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My Apple watch does not display watch dial unless I hit screen. It is on the "Always On" mode. Any other suggestions?

My Apple watch does not display watch dial unless I hit screen. It is on the "Always On" mode. Any other suggestions?


Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 7

Posted on Mar 18, 2021 6:58 PM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2021 7:18 PM

See the last 2 paragraphs in the 'Wake the Apple Watch display' section of:

Turn on and wake Apple Watch - Apple Support

And, make sure you are not in Theater Mode. See the reply to:

Apple Watch Always On is overridden by Th… - Apple Community


Also, 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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Mar 18, 2021 7:18 PM in response to JOTSBetterHalf

See the last 2 paragraphs in the 'Wake the Apple Watch display' section of:

Turn on and wake Apple Watch - Apple Support

And, make sure you are not in Theater Mode. See the reply to:

Apple Watch Always On is overridden by Th… - Apple Community


Also, 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


My Apple watch does not display watch dial unless I hit screen. It is on the "Always On" mode. Any other suggestions?

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