Apple Watch not waking on wrist raise

For those who still have the problem. I had it tooo and it turned out to be the theater mode was on its an icon - 2 small faces. you can turn it off by sliding from the bottom an switching the 2 face off

I have read most of the responses but one thing that I did not see anyone suggesting is the Theater mode. If that is turned on then the watch will not wake up when you raise the wrist. I believe this is by design. So wake up the watch by tapping on it and then slide the screen up which will show you power level and several other settings. The last setting in the right column at the bottom is an icon that looks like 2 clowns. This is the theater mode. If it is enabled then this icon will be lit up. Touch it toggle it off andd then you should have the watch working normally. Hope this helps.

None of these things have worked for my watch. Anything else?

THANK YOU for this post! i couldnt figure out why all of the sudden my raise to wake wasnt working, after update, and also didnt know what those 2 faces were on top of my watch! I didnt know i had a theater mode. So that fixed mine! thank you for helping me not loose my mind! haha

Theater mode is not my issue. Glad to see all of the affirmations from those that had the same issue but another suggestion would be awesome.

This was super helpful! thanks so much. My wake screen had been off for about 2 weeks and I had no idea what was wrong. Just swiped up, saw the two faces were highlighted for theatre mode and turned off. Working back to normal. Many thanks!

I had the same problem, I just changes my wrist orientation and dial location for 2 minutes or so, them changed it back to what I originally had and it worked perfectly! Try it!

Your watch is probably in theatre mode.

I don’t think there is a problem here to be solved by Apple. I and many other users have never had Theater mode activate, but I have experienced a similar problem with Silent mode coming up occasionally. That’s a “problem” different enough to say it is not a bug, and my best guess is we are accidentally touching the screen, maybe without really looking what our fingers are doing. I won’t say it is User Error but not too far away and not something we can reasonably expect to change in software, unless you think it is a setting which should be protected by a passcode.

I just searched wrist raise on my phone app, and this came up. I played around with the settings. And it works perfectly.

Worked! Thank you

Thank you for your suggestion. I had the same problem with raising my wrist and my watch did not wake up. Resolved by removing the theatre mode 👍👍

Hi

The following steps may help:

Check that Wrist Detection is turned on:

• On your iPhone in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > General > Wrist Detection - check that this is turned on.

Check also that you are wearing your watch sufficiently snugly. If worn too loosely, your watch may believe that it has been removed from your wrist.

• Wearing Apple Watch - Apple Support

Sensor performance can also be affected by temporary or permanent changes to your skin, such as by some wrist tattoos.

Otherwise, given the steps that you have already tried, I suggest that you contact Apple Support (mail-in service may be available) or make a Genius Bar reservation with a view to having your watch checked under warranty:

• Contact - Official Apple Support
• https://twitter.com/applesupport
• http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

Thank You it was helpful!

Worked for me! Thanks