I had this happen a couple of times. I eventually tried closing out the watch app on the phone and rebooted the watch. The next time it didn't hang at the verify stage - it moved onto installing. Now to see how long that takes...
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Anybody successfully installed OS 2?
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After the download I waited and waited. Restarted the app. Rebooted the watch. Now the phone app says up to date "1.0.1" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is BS!!!!!!
Closed Apple Watch app, reopened and checked for software update and was able to get through the install process. It took about 40 minutes from start to finish. Apple logo displayed for a couple minutes after it finished the install, thought it was stuck but I just let it go and was greeted with Nightstand (Griffin WatchStand). This was a long install.
This happened to me too, close out the app and re try it. It will work. I'm all updated now!
First attempt hung at Verifying for more than an hour. Restarted the app and zipped through Preparing. Now back on Verifying for 10 minutes or so...
UPDATE: After another 30 minutes in Verify limbo, I quit the Apple Watch app and restarted the phone and watch. Then quickly through Preparing and Verifying (five minutes total) and I'm on to Installing for the first time. Fingers crossed.
UPDATE 2: Third time's the charm. Took 10 minutes to install, then the watch rebooted and went through a second install process. Now all is updated and good in the world.
UPDATE: After another 30 minutes in Verify limbo, I quit the Apple Watch app and restarted the phone and watch. Then quickly through Preparing and Verifying (five minutes total) and I'm on to Installing for the first time. Fingers crossed.
UPDATE 2: Third time's the charm. Took 10 minutes to install, then the watch rebooted and went through a second install process. Now all is updated and good in the world.
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I have the same issue. "Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the internet". I'm on wifi and browsing internet without issue.
What phone do you have? Mine is 5s.
Nevermind. I just tried again and now it shows WatchOS2.
OK, here's my summary: I'm on 9.1B1. I rebooted both the watch and the phone. I was not seeing the update but when I put the watch on my wrist and tried, the update showed up. I allowed it to do the preparing and then it paused to allow me to put the watch back on the charger. It then verified and started the install. It seems to be the communication with the watch that caused the verify to hang.
Sounds to me like Apple is not dedicating any extra server bandwidth for watch downloads.
6+ on 9.1. After restarting the watch and app it now says 1.01 is up to date. Ugh.I have the same issue. "Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the internet". I'm on wifi and browsing internet without issue.
What phone do you have? Mine is 5s.
Nevermind. I just tried again and now it shows WatchOS2.
Ugh. My installation seemingly went OK, but now Calendar isn't syncing. I tried resetting the Watch, unpairing it and re-pairing it, and even setting it up as a new Watch. Nothing is getting my Calendar entries to show up on the Watch.
Update: It's my employer's security profile that's causing the issue. I uninstalled it, and my personal calendar synced just fine. I guess for now I'll just make do with my iPhone calendar until our IT department sorts out iOS 9. Our profiles limit sharing of data from our Exchange server to third party applications. It was set to allow calendar sharing to the Watch in iOS 8. I guess iOS 9 or Watch OS 2 changed things. Oddly, other things work, including email.
Update: It's my employer's security profile that's causing the issue. I uninstalled it, and my personal calendar synced just fine. I guess for now I'll just make do with my iPhone calendar until our IT department sorts out iOS 9. Our profiles limit sharing of data from our Exchange server to third party applications. It was set to allow calendar sharing to the Watch in iOS 8. I guess iOS 9 or Watch OS 2 changed things. Oddly, other things work, including email.
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I'm updated. Whole process for me was about 17 minutes download, another 10 for verify, and about 1/2 hour for Install. Probably should have had my watch on the charger closer to my phone and maybe it would have gone faster for the Install. BTW there's a long thread of user experiences with the update under Comments for the Front Page article on the Update ( https://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/21/watchos-2-launch/ *). I posted some photos of the screens I encountered along the way and more of my experience there.
*hmm currently among the top rated posts there. Thought the photos would be helpful. If the post drops out of ranking you can see the photos here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...d-mode-and-more.1919179/page-13#post-21906141
*hmm currently among the top rated posts there
. Thought the photos would be helpful. If the post drops out of ranking you can see the photos here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...d-mode-and-more.1919179/page-13#post-21906141
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Yup I saw your post and it's how I at least got it to acknowledge my internet connection. Still won't show watchOS 2. :/
I think it's stuck trying to communicate with the watch. Mine did this several times, but the final time the verify took only a few minutes
Did you do anything in particular to make it work? I am thinking of restarting my iPhone and watch and starting again with the update.
OK, here's my summary: I'm on 9.1B1. I rebooted both the watch and the phone. I was not seeing the update but when I put the watch on my wrist and tried the update showed up. I allowed it to do the preparing and then i paused to allow me to put the watch back on the charger. It then verified and stared the install. It seems to be the communication with the watch that caused the verify to hang.
"Unable to Check for Update"
"Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the internet"
For the past 10 hours, tried on 3 wifi networks and LTE..
"Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the internet"
For the past 10 hours, tried on 3 wifi networks and LTE..
Okay I'm gonna give a reset a go, I'm also running iOS 9.1B1
Thanks for the info.