My Apple Watch 9 is acting weird - Is this a bug?

Mine did that too. OS 10.4 fixes the bug.

popeye2046 wrote:

same here. after that I upgraded to iso 10.4. hopefully the bug can be fixed.

By updating to 10.4 the specific bug that gives multiple taps will have been fixied.

I just experienced the same issue with my watch series 9. Feb 2nd

I removed it so luckily it did not call 911.

After hard restarting it started working normally again. After a few minutes I noticed a notification regarding watchOS 10.3 update.

marktog wrote:

...After an hour I did a hard reset and everything seems to be fine now. Hopefully Apple will see these messages, very unnerving.

1. Apple do not come here to read anything
2. They already know and put a fix in OS10.4

After two calls with support I *think* it's fixed. After the same problem I did these things:

1. I did a reboot by holding down the crown and side button. This stopped all symptoms.
2. I installed the 10.4 update. The SOS calls to my ICE restarted after the update.
3. I un-paired the watch to my iPhone and then paired it again. That happened about 2 hours ago. So far it seems to be good. My router sees the reset watch as a different device than it was before the re-pairing.

I'm back. I took my Watch Series 9 into the Apple Store yesterday and the tech at the Genius Bar couldn't get it to reset, either, in order to install the 10.4 software. The store manager said she should send it in to Apple so that they could ensure the hardware was working properly. So, drop off on April 2, it's scheduled to be returned by mail on April 9. She said if they can't fix it, they'll replace it with a new one. I have Apple Care, so no charge.

My series 9 did this today. (Sat 6/4/2024 Australia).

Went crazy opening apps, clicking emojis in messenger apps etc.

It rang 000 (emergency number in Australia… very embarrassing, I was able to talk and say I wasn’t in trouble luckily), then it messaged and called my husband.

It started making all kinds of noises.

Phone and Siri could not shut it down.

It started adding passcodes and blocked itself 1 min… then 3 mins… I was nervous it would lock itself and me out! It got faster and faster.

Hard reboot on watch wouldn’t work but I finally had luck wiping it completely from my watch app on my phone.

I had to set it all up again.

Watch was purchased in Nov 23 directly from Apple Aust. Website.

Put Apple Watch on its charger.

Press and hold the side button until you see the screen with the power button in the upper-right corner, then let go of the side button. If your Apple Watch has an earlier version of watchOS, you see the Power Off slider instead of the power button.

Press and hold the Digital Crown until you see the red Reset button.

Tap Reset, then tap Reset again to confirm. 

After Apple Watch unpairs completely, you can pair again. Remember that you'll need the Apple ID and password that were used to set up the watch. Set up as New Watch.

Update phone to iOS17.4.1 and watch to watch OS 10.4

My Apple Watch 9 has done the same thing twice. It started by opening apps multiple apps, alerting my emergency contacts, and calling 911. The police came to my house, and I explained that my watch called them against my will. When I took the watch off, it kept trying to enter my passcode. Once I was finally able to shut down, it rebooted back to normal, but this can't keep happening. The watch is only a few months old and should have a 1-year warranty. Has anyone attempted to contact Apple to get a replacement?

Yes a bug in OS10.3

Update to 10.4

Ndrew09 wrote:

They need to fix this issue as it's pretty big but at least I'm prepared for the next time it happens.😂😳

It was fixed a month ago with OS10.4. Did you update it then?

The same happened to me right now and I googled and found this post and signed in to share here.

Sunday, Feb 4th, 2024

Apple Watch started to jump and navigate to different screens and open Apple Music, and Browser and ask for location permission. I could not stop it from acting weird. Eventually started texting my husband, and calling 911.

I tried force reboot and again repeated all this!

I put my phone in Flight mode and then rebooted the watch again to resolve the issue.

I have videos of the event as evidence!!

Happened to me too last night.. kept going crazy and putting in random numbers for my passcode meaning I was eventually locked out for 4 hours. I let it run down battery wise the recharged it and now fine. I noticed that an update was halfway through happening when it went crazy so I think it was probably down to the update … seems fine now fingers crossed

This happened with my wife’s Apple Watch series 9. I honestly thought her phone and watch had been hacked. The PIN code screen was up and numbers were randomly entering themselves then a time delay appeared triggered by the random pin entries. Couldn’t do anything the watch so reset it with the watch app and restored it to factory setting also updated her phone to latest version of iOS. Apple what is going on ?

Put Apple Watch on its charger.

Press and hold the side button until you see the screen with the power button in the upper-right corner, then let go of the side button. If your Apple Watch has an earlier version of watchOS, you see the Power Off slider instead of the power button.

Press and hold the Digital Crown until you see the red Reset button.

Tap Reset, then tap Reset again to confirm. 

After Apple Watch unpairs completely, you can pair again. Remember that you'll need the Apple ID and password that were used to set up the watch. Set up as New Watch.

update to os 10.4