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Charge Problem since WatchOS 9

NickRno77

NickRno77

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Just updated to watchos9 on Series 7. I use a third party charging stand with its own puck (not Apple puck) first time charging last night, gets to 100% then pings every now and then. Had to put it in Theatre Mode. Checked charge this morning, the charge was @ 83%, I guess the Watch would not accept a charge because the off and on charging? Worked perfect till update.

I guess Apple have put some sort of block on third party chargers ?

iWatch Charger, KOOPAO Magnetic Portable Wireless Watch Charging Charger Stand Cable Dock Station for iWatch Series 6/SE/5/4/3/2 38 mm 40 mm 42 mm 44 mm 45mm https://amzn.eu/d/gX5D1Ob
 
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They better not have….. I have not done the updates yet.
However, I have a great wireless charger that charges iPhone/Watch/AirPods all at the same time.
I also have a great portable charger for the watch for when hiking to top up the watch.
If any of these stop working it will put a question mark on my next Apple purchase.
 
that headline just gave me an extra systole 8D
i just checked and the watch charger in my satechi powerbank (Quatro) still is working/charging as expected. 👍
 
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They better not have….. I have not done the updates yet.
However, I have a great wireless charger that charges iPhone/Watch/AirPods all at the same time.
I also have a great portable charger for the watch for when hiking to top up the watch.
If any of these stop working it will put a question mark on my next Apple purchase.
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No problem charging as long as you stop charging after 100%.
 
Watch was charged to 100% and now, when checking 2 hours later, the powerbank/watchCharger was switched off/standby; meaning, not charging anymore.

But to be honest.. i am pretty sure, that the powerbank switched off even before watchOS9, after detecting the watch was fully charged or when charging current is almost at zero ampere).
So.. fearing, my testing might have not been very useful for this thread ;)
 
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NickRno77 said:
Just updated to watchos9 on Series 7. I use a third party charging stand with its own puck (not Apple puck) first time charging last night, gets to 100% then pings every now and then. Had to put it in Theatre Mode. Checked charge this morning, the charge was @ 83%, I guess the Watch would not accept a charge because the off and on charging? Worked perfect till update.

I guess Apple have put some sort of block on third party charges?

iWatch Charger, KOOPAO Magnetic Portable Wireless Watch Charging Charger Stand Cable Dock Station for iWatch Series 6/SE/5/4/3/2 38 mm 40 mm 42 mm 44 mm 45mm https://amzn.eu/d/gX5D1Ob
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Same here. Mine stopped working as soon as I downloaded the beta watchOS 9, I was hoping it would be fixed by the final release, by they didn’t. Im glad someone is talking about it, feels like apple is doing this “bug” on purpose so consumers buy their brick. Quite shady of them, this cant be a coincidence
 
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darkjupiter said:
Same here. Mine stopped working as soon as I downloaded the beta watchOS 9, I was hoping it would be fixed by the final release, by they didn’t. Im glad someone is talking about it, feels like apple is doing this “bug” on purpose so consumers buy their brick. Quite shady of them, this cant be a coincidence
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Hopefully you are wrong ? They sell the Belkin charges on the Apple Store, I think people are having problems with them as well. As @NoGood@Usernames said possibly they will fix it.
 
Face the same issue with my series 4. Updated it to watch os9 and use a third party charger with its own “puck”. It’s charged up to 90 odd percent then pings every minute stops charging and starts again and not gaining anymore charge when it’s starts acting up
 
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Same here with two S6 watches on two different third party charging stations that worked flawlessly prior to watchOS 9.

Now they are unusable due to constant pinging through the night.

Really hoping for a fix from Apple.
 
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I have exact same issue - watch series 6 gets to about 97% with a third party charger and then starts pinging every minute or two, which is infuriating when we are asleep and it wakes us up! Battery also seems to be draining a lot quicker in daily use.
 
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Im starting to think this might be a iOS 16 problem now.

