Activity sharing not working at all

I have successfully fixed the same problem. Unpair and re-pair did not work at all for me.

I changed my Apple ID email address and it worked !

I didn't have to sign out of iCloud so therefore my none of my data came off my phone. Just visit the manage your Apple ID page, and change the email address. Don't forget to sign out of the App Store and sign back in with your new Apple ID details.

By the way you can't use an email address ending in me.com or iCloud.com, don't know why. You can always create a free gmail account like I did.

Just tried it, still shows as WatchOS 2.2.1, and activity sharing is not happening. Maybe it takes a few hours?

Is it your iPhone that says 2.2.1 ?

Yes, the iPhone's iCloud Preferences pane and the Apple ID page that shows the different hardware I own indicated the Watch is on 2.2.1.

The Watch app on the iPhone shows that the watch is on 3.0.

Npot sure where you mean can you attach a screen shot ?

I just got the problem solved, thanks to apple support guy Paul. He has been back and forth with me for days trying things after talking to the apple engineers. A few days ago we figured out if I signed out of icloud on my phone and used another ID the sharing worked. I was put back into my old id just until he confirmed this action with the engineers and so I didn't lose all my contact info etc.

So today he had me sign out of icloud, then resign in with my same id but instead of the email ending in "me.com", I typed in "icloud.com" Everything in front of the @ stayed the same( my name). Sharing worked right away and I don't have to change anything.

Obviously there is a bug that doesn't recognize "me.com" even though we were always told that me.com, icloud.com and mac.com were the same.

In Settings>iCloud>(your account)>Devices>(your Apple Watch)

Mine also says the same.

Have you tried changing the email address you use for your Apple ID ?

Simon Rioux wrote:

In Settings>iCloud>(your account)>Devices>(your Apple Watch)

My sharing is working and this shows my watch is at watchOS 2.2.1.

Yup, I did a @gmail and signed out of iCloud and out of App Store then back in with my new id. Didn't change a thing.

henni2012 wrote:

I'm having problems with activity sharing. I have two friends, both are on iOS 10 and watchOS3. I can add them, they get the notification and agree and then NOTHING happens. The wheel in the activity app on iOS keeps spinning and spinning. Anyone experienced this? Tried to delete the invitations and re-submit, but not working either.

When my friend saw this, he force quit the the activity app on the phone and the invite was accepted. Sharing didn't initially work so he deleted sharing and I sent him another invite at which point it worked.

OK thanks @gadgetvirtuoso, this means that even if it shows watchOS 2.2.1 Activity Sharing should still work.

So I won't just focus on that aspect to figure out a solution...

You have to admit it's strange...

Shame, I thought that I had figured it out.

Are you signed into iMessage ?

Also, have you resent a new Sharing request since changing your Apple ID email ?