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My Apple Watch won't update

I'm trying to update my Apple Watch Sport model. It has more than 50% battery, I'm on WiFi, and it's plugged in and charging. I've tried restarting my iPhone and Watch and nothing happens. My phone says Installing on Apple Watch but nothing happens on my Watch. Once I put the passcode in on both devices, my phone just continues to say Installing but it's really not.

Watch Sport 42mm, Watch OS 1.0.1, null

Posted on May 21, 2015 9:33 AM

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Posted on May 29, 2017 1:26 PM

I can't update Apple Watch Series 2 to watch OS 3.2.2.


I reset the watch after it stopped working today and it started tracking my activity after but trying to install update 5 times with multiple reboots didn't work.


Either watch is faulty or software is half baked.

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Sep 13, 2016 7:10 PM in response to tylert120

I have tried restarting my watch my phone switching to airplane mode and forcing wifi. I have power cycled the watch and phone multiple times. And every time i launch the watch app the software update section continues to say software up to date. watchOS 2.2.2 which is obviously not true as watchOS 3 has been released. I have force quit the apps on my iphone and watch to no avail. Can anyone help with this?

May 25, 2015 7:41 PM in response to tylert120

I got mine to work. My phone was NOT on wifi. It was on LTE. I power cycled both my phone and the watch, connected to wifi on my phone, and then retried the update. It still took about 20 mins but it worked. Hope this works for some of you. ***And by the way, shouldn't I have the choice to update over LTE if I prefer? Apple must have had to make that a deal with the wireless companies so that updates wouldn't overtax their system.

My Apple Watch won't update

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