I do not mind not getting notifiations of a text on my phone if it is locked, but the messages are not even showing up in my text messages at all. Just on my watch???

I do not mind not getting notifiations of a text on my phone if it is locked, but the messages are not even showing up in my text messages at all. Just on my watch???

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 9

Posted on Nov 15, 2023 11:33 AM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2023 12:49 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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Nov 15, 2023 12:49 PM in response to Barnes613

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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I do not mind not getting notifiations of a text on my phone if it is locked, but the messages are not even showing up in my text messages at all. Just on my watch???

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