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Apple Watch stuck on syncing screen

So I recently got an iPhone 12, and my watch is trying to sync to it and it worked but didn’t at the same time. My phone recognizes it as synced and I can add watch faces and everything from the Apple Watch app, but the watch itself isn’t. It is stuck on that screen with the little bars indicating how far along it is in the syncing process. I’ve tried powering off the watch and that isn’t working, even though it still asks for my watch password. My iPhone is the latest iOS version and brand new of that helps.

Apple Watch SE, watchOS 9

Posted on Mar 7, 2023 1:32 PM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2023 1:41 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support



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Mar 7, 2023 1:41 PM in response to Kangaround

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support



Apple Watch stuck on syncing screen

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