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my apple watch series three has been trying to update for a day and a half. I can’t get it to go through with the process and turn on. It is stuck on the pairing screen

How do I get my apple watch to fully update without crashing and freezing on pairing screen

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 4:52 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2021 4:59 AM

Hello alli71,

Welcome to the Apple Support Community!

For the Apple Watch Series 3 you need to Unpair and Re-Pair the watch in order to update the watch. I've included a link to a Support Article which can help you more with this situation. If you need more assistance, contact Apple Support.

Happy WWDC!

Cube2012

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If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Contacting Apple Support


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Get Support

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800-692-7753

or

Use the Apple Support App

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044


WWDC

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Jun 7, 2021 4:59 AM in response to alli71

Hello alli71,

Welcome to the Apple Support Community!

For the Apple Watch Series 3 you need to Unpair and Re-Pair the watch in order to update the watch. I've included a link to a Support Article which can help you more with this situation. If you need more assistance, contact Apple Support.

Happy WWDC!

Cube2012

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Contacting Apple Support


Online

Get Support

Call

800-692-7753

or

Use the Apple Support App

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044


WWDC

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/

Jun 14, 2021 12:34 PM in response to alli71

Same problem. Spent many hours last night trying to get the watch to work again after the failed update. I tried many times unpairing and wiping clean to a factory reset and no luck. After several hours and much bad langauge I was able to get it working again by doing only a restore from backup and turn off autoupdate. Now I have to see the update prompt on my phone forever, but at least it works. This doesn't bode well for future updates as I expect it will only get worse. Apple needs to figure this out, how can this be possible when they still sell the Series 3!

my apple watch series three has been trying to update for a day and a half. I can’t get it to go through with the process and turn on. It is stuck on the pairing screen

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