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Over the past few days, my watch has randomly vibrated 1-2 times a day. When I look at it, the screen is dark around the edges and the center shows my watch face, but white. Also, an animation with small particles (looks like snow) goes across the screen. Then it goes back to normal. Any idea what this is?
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This literally just happened to me! I figured it out. It's attempting to contact share. It happens when your watch touches your iPhone near where the camera is.
This literally just happened to me! I figured it out. It's attempting to contact share. It happens when your watch touches your iPhone near where the camera is.
Just happened to me too.. name dropping from my phone to my watch?
Thank you! I just triggered it deliberately and that’s definitely what I saw!
I know, but it all happens in a matter of a second. Couldn’t even find one on Google, it’s so weird.
Yes, I believe that would be Name Drop. I think it's the "glow" mentioned in this article:
Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info - Apple Support
It might be a hardware failure with the watch. But...
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
If you still need help, contact Apple Support.
For repair & service (if it is a hardware problem):
Apple Watch Service & Repair - Apple Support
A picture would be really helpful here.
WanderingOm22 wrote:
I know, but it all happens in a matter of a second. Couldn’t even find one on Google, it’s so weird.
That is sometimes the case.
Apple Watch Vibrates and Displays strange watch screen
