Wrong Passcode, Try Again in X Hrs

The bad code that caused the multiple touch effect was corrected in OS10.4 according to the release notes.

This happens to me at least once a week. I believe it’s caused by objects touching the watch.

Maybe you put it in your pocket, or an ant stepped on it, or a fly landed on it.

Causes are different but the result is the same.

Apple should’ve implemented a way to override this lock with iPhone or whatever way they think is suitable.

Phil0124 wrote:

It's annoying sure, but it's not a bug. It's a physical interaction with the watch screen that causes this.

Based on a simple Google search ... there are so many instances of this happening, surely it's a bug. My watch sitting on the table, nothing or nobody around. "Try again in 3 hours". What makes you so certain it's not a bug?

This happened to me this morning. I took it off of the charger and put it on. I went to type the passcode in and fat-fingered the last digit and then it locked me out for 8 hours. Mind you, that was the first attempt at entering in the code. I am certain that I didn't fail any prior to that.

For those that this happened to, are you using any sort of charging dock/station? I'm using a Prism charging station by MDRNDOCK. I'm not saying this is the cause, but I think it's worth exploring if this is typically happening to people using different chargers than the provided Apple charging cable.

I was wearing my watch (and had not changed the face in weeks) when I saw it rapidly doing things on its own, including inputting numbers for the passcode. Of course they were the wrong numbers and it kept locking me out for longer and longer periods of time. I tried intervening several times to put the right passcode in, but it wouldn’t respond. A few hours ago it said I was locked out for 3 hours, but just now it said 8 hours so I reset it and will set it up as a new watch. What a pain.

With the latest today left the Ultra2 on a shelf during a massage and got the locked screen (was fine when I took it off as was checking heart rate)... noticed it was locked when putting watch back on... then when about 3min is up it went back to 3hrs... only guess is the shirt I'm wearing must be interfering, though it's a overshirt I wear a few times a week and never had this issue.

"stuff happens, unfortunately"... that's what Apple users (including me) tell non-Apple folks and why we pay a premium... for "stuff happens, unfortunately" I can buy from Temu at 1/10th the cost... Apple should be transparent, responsive and over the top supportive given their prices, margins and profits... over the past 5 or so years my loyalty has slowly been slipping.

I haven’t seen it mentioned, but could this be related to the unlock watch with phone feature? This same thing happened to me today, up to 8 hrs now. Haven’t touched the watch, but I’ve certainly locked and unlocked my phone quite a few times. I’m thinking it’s something related to that. Anyone else that has been experiencing this issue also have the unlock with phone feature enabled?

True. New Watch works, Restore may work. Hardly any settings change apart from faces.

cycollins wrote:

Of course, you have to unlock the watch to update it. Seems like resetting is the only way , right?

If you are in a passcode wait loop, then yes.

Apple said it. Tell them they are wrong https://apple.com/feedback

Looky above your post at my post

This "wrong password try in 3 hours" thing just started this morning with my watch. I hadn't changed anything, including the watch face. I do notice there is a new update watchOS 10.3 about to emerge. I suspect that is related to this glitch. I just wish I knew how to fix it now.

That too just happened to my new big Apple Watch Ultra. At first it says try again in 3 hours, then later it says 8 hours. What's the fix? I rebooted the watch and the same error condition persisted. Like others, I did not enter any code this morning afer putting the watch on my wrist.

anabi wrote:

"stuff happens, unfortunately"... that's what Apple users (including me) tell non-Apple folks and why we pay a premium... for "stuff happens, unfortunately" I can buy from Temu at 1/10th the cost... Apple should be transparent, responsive and over the top supportive given their prices,

I said it, not Apple.

If you had read beyond my early remarks foward to this page you will see that Apple did respond with a bug fix.