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my series 8 watch screen is stuck and can't get back to home

my series 8 Apple watch screen is stuck and can't get back to home screen


Apple Watch Series 8, watchOS 9

Posted on Mar 10, 2023 10:06 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2023 11:30 AM

What is it stuck on? Blank screen? Or something else? Your best option may be to make an appointment at the Genius Bar in an Apple Store near you and let them look at it. If that is not possible, use the online Apple Support option. Either way:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple


Or you can try a forced restart. 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 10, 2023 11:30 AM in response to Lindaft12

What is it stuck on? Blank screen? Or something else? Your best option may be to make an appointment at the Genius Bar in an Apple Store near you and let them look at it. If that is not possible, use the online Apple Support option. Either way:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple


Or you can try a forced restart. 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


my series 8 watch screen is stuck and can't get back to home

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