Failed watch-4 upgrade from WatchOS5.01 to 5.1 - Persistent apple logo on watch face

Same problem here and I'm steaming about it. Earliest appointment at the Genius bar is 3 days away, or 5-7+ days for "express repair"

I was told to "leave it at the logo startup screen to load" which maybe could take overnight (which I highly doubt).

This is beyond unacceptable, for the price paid for the Series 4 watch +PLUS+ the added cost for Apple(doesn't seem to)Care.

Watches are a daily wear item, and to have to go through this because of a failed software upgrade has really taken the shine off my otherwise stellar Apple experience (which has included 7 iphones, 4 ipads, 3 watches for me, double that for my family, so lots of thousands of $$s).

I've been on chat and phone calls tonight ... they want to replace (5-7 days) but I'm traveling Monday so this has to be done faster. They pulled the update from their website and the last advisor I chatted with said this is a known issue and they are working on getting it resolved for me faster. What a flustercuck. If I leave on my trip without a replacement watch, I'll come home with a new one and it won't be an Apple Watch... and that will be the start of my migration away from iPhone and iPad as well. This is just enraging.

I left mine alone for over 4 hours... no change. They seem to know it's a fatal problem unfortunately.

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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/watchos-5-1-update-bricking-some-apple-watc hes-update-apple-temporarily-pulls-watchos-5-1.2150987/page-6

Do we know if waiting is helping or is it call Apple get a coffin and wait 7-10 days for them to fix the bricked device?

I also have the same issue. I’ll try leaving it on all night see if anything happens. Thanks for the info.