After WatchOS 6, the watch keeps asking for apple id password but it fails!

[shankar2]

HI so I upgraded my s4 Apple watch to wos 6. However now after I wear the watch it keeps asking for my apple id password. I keep entering it and it keeps saying "verification failed unknown error"

The only temp fix for me is to launch the new App Store app in the Watch. Is there any permanent fix for this new bug? Thanks!

 

[iPhysicist]

I have the same problem. Everytime. And the Apple ID that asked for the password is not even the one i use for the App Store.

 

[BrettDS]

HI so I upgraded my s4 Apple watch to wos 6. However now after I wear the watch it keeps asking for my apple id password. I keep entering it and it keeps saying "verification failed unknown error"

The only temp fix for me is to launch the new App Store app in the Watch. Is there any permanent fix for this new bug? Thanks!

This happened to my son when he upgraded his S3 to watchOS 6. He put up with it for a while, then he said that he unpaired his watch and repaired it and that resolved the problem for him.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Yep, think the best attempt to fix would be to unpair and repair the watch.

 

[shankar2]

So re pairing watch is the solution?

 

[TomH TX]

My AW3 also kept demanding my password after I updated to WatchOS6. I told it to enter password, then it would not bring up the keyboard. I would up having to "handwrite" it in ON THE WATCH ITSELF, which was a total PITA. Then, as if just to mess with me, it made me also enter my iCloud password. But, once I finally got both entered it has not asked again.

 

[rjjacobson]

Having the same problem for first hour after I installed WatchOS 6. At first it seemed to try to do my two factor ID stuff also but my new 11 Pro Max was also finishing update from 13.0 to 13.1 at time. But it has not lately asked since hours later. Maybe it settled down as everything got updated, filled or whatever on the new iPhone??? Will wait to see if I need to unpair and re-pair the watch if this comes back

 

[shankar2]

Well I tried to fix this problem by unpairing and re-pairing. However the apple id to the store doesn't work at all! (unknown error, server error) I also checked my apple id on apple.com 's site (all good) but no success.

 

[rjjacobson]

Update to the Apple ID problem. My new iPhone 11 Pro Max had done all its downloads, setups or what ever it does over night. This AM my apple watch 4 did the usual request for my Apple ID login using the main non email user name I have all purchases thru. And it wanted to do my two factor authentication and my iPhone was not busy installing 13.1 like it was yesterday. It gave me the keyboard this time which referred me to use my iphone. I clicked on the notification that popped and keyboard came up on phone, I entered password and that went away. Then the two factor came up wanting that to log in. I got the code on my iphone and entered on watch directly and it all worked and the problems went away. It seems you have to have your connected iPhone not busy updating (because it was new 11 Pro) and/or not updating to 13.1 specifically at time. It wants to do the password and two factor code in conjuction with phone and watch. Now if you don’t do two factor then all that needs to happen is the keyboard option has to show and then it goes to your connected phone and thats it. No repairing or anything needed.

 

[shankar2]

Well I updated to 13.1.1 and it seems to have fixed this problem (worked for me). Others can update, check and revert here.