xxymoxx

Q: apple watch taking photos

Hello all,

 

Everytime I connect my iPhone to my MAC I am surprised to see when the photos are imported into Dropbox, that I am getting screenshots of my Apple Watch.

I dont do this, and don't know how to do it but its happening at least twice a day..

 

Any ideas?

Watch Sport 42mm, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 8, 2015 12:25 PM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jul 8, 2015 1:17 PM in response to xxymoxx
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    Jul 8, 2015 1:17 PM in response to xxymoxx

    that is a documented feature of the watch

     

    How to take a screenshot on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

     

    LN

  • by xxymoxx,

    xxymoxx xxymoxx Jul 8, 2015 3:11 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jul 8, 2015 3:11 PM in response to LarryHN

    Looks like its doing it self then!

  • by GeekySpouse,

    GeekySpouse GeekySpouse Jul 9, 2015 5:57 AM in response to xxymoxx
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    Jul 9, 2015 5:57 AM in response to xxymoxx

    I have not had picture taking issues, but I have had "phantom" presses going on. It was fine for about a month and then started noticing little things like step count was not working, no stand notifications or calendar notifications. Then a few days later I watched my screen light up and invisible fingers keep entering lock codes until it locked out the watch for a minute, then again after that for 5 minutes, during which time random pinging of the phone started happening! I did a hard reset and that stopped the lock screen lock outs, but then no notifications at all for anything. I took it to the local Apple Store and it has been sent off to the "Repair Facility". The nice Tech did some diagnostics and came back out and said "we are are going to have to send this off for repairs". I was quoted 3-5 business days on the repair. Hope that holds true. For reference I have a space grey sport 38mm.

  • by Rok73,

    Rok73 Rok73 Jul 10, 2015 5:30 AM in response to xxymoxx
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    Jul 10, 2015 5:30 AM in response to xxymoxx

    Are you wearing the watch on your wrist very close to your hand? You highly likely pushed both of the buttons accidentally when you moved your hand upwards.