How can I resolve Apple Watch sign-in verification issues?

Hey, I got a new iPhone and trying to set up my apple watch anew. I removed it from the account, set it to factory settings and am trying to sign into icloud through the iphone app, just as I am being asked to do.

However, I keep getting this error that says:

"Verification Failed An unknown error occurred".

EVERY TIME.

All those fixed like restarting, checking if the date is set automatically, logging out of WIFi, etc. I have done.

I am very frustrated. Can someone help pls?

Thanks a lot,

Mark

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Apple Watch Series 5

Posted on May 10, 2025 3:47 AM

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kirrya

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Posted on May 17, 2025 12:30 AM

I've been struggling with this problem for a long time, but I found a solution myself

my main apple id account is registered to gmail, there was also a second icloud mail account on my phone, I logged out of icloud mail on my phone and connected an apple account gmail and everything worked!

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