Apple Watch stuck in boot loop

How did you get on? I have the same issue. It just has a loop of apple logo then a black screen going back and forth every 5/10 seconds until the battery dies out. Did you fix yours?

Great Advice. I was also struggling with this. I bought a new Apple Watch which was stuck in the boot loop. I had trouble bypassing it as it’s never been connected to a phone yet. After a good 6 hours of attempts and finally coming across this post, it really helps.

If your watch is still like this. Try freezing it. I stumbled upon a random YouTube video explaining the process, and after two 15 minute sessions in the freezer it turned on again. Good luck!

if you having boot loop issues with Apple Watch try these steps

Try this;

Press and hold both the side button and Digital Crown for about 10 seconds, then release both buttons when you see the Apple logo.Wait a few seconds, then hold down just the side button for about 20 seconds or until the “erase all settings” prompt shows up on the screen, then click it, then click the green check button.

hope this helps

Hi! It didn’t work for me. The apple watch is still boot looping. I don’t know what to do.

Ended up here because my watch was stuck in the reboot loop and realized that my side button was stuck down after being hidden by a toddler for a few months. Posting in case anyone else ends up here with the same problem.

I accidentally put my watch on a boot loop but I just force restarted (sidebutton and crown then let go after shutdown) then hold digital crown until apple logo appeared and I still had my settings and stuff saved. I have no idea what the watch was trying to do and it wasn't a battery or storage issue so im good ! :)

This exact thing happened to me a month ago ( apple watch SE), I called Apple, they told me to take it to the Apple Store. I went until last Monday (since I don’t live in the States) they told me there was nothing they could do. But I just bought it last year, so I don’t understand how it is possible to not be working anymore. Just out of curiosity, I charged my watch right now, and after exactly 38 days, it’s working!??!?!!

it just keeps bootlooping, this didn't help

Hi Confused-com

Welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.

Re: Apple Watch stuck in boot loop- force restart not worked

You might want to try following the tips in this (non-Apple) online article :

https://www.payetteforward.com/apple-watch-stuck-apple-logo-heres-fix/

All the best :-)

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

I had this issue too so for a couple of days my watch was dead so I put it on charge then yesterday morning it still hadn’t charged I didn’t believe that it hadn’t charged so I moved leads around and about 4pm the apple logo came up but it kept going black and then back onto the apple logo until this morning I googled it found this page and took about 2 mins I force restarted it took multiple tries tho and it worked its back to normal and fully charged!

A few weeks ago my series 3 watch got stuck in a boot loop after an update failed. For days, I did all the things I could find: hard reset, let it die, place on a charger, clean the buttons, etc. The one thing that brought it back was reattempting a Bluetooth connection. This first step may be unnecessary, but here was my process:

1. Place it on a charger and while on the charger, hold the crown and side button until a red exclamation point and apple support URL pops up (If you see "!" - Apple Support / Follow steps if necessary).
2. Once I performed the step of double clicking the side button, it went back into the loop.
3. Place iPhone that it's paired with next to watch and attempt to connect with Bluetooth while Apple logo is on screen (took me about 3 attempts) and a restore/pairing option will pop up once connected.
4. Choose to restore and leave on charger near phone.

Hope it helps someone else!

I have the same problem with my watch 6

it keeps restarting till the apple logo

the hard reset doesn’t work

now did i saw that you’ve had watched a youtube video about freezing it

I want to try this bud I can’t find the video do you have a link ?