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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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Dec 15, 2016 4:04 PM in response to Frankie_F64

Frankie_F64 wrote:


.. I've tried everything else and nothing works...


If you are trying to install watchOS 3.1.1, note that Apple has pulled back the update, so it cannot be installed at present. Apple issued the following statement:


"A very small number of Apple Watch customers experienced an issue while installing watchOS 3.1.1, so as a precaution we've pulled back the software update. Any customers impacted should contact AppleCare, but no action is required if the update installed successfully. We are working on a fix for an upcoming software update."


More information:

https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-rolls-back-watch-update-to-save-your-devices/

Dec 26, 2016 7:24 AM in response to tylert120

I'm having a similar problem I just got mine yesterday for Christmas and it was originally a demo, my cousin works at the T-Mobile store in the Braintree mall, so it originally was a demo watch that they reset everything on and hooked it up to my phone, it charged to 100% a week ago at her house, and now I have it and it says: that the accessory can not be used till the watch is updated to the latest watchOS but my watch won't even charge to 50% to update it. Meaning I can't update the phone and I can't use the charger till I update the phone

My Apple Watch won't update

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