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stuck in recovery

After my watch wanted to upgrade, all it does now is go round in circles. From the Apple logo in the centre with the rings going round and then asking a nearby iPhone to “Recover Apple watch” with a statement saying There is a problem with Apple Watch that requires updating or restoring. You press the tab “OK” the then displays a six digit number which you input on an iPhone, the watch starts the cycle over.

After several attempts of doing this, unpairing my phone, doing a hard reset, several times, nothing is working.


My watch was working perfectly fine until the this so called update. Please help Thank you


Apple Watch SE, watchOS 8

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 12:19 AM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2022 1:08 AM

You are presumably following the process in this article, but check it out to see if you have all the bases covered.

The process is suitable for Watch series 3 or later, OS 8.5 Onwards and iOS15.4 onwards only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y2TBTfHTI

If you are cycling round the process you would be better to contact Apple support preferably in a Genius bar


Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

and/or

Apple Support


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Dec 20, 2022 1:08 AM in response to Jonomcgee

You are presumably following the process in this article, but check it out to see if you have all the bases covered.

The process is suitable for Watch series 3 or later, OS 8.5 Onwards and iOS15.4 onwards only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y2TBTfHTI

If you are cycling round the process you would be better to contact Apple support preferably in a Genius bar


Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

and/or

Apple Support


stuck in recovery

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