How to fix a blank display on Apple Watch after swimming

Ifvit is in warranty or you paid for ApplrCare+ or you are in UK or many EU countries you may be ok for extended warranty.

Outside warranty in USA or rest of the world then you may have less luck.

Without the knowledge of any of that we can't guide you.

I am on my third SE Watch. My screen started to glitch, the crown stopped responding, the watch started to overheat on my wrist, and then would not charge. When placed on the charger the watch would get extremely hot and never gain any power. This happened for the last time just the other day and I am so fed up with having to spend money on a watch that hasn't worked effectively since the date of purchase. Each time I was sent a "new" watch, but continue to have the same problem. Apple has no idea why it keeps happening. The worst part is I still have over a year on my plan through my phone company.

This has literally just happened to me! Went in the shower, was working fine in there. Panicked as it has a crack on the screen, was working fine, was in the shower, LITERALLY, no more than 5 minutes. Was laid down for a bit to then look and see that it was not working and was really confused, thinking it might be flat, but missed the notification of it going flat. Responded to nothing, put it on charge for 15 minutes, heard the chime of it turning on and the vibration of buttons but still a blank screen! Glad this is a technical fault and not a mistake on my behalf! Accidentally been in the shower with it cracked before no issues. Been swimming with it (not cracked) no issues. And now suddenly, boom, gone. Going to leave it to see if it will dry out and turn on!

“Apple Watch Series 2 and later can be used for shallow-water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean, but you shouldn't use models other than Apple Watch Ultra for diving, water skiing, or other activities involving submersion below shallow depth or high-velocity water.”

You believe all that sales info without reading the small print underneath?

99.9% of the time you'd be justified but 1 in 1000 (my numbers) will come here with a wetted watch or phone and we will quote the warnings that Apple give.

Not permanent

Not guaranteed

I would not even get Watch wet without paying for AppleCare+ because in most countries there is no warranty get-out.

Oh my gosh THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME! in water mode, it suddenly tried to call SOS and then I couldn’t disable because the touch screen was locked and then it blacked, it’s been 5 days and now it finally turns on without the Temperature overheating symbol showing but I have no touchscreen ability, it only touches two numbers of the passcode the rest won’t respond… :( I’m so disappointed

Tried everything. Force restart, Wipe off the watch, (for almost 20 hours) but nothing worked.

What worked was my wife’s desi nuskha (Indian trick) to put the watch in rice container overnight, and it actually worked.

My Apple Watch Series 8, which I used for swimming for the first time, suddenly showed an emergency call notification after my swim. Despite trying to reset it, the device is now stuck in Apple logo reboot mode and unresponsive. I visited an Apple Store in BKC, Mumbai, but they were unable to repair it due to it being out of warranty and not turning on.

The water lock simply freezes the screen.

The small print needs to be read after salivating over the advert ,

I was told exactly the same which I think is appalling customer service. There is plainly a fault with the deign. Sorry to ay my watch has never worked since.

Exactly the same as you was you, was in the pool around 5 feet of water screen went off and hasn’t come back on, was set up for swimming. This happened yesterday so hoping it comes back on.

Don’t tell me I can swim in my Apple Watch when I cannot! I swam yesterday and my watch is black today! I’m furious as this isn’t a cheap watch. Any good suggestions are appreciated.

My watch screen is not responsive after swimming or being in the water after a few minutes. I hope it will come back after a few days.

but it is sad that the watch is not water proof