What did you end up doing?Im having the same issue, however my watch is SE 2nd generation.
Hey well i have a apple watch series 3 and my IOS 16.5.1 idk what that means tbh but my watch is doin the same thing idk how to fix it
Your spare phone is not up to the task.
That’s Apple’s fault??
Both watch and phone were latest version and I've been trying to pair for three hours. Thanks Apple
Try to reinstall your phone to a older ios than install the ios 17 it helped me
series 9 will not pair to an iOS older than 17
Did you find a solution please?
Cannot pair my new Apple Watch, keeps unpairing when setting up
how do you update a watch that has never been paired, you cant get into it
How can we solve it
Look above your post
Apple Watch keeps unpairing during initial set up