My S2 watch which uses the original Apple magnetic charger was working fine for 5 years but since installing iOS 16 now when i place it on the charger at night at random my watch will show the apple logo, reboot and then i hear the chime and just keeps doing this at random.
Very frustrating.

Problem begin on my iPhone X when i installed iOS 16 on Tuesday, switched to the 14 Pro Max on Friday and paired my watch to the new iPhone but still same issue.

Tried force restarting the watch, restarting both watch & iPhone and still hasn't helped.
Right now at this very moment im in-between the unpairing and repairing procedure to see if that helps.
(fingers crossed)
 
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Just wanted to add with my S2 being old it can run the newer iOS.
Ive tried force restart and even unpairing and repairing the Watch but the problem is still there.
Just tried it tonight and about 10 mins on the charger it started to reboot then does the chime once its back on.
Did it twice so i just took it off the charger as the chime is keeping me awake :/
 
I have a Series 5 which I updated to Watch OS 9 yesterday. I put it to charge on my Belkin 3 in 1 charger that uses its own puck and so far I’ve not experienced it. I will see if it happens tonight. So far my watch has been fine.
 
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Hopefully you are wrong ? They sell the Belkin charges on the Apple Store, I think people are having problems with them as well. As @NoGood@Usernames said possibly they will fix it.
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I hope they fix it asap, it’s a huge annoyance/inconvenience to use one brick for multiple devices, needing to plug and unplug the cables all the time.
Btw, my iPad Air 5 (iPadOS 16) seems to have stopped charging on my third party chargers as well, but working just fine on iPadOS 15ish.
 
My series 2 has been doing the same restart thing for the past few days, on both apple and belkin chargers. It begins to restart about 30 seconds after placing it on the charger. It also seems to take forever to complete the restart after removing it from the charger.

But I have not updated anything, as far as I know. Auto updates are off... My iPhone is at 15.6.1 (I think there is a 15.7 as well as 16 out). I haven't updated the watch. My series 6 watch works OK. I haven't installed the latest Watch OS on it either.
 
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My series 2 has been doing the same restart thing for the past few days, on both apple and belkin chargers. It begins to restart about 30 seconds after placing it on the charger. It also seems to take forever to complete the restart after removing it from the charger.

But I have not updated anything, as far as I know. Auto updates are off... My iPhone is at 15.6.1 (I think there is a 15.7 as well as 16 out). I haven't updated the watch. My series 6 watch works OK. I haven't installed the latest Watch OS on it either.
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Ohh wow it’s sounds pretty much the same time frame when my S2 started to play up on the charger.

I too didn’t update anything from the Watch side but only did iOS 16 on my X and the 14PM already had iOS 16 installed.
Been testing my new S8 watch and my Mothers S3 Watch and thankfully they are ok on the same charger.
 
Looking back in time, its seems a few iPhone updates have caused this kind of issue. Its usually fixed in the next release.
 
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ColdCase said:
Looking back in time, its seems a few iPhone updates have caused this kind of issue. Its usually fixed in the next release.
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Fingers crossed.
I still love my SB SS Link Bracelet S2 Watch and was planning to keep using it still and just alternate between that and the new S8.

I truly hope it fixes with a future update!
 
Yep me too.
Just a note for a quick and easy solution, you can turn the chimes off in settings on the watch (Series 7 at least) never owned another Apple Watch but I’m sure you can do the same. Then the issue remaining is the screen lighting up at night time. I’ve used an old glasses cleaning cloth and I just put it over the watch.

Doesn’t help with the charging/not charging issue of course.
 
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J9ORS said:
Yep me too.
Just a note for a quick and easy solution, you can turn the chimes off in settings on the watch (Series 7 at least) never owned another Apple Watch but I’m sure you can do the same. Then the issue remaining is the screen lighting up at night time. I’ve used an old glasses cleaning cloth and I just put it over the watch.

Doesn’t help with the charging/not charging issue of course.
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That’s definitely a help to try and disable the sound chime yep but what worry’s me is see the watch continuously going in the reboot mode (Apple logo). I just feel like it’s damaging it somehow constantly doing that :(
 
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