Immediately following the Apple Watch update 4.3.1, the Solar face failed to show the title (day, twilight, etc.) when rotating the crown. I deleted the solar face, restarted both iPhone and watch, added the solar face back, and it still does not work.
WATCH SERIES 2(ALUM) 38MM (2ND GEN), watchOS 4.3.1
Here’s the fix- on my watch, anyway:
On your phone, open Apple Watch app, go to:
My Watch/General/Background app refresh-turn ON!
Even with all of the options turned off to save battery life, just having the main top button ON, made the Solar face begin working correctly!!
Here’s the fix- on my watch, anyway:
On your phone, open Apple Watch app, go to:
My Watch/General/Background app refresh-turn ON!
Even with all of the options turned off to save battery life, just having the main top button ON, made the Solar face begin working correctly!!
I see my Solar face working correctly, you seem to have the only report so far which means this is not a bug in the new WatchOS. Considering your observation that the startup seemed abnormal I think the best thing to try is a forced reset. Press and hold both buttons on the watch until the Apple appears and the watch reboots. If that doesn't fix it, unpair the watch then re-pair to force loading all the software again, hopefully this time fully working.
Thank you for your suggestion, but I tried that before posting. The only odd thing I noticed during update was the “installing” circle on the watch only completed 2/3, before rebooting. IDK if this display is actually accurate, but prior updates completed the circle. My phone shows the update installed on the watch.
Solar face not working after watch update 4.3.1
