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Series 3 Apple Watch

When I first got my watch it synced perfectly with my phone, now despite trying all the suggested remedies, it will not sync messages with the phone. If I read a message on the phone it still shows as unread on my watch. Any suggestions other than turning off mirroring and resting then turning mirroring back on because that does NOT work. Thanks

Apple Watch

Posted on May 1, 2021 7:18 PM

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Posted on May 1, 2021 7:21 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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May 1, 2021 7:21 PM in response to Zachary712

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Series 3 Apple Watch

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