Apple Watch - Storage Full

[dUnKle]

I have a 3rd generation Apple Watch
Had since new and zero problems
Only has Facebook Messenger and a Steps Counting App as "additional" apps

However I can't install the latest OS and keep getting messages saying storage is full
Has no music / photos on it

Any suggestions ?
I have tried unpairing and repairing but still same

 

[TiggrToo]

I have a 3rd generation Apple Watch
Had since new and zero problems
Only has Facebook Messenger and a Steps Counting App as "additional" apps

However I can't install the latest OS and keep getting messages saying storage is full
Has no music / photos on it

Any suggestions ?
I have tried unpairing and repairing but still same

Is this a GPS only model? They only had 8GB storage which is indeed currently causing havoc with updates.

There's at least one other thread here on the board that talks all about this.

 

[mj_]

Known issue with Series 3 Apple Watch models. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211283 for a solution.

 

[Tagbert]

I have a 3rd generation Apple Watch
Had since new and zero problems
Only has Facebook Messenger and a Steps Counting App as "additional" apps

However I can't install the latest OS and keep getting messages saying storage is full
Has no music / photos on it

Any suggestions ?
I have tried unpairing and repairing but still same

The series 3 doesn't really have enough extra storage to handle updates of recent Watch OS versions.

try the workarounds from this site

Apple Watch Series 3 Update Workarounds - TidBITS

Some people with Apple Watch Series 3 models are having trouble installing watchOS 7 updates because they don’t have enough space available. Here are two ways to free up enough space to install the watchOS updates.

tidbits.com

 

[dUnKle]

Cheers guys
Managed to fully reset it and wipe it clean and seems it’s installed the update

however ...

it now seems to be wanting to fill all empty space with photos / music / podcasts

I don’t want anything on it at all. Just the watch with the 2 apps.

 

[sixtydashone]

They should sticky one of the threads about this imo, lots of posts about this lately.

 

[PilotC150]

I had the same problem with my Series 3 GPS. I had to unpair/wipe it, update it, then restore the backup. Took almost five hours from start to finish, if I remember right. I also don't have any music, photos, podcasts, etc. on it. I only had a couple apps, which I couldn't remove because when I opened the Watch app on my phone it locked me to the Update screen, and if I tried to cancel out of that, it basically said my only option was to unpair it.