Apple Releases watchOS 5.1.1 to Solve watchOS 5.1 Bricking Issue

[snarlz]

Ha ha, who's first because i can tell you, it ain't gonna be me guys 😛

I'll give it a day or two 😉 did they replace your watch?

 

[viettanium]

OTA not showing up on my S1

 

[WhoDatWayne]

Updating now also!

 

[Bazooka-joe]

Shall I prepare a new thread called
watchOS 5.1 - I think my watch is bricked - The Sequel 🙂
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I'll give it a day or two 😉 did they replace your watch?

Yeah my new one arrived today so its only a few hours old

 

[Jeff Barlow]

I was able to enjoy my replacement watch over the weekend. Not sure I want to risk it again.

I'll wait for a few more people posting successful updates.

 

[centauratlas]

Mine didn't brick after 5.1, but it would only charge the first time after restarting (e.g. you could charge it, wear it, and then it wouldn't charge until you restarted it again). They sent me a replacement which came today. That was after various restarts, resetting/erasing and restoring from backup and then resetting/erasing and setting up new.

Edit: The replacement Series 4came with 5.0. I am waiting a little while to update this time.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Still not rushing to update mine yet. Guinea pig it for me some more please.

 

[tzm41]

Yeah Apple, my Series 4 is still in the shop.... Sent it out last Thursday to get it fixed.

 

[MauiPa]

Hate to be the programmer that let that one out the door.

 

[5105973]

Ah, no I’m still on 5.01. Whew. The trouble I save myself being a procrastinator. 😀

 

[MrGimper]

S4 update from 5.1 to 5.1.1 successful .. y'all carry on

 

[Mike MA]

I still can’t believe that an OS update can actually brick an Apple Watch in an unrepearable manner. Causes me to lose some faith in this device. Why? It can happen at all and again and again...

 

[Mick-Mac]

All I want out of a WatchOS update is the missing complications on Infograph (Messages, email). Screw providing an semi-infinite number of emojis, I simply couldn't care any less about those things.

 

[mark-in-mk]

Can we add Mail notifications to the "I cant believe that's not working" list please ?
I'll happily give up a load of emoji's for it to be fixed.

 

[Futurix]

Updated just fine.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Cool, I'll wait until - at least - Wednesday to download it.

 

[CaptMarvel]

These WatchOS installation updates are much faster nowadays, and I’m not complaining! 😱

 

[kongitron]

I missed out on the chance to brick my watch last week, I'm going to rush out to be one of the first to try this new version today!

lmao, this right here lololol...

 

[now i see it]

You first.

A sorry reflection how risky updating the firmware can sometimes be. Pretty much nowadays you gotta live next to an Apple Store if you want to spin the roulette wheel and install new updates.

 

[stamphead]

When checking for the update it says I'm not connected to the Internet! Rebooting my phone didn't work and neither did enabling Wi-Fi.

EDIT: Had to unlock the watch

 

[cwosigns]

S4 update from 5.1 to 5.1.1 successful .. y'all carry on

Same here. I did notice that tapping my nightstand to wake the screen (night stand mode) didn't work after the 5.1.1 update. A reboot fixed it. Now updating my Series 3.

::: fingers crossed :::

 

[trashmac]

Took the plunge this time around and it updated fine. Amazed by how fast it was...

 

[techno-Zen]

Upgrade complete without issues. I was on 5.1

 

[Zeeuw]

Got mine 30 minutes ago after bricked last tuesday and updated succesfully to 5.1.1. Btw it was extremely fast.

 

[haddy]

You first.

Okay did it: S4....5.1 to 5.1.1
Very quick update and no problems (touch wood)