Hi - I have an Apple Watch Series 4. I am stuck on a version of OS8 and cannot update to OS9. Kept getting message that "the watchOS update couldn't be verified because you are not connected to the internet". I had the watch paired to my phone and my phone was definitely connected to my home wifi (Virgin Media Hub 3.0). I unpaired the apple watch, reset it and now cannot re-pair it back to my iPhone - same message appears. Basically it is now a brick! I have tried to pair it using a different network but still get the same message. Has anyone else got this problem? Is it a software or hardware issue? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks
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Apple watch series 4 software not updating
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I’m guessing you’re using one of those cellular routers. Sometimes they don’t play nice with network traffic. It’s the same with if you’re using public Wi-Fi. I would say if you know someone that has Internet with a regular router, try that.
My wife is having exactly this same problem with her watch, and we don't have a cellular router. Any solutions out there?
LATER : The modern equivalent of ctrl-alt-del did the trick. Restarted her iPhone and watch and all is good.
LATER : The modern equivalent of ctrl-alt-del did the trick. Restarted her iPhone and watch and all is good.
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I had a series 5 like that. Genius Bar tried, failed. Sent it in. Tried, failed. I got a notice "we could not fix your watch"
@#$$% grrrrrrr
...then a brand new one showed up!
