Mine has been experiencing this since the update also. Very frustrating. The only thing different for my series 3 LTE watch was that I had changed my weather app from Carrot to a couple others to try out. The new ones were Forecast Bar and MyRadar. They worked fine before the update. After the update, I kept experiencing missing data and then the reboots. Finally decided to reload Carrot to see if that made any difference (keeping the other two apps still on my phone/watch) but not using in any complications. I have experienced no issues in the last 24 hours. Hopefully it stays that way.
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Series 3 - Rebooting after WatchOS 7
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I read somewhere that disabling all 3rd-party app notifications seems to resolve the issue. Has anyone tried this?
Mine was doing the same since the first day I upgraded to OS7. I did a full reset on my S3 and reloaded only the stuff I use on a regular basis minus all the fluff that I had accumulated. It has not restarted since then.
I updated mine Saturday night with the latest update. Yesterday I didn’t notice any issues and it seemed to be back to normal.
So after about 4 days my AW3 rebooted earlier today. Have to wait and see if it becomes a daily thing again or maybe was just an anomaly of some sort.
This is comforting to hear. I’m an avid runner too and went from S4 to S6 and the S6 has been rebooting maybe once a day. I was worried it would reboot during a run. Mine is a quick reboot like you described.
I chatted with Apple support and they tried to tell me it’s a hardware issue and I could send my watch back. I told them that’s baloney because literally every Series is having this issue after watchOS 7 or 7.0.1 and there’s no way Apple is replacing all those units and it’s no coincidence they all started doing this within the last week or so.
If it reboots but doesn’t interrupt my run workout I can live with that until a bug fix.
Guys. I have an LTE Series 3, and after updating to OS 7 it stopped waking up from wrist raise. I tried everything: reboot, reset and set up as a new watch, turn off and on Wrist Raise settings but nothing worked.
Today I tried to turn off Heart Rate and Fitness Tracking settings, which are under the Privacy menu, then restart the watch. To my surprise, it worked. Had turned on both settings and it still worked. Hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.
Today I tried to turn off Heart Rate and Fitness Tracking settings, which are under the Privacy menu, then restart the watch. To my surprise, it worked. Had turned on both settings and it still worked. Hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.
Same issue with my brand new Apple Watch Series 3 GPS Only. I contacted Apple Support and they called me the following day, after tons of guidance, they even asked me to allow screen sharing and they remote controlled my iPhone 7 Plus. Finally they asked me to allow and install a profile called Apple System Wide Logging on my Apple Watch, since then no more rebooting.....
So i found some strange things on Apple Watch 3 Gps Only:
- after full erase of content and settings when i synced the watch with iphone the face gallery had some lags and some faces disappeared.
- when it randomely reboots it doesn’t show the passcode.
- when entering the watch app it has some lags.
- yesterday it rebooted 4-5 times in 3 hours.
Does anybody experienced this or it’s just me?
- after full erase of content and settings when i synced the watch with iphone the face gallery had some lags and some faces disappeared.
- when it randomely reboots it doesn’t show the passcode.
- when entering the watch app it has some lags.
- yesterday it rebooted 4-5 times in 3 hours.
Does anybody experienced this or it’s just me?
Very frustrating! I had ios7 beta on my S3 watch and had reboots then. I even sent feedback and logs to apple about the issue with beta and it doesn’t seem that they did anything to address the issue because it’s just the same with the official release. Thanks for the converting my watch to a $200 aluminum weight on my wrist.
For me the reboots are kind of random on the series 3 GPS.
No passcode request after reboot and I get about two reboots a day in a short period of time.
Wifi always off on the watch but I noticed it happens outside in the sun more often than not - dunno if it's related.
Let's hope for a quick bug fix from apple 🤞🏼
No passcode request after reboot and I get about two reboots a day in a short period of time.
Wifi always off on the watch but I noticed it happens outside in the sun more often than not - dunno if it's related.
Let's hope for a quick bug fix from apple 🤞🏼
I have had this on my non GPS S3. Someone commented that it may be down to 3rd party apps. I only had one installed on mine, "Bands in Town", I've uninstalled it and its been as good as gold since.....
I did a full reboot on my S3 cellular and did not install any apps other than the standard Apple ones. I had an Apple tech do a remote service scan on the watch and the first thing they looked for was 3rd party apps and they seemed a bit surprised I had none. They have escalated my issue and I hope to hear something back from them maybe today.
Thanks for the update. Please let us know what they come back with. my S3 GPS-only is on 7.0.1 and is still rebooting. Did it as I left the house yesterday and I was stood in the rain waiting for it to come back.
My husband's S3, brand-new in late August, started having the reboot issue after upgrading to 7 (and didn't improve with 7.0.1). I contacted Apple support, and tried all their suggestions - unpaired and repaired from a backup, then unpaired and repaired as new, then some voodoo involving charging for at least 3 hours, removing from the charger and powering off, then leaving it powered off for at least half an hour. Seems like they are grasping at straws here. Now we're waiting for a box and shipping label to send it in for "repairs" (the closet Apple store is about 50 miles away, so taking it in is not convenient at all). I expect they will send a different S3.
Seems to be a bit random, I have at least experienced three different reboots after the watchOS7 upgrade.
1. Complete black screen, watch never came back on, had to do a hard reset. (I had this twice yesterday for the fist time)
2. Reboot (Apple logo on screen), but no need for PIN.
3. Reboot (Apple Logo on scree), watch asks for PIN.
1. Complete black screen, watch never came back on, had to do a hard reset. (I had this twice yesterday for the fist time)
2. Reboot (Apple logo on screen), but no need for PIN.
3. Reboot (Apple Logo on scree), watch asks for PIN.
I get them too on the AW3 SS. Just turn off your passcode so that when it reboots, you won't even notice. I workout almost daily usually outside and I haven't noticed it rebooting on me during workout. The plus side is that the watch runs faster than it has ever before. feels like a new watch. no stuttering.
Same for me. Before I did a complete wipe on my S3, I mostly always got the black screen that required me to force a reboot. Since I wiped and restarted with a clean install on the watch, it has only done #3 that I remember, always needing me to re-enter my pin. This is still a daily thing, but it only seems to trigger when I leave home usually within about 5 minutes. I thought maybe it was leaving my home wifi but I turned off wifi and it still happened. Sure hope they figure it out.
Same reboot happening on my 38mm Nike series 3 watch. I even completely wiped the watch and did a fresh install of watch Os7. I was out paddle boarding yesterday and the watch rebooted 2 or 3 times while I was out. Never had that happen before. Pretty annoying.