Hey all. Was wondering if anybody else has come across this glitch.
(Not sure if it’s a software glitch or a hardware malfunction. Or both. But I’ll just call it a glitch for now.)
I tried to take an ECG reading today (hadn’t done so since last week — and rarely do so anyway). I put my finger on the crown and immediately noticed that my readings were all over the place.
(If it was a legitimate reading, I would have been very worried.)
But after I took my finger off the crown, I saw that my Apple Watch (Series 6) was still taking readings. It seemed that simply being off my wrist was enough to record an electrical reading (although super erratic).
I turned the Apple Watch off and back on (hoping that would resolve any issues), but it didn’t seem to help.
I began doing various things to troubleshoot it. Sometimes (on the wrist, no finger not on the crown) it would take very erratic readings that vaguely resembles heart activity. Sometimes (on the wrist, no finger not on the crown) it would be mostly a flatline. Rarely I could get it to display something that mostly-matched what I would expect from a typical ECG reading (although it would be bad enough where the Apple Watch would say “Poor Recording”.
I even took my watch off my wrist completely and placed it on my desk. And it was still taking the ECG readings. Although away from my body and on the desk the ECG reading was a flatline (as you would expect). Although not completely flat.
My Apple Watch (Series 6) is currently on 10.4. I’ll try updating it to 10.5 after I get home (maybe that will fix the issue).
Has anybody else had a problem like this? Everything else about my Apple Watch seems to be fine. And the ECG seemingly worked perfectly-fine last week. I haven’t updated any software or install anything new since then the last time I successfully used the ECG.
I rarely use the ECG, so if it’s a hardware malfunction I’ll just do nothing and wait until I eventually get a new Apple Watch. Although it is Prime Day and there are Apple Watches on sale… 🤔🤔🤔 lol.
(Not sure if it’s a software glitch or a hardware malfunction. Or both. But I’ll just call it a glitch for now.)
I tried to take an ECG reading today (hadn’t done so since last week — and rarely do so anyway). I put my finger on the crown and immediately noticed that my readings were all over the place.
(If it was a legitimate reading, I would have been very worried.)
But after I took my finger off the crown, I saw that my Apple Watch (Series 6) was still taking readings. It seemed that simply being off my wrist was enough to record an electrical reading (although super erratic).
I turned the Apple Watch off and back on (hoping that would resolve any issues), but it didn’t seem to help.
I began doing various things to troubleshoot it. Sometimes (on the wrist, no finger not on the crown) it would take very erratic readings that vaguely resembles heart activity. Sometimes (on the wrist, no finger not on the crown) it would be mostly a flatline. Rarely I could get it to display something that mostly-matched what I would expect from a typical ECG reading (although it would be bad enough where the Apple Watch would say “Poor Recording”.
I even took my watch off my wrist completely and placed it on my desk. And it was still taking the ECG readings. Although away from my body and on the desk the ECG reading was a flatline (as you would expect). Although not completely flat.
My Apple Watch (Series 6) is currently on 10.4. I’ll try updating it to 10.5 after I get home (maybe that will fix the issue).
Has anybody else had a problem like this? Everything else about my Apple Watch seems to be fine. And the ECG seemingly worked perfectly-fine last week. I haven’t updated any software or install anything new since then the last time I successfully used the ECG.
I rarely use the ECG, so if it’s a hardware malfunction I’ll just do nothing and wait until I eventually get a new Apple Watch. Although it is Prime Day and there are Apple Watches on sale… 🤔🤔🤔 lol.
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