I bought a Stainless Steel Apple watch maybe 2-3 months before the Series 1 & 2 launched. As such, its a series 0. Just shy of 12 months into owning it, I was having some battery drain issues with it and took it to an Apple Store to get it checked out. They agreed to ship it to a service centre and get the battery replaced. As part of the service, they asked me to keep the band. When it was returned to me it was just the watch unit itself in a very small box. I misplaced the box and hence the watch. Totally my fault, I wrote it off and bought a new Series 3 Nike Apple Watch.
Fast forward to about 12 months ago. I was doing some work moving furniture around and behind a bookcase found the tiny box with the Apple Watch unit inside. The box itself was covered with dust but the Apple Watch inside was also wrapped in a soft pouch so was totally secure. Curious, I tried to turn it on but there was no charge. On the charger, the Apple logo displayed but then a few seconds later the screen goes black and maybe thirty seconds or so later, the Apple logo again. Essentially it was stuck in a boot loop. As I didn't have time to investigate any further, I packed it away for another time. I tried other Apple Watch chargers, leaving it charging for a long period of time etc to no avail.
I booked it in for an appointment at the Apple Store, as I was willing to take a punt that a new battery would get it working again. However, the technician said that they can't book it in for battery service as they need to run diagnostics on it. To run the diagnostics on it, they need it to be able to boot. He then advised I could trade it in for store credit, but upon looking it up found Apple are not accepting these units and advised it could be recycled at no cost at Apple.
I feel like its such a waste to just recycle it when there is a good chance it is just a battery issue. However, it probably wont work with an iPhone 14 and even when it was working, it was very very slow. What are the thoughts here on getting older Apple Watches to work again?
Fast forward to about 12 months ago. I was doing some work moving furniture around and behind a bookcase found the tiny box with the Apple Watch unit inside. The box itself was covered with dust but the Apple Watch inside was also wrapped in a soft pouch so was totally secure. Curious, I tried to turn it on but there was no charge. On the charger, the Apple logo displayed but then a few seconds later the screen goes black and maybe thirty seconds or so later, the Apple logo again. Essentially it was stuck in a boot loop. As I didn't have time to investigate any further, I packed it away for another time. I tried other Apple Watch chargers, leaving it charging for a long period of time etc to no avail.
I booked it in for an appointment at the Apple Store, as I was willing to take a punt that a new battery would get it working again. However, the technician said that they can't book it in for battery service as they need to run diagnostics on it. To run the diagnostics on it, they need it to be able to boot. He then advised I could trade it in for store credit, but upon looking it up found Apple are not accepting these units and advised it could be recycled at no cost at Apple.
I feel like its such a waste to just recycle it when there is a good chance it is just a battery issue. However, it probably wont work with an iPhone 14 and even when it was working, it was very very slow. What are the thoughts here on getting older Apple Watches to work again?
