My Apple Watch has been shut down and unable to open

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My Apple Watch has been shut down and unable to open

I have a series 3 Apple Watch and it shut down and will not come back on. It has a gray shaded screen and it will vibrate when I hold the buttons to shut on and off but the screen only comes up gray with nothing on it. Has anyone had this issue and knows how to fix it?

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Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8

Posted on May 26, 2024 5:44 PM

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WheelieNick

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May 27, 2024 12:25 AM in response to GMoLo

it seems like that this watch has hardware damage.

Try and force restart it to see if there is any temporary software glitch going on

Press and hold both the side button and Digital Crown until the screen turns black and the Apple logo reappears, then release both buttons. Never do this procedure when updating watchOS

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