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pairing apple watch and software update issue

Hi, lost my iphone, got a new iphone and now trying to pair the watch to it. Got the whole watch software needs updating before pairing can continue, I hit the update button but it keeps throwing me out and unpairing the watch...then i start again and the same thing over and over again?

Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 8

Posted on Feb 23, 2022 12:26 AM

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Posted on Feb 23, 2022 5:02 AM

A solution that has worked before is if you can find an iphone that is running ios12 then you pair the watch to that phone and update it as far as you can,then unpair it and pair it with your present phone and update it again to the latest WatchOS.

Failing this I would suggest you contact support here and see if they can help;

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Feb 23, 2022 5:02 AM in response to JasDhami79

A solution that has worked before is if you can find an iphone that is running ios12 then you pair the watch to that phone and update it as far as you can,then unpair it and pair it with your present phone and update it again to the latest WatchOS.

Failing this I would suggest you contact support here and see if they can help;

pairing apple watch and software update issue

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