I’ve got an Apple Watch Series 3 that (all of the sudden in the past 2 days) has started locking while on my wrist. When wearing the watch, it locks after about a minute....requiring me to enter my passcode to unlock it to do anything (ie access the control center, etc...).
My question is: Does this sound like a hardware issue, or some sort of setting that I’ve inadvertently changed and am not aware of.
A few facts:
The only thing I have found that works to prevent the phone from locking while on my wrist is to turn off Wrist detection...obviously not the best solution.
I just bought the series 3 in November....so it’s still under warranty. Before I schedule and appointment with the Genius Bar at Apple, just wanted to see if there is some setting I might be missing.
My question is: Does this sound like a hardware issue, or some sort of setting that I’ve inadvertently changed and am not aware of.
A few facts:
- Both my phone (XR) and watch are on the latest updates
- I have “Unlock with iPhone” to to “on” on the watch app. Of my phone
- Wrist detection is turned “on” on my watch
- I’ve tried “force quitting” both phone and watch
- I’ve had Series 0 and 2 and never had a problem with this....I’m wearing the Series 3 in the same location at the same tightness.
- I haven’t tried unpairing and setting up as a new watch...after this “locking” started.
The only thing I have found that works to prevent the phone from locking while on my wrist is to turn off Wrist detection...obviously not the best solution.
I just bought the series 3 in November....so it’s still under warranty. Before I schedule and appointment with the Genius Bar at Apple, just wanted to see if there is some setting I might be missing.
