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I was gifted an old Apple Watch and when I try to pair it with my phone if says I need to update the watch but when it looks for updates it says my phone needs to be updated first even though my phone is updated. What should I do?
Apple Watch
i know someone who has paired a series 1 to iphone 13 and many others struggling to pair series 3's
The key, because of low memory is to erase entirely the watch
See if you can find Settings on the watch and in General, reset erase all content and settings.
Try these steps:
1. Make sure that your Apple Watch is correctly connected to the charger
If your Apple Watch won't charge or won't turn on – Apple Support (UK)
2. Restart your Apple Watch Click here > Restart your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK)
3. Restart the paired iphone Click here > Restart your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)
4. Try again to update your Apple Watch.
If the update still won't start:
1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap General > Software Update.
3. Delete the update file.
4. Try again to update your Apple Watch.
if your Apple Watch says you need more available storage to install a watchOS update
.Click here > If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK)
i know someone who has paired a series 1 to iphone 13 and many others struggling to pair series 3's
The key, because of low memory is to erase entirely the watch
See if you can find Settings on the watch and in General, reset erase all content and settings.
Try these steps:
1. Make sure that your Apple Watch is correctly connected to the charger
If your Apple Watch won't charge or won't turn on – Apple Support (UK)
2. Restart your Apple Watch Click here > Restart your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK)
3. Restart the paired iphone Click here > Restart your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)
4. Try again to update your Apple Watch.
If the update still won't start:
1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap General > Software Update.
3. Delete the update file.
4. Try again to update your Apple Watch.
if your Apple Watch says you need more available storage to install a watchOS update
.Click here > If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK)
I appreciate you trying but none of that worked. I can’t get past the screen shot above on the watch app and all the watch says is “finish set up on iPhone” but I don’t have a software update to do on my iPhone it’s all up to date. And restarted both devices didn’t change anything.
I think you would be wise to recycle the Watch - it is not worth repairing it.
The difference between a series 1 or 2 and even an SE2022 is staggering.
Which model iPhone?
Which series Watch?
iPhone 8 and above should be updated to iOS16.1.2 or later
iPhone 7 and below should be updated to iOS15.7.1
Theoretically any Watch can pair with iOS 16 and 15 but below series 4 it gets more and more problemmatic.
I have an iPhone 12 and it’s updated to iso 16.1.2 I think watch is gen 2 but it might be 1 and I don’t know what the last update on it was.
Apple Watch won’t update/pair
