Factory reset with broken screen

[felixen2121]

Hi

I am selling my series 3 watch. The screen is broken, but I found a buyer who wants to play around with it and see if he can fix it. He will also get my band and charger.

Anyway, as the screen is cracked it will not accept any input from me. I unpaired the watch through the phone app. However the watch still shows the watch face I was using with the complications I chose. Time is still correct as well.

It does not seem erased and I am not sure I want to hand it over to someone else without being sure.

Any suggestions? Other than not selling it

 

[cwanja]

Are you able to pair it back to the iPhone? There is a reset option from the Watch app. As far as I am aware, the only option is the Watch app off the iPhone or from the settings app on the Watch itself.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I do not think a lot of data is kept on the phone, I would not sell it unless I could reset it though

 

[felixen2121]

Are you able to pair it back to the iPhone? There is a reset option from the Watch app. As far as I am aware, the only option is the Watch app off the iPhone or from the settings app on the Watch itself.

No. Unfortunately I am not able to repair it.
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I do not think a lot of data is kept on the phone, I would not sell it unless I could reset it though

Me neither. But I guess it will give access to my iMessage if unlocked.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Me neither. But I guess it will give access to my iMessage if unlocked.

What about if you remove it from your account. In find my phone it should show

 

[tromboneaholic]

What about if you remove it from your account. In find my phone it should show

Should be able to erase it through find my iPhone if it's on wifi.

I just tested this. There is an option to erase watch.

 

[felixen2121]

That was also my last resort, but it is not in find my iPhone.

I guess it disappeared as I unpaired it.

 

[tromboneaholic]

That was also my last resort, but it is not in find my iPhone.

I guess it disappeared as I unpaired it.

Something is amiss. Unpairing it should have reset it, so it wouldn't show the watch face you selected. It should be showing the initial greeting screen in various languages and trigger a prompt on your phone about pairing with a new watch.

 

[felixen2121]

Something is amiss. Unpairing it should have reset it, so it wouldn't show the watch face you selected. It should be showing the initial greeting screen in various languages and trigger a prompt on your phone about pairing with a new watch.

Yes it seems weird doesn’t it.

I found the thread below earlier on the Apple forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8427873

It seems like the same problem.

 

[tromboneaholic]

Yes it seems weird doesn’t it.

I found the thread below earlier on the Apple forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8427873

It seems like the same problem.

It seems like if the buyer could get your watch working, they would need your passcode, but that would be just a guess.

 

[felixen2121]

It seems like if the buyer could get your watch working, they would need your passcode, but that would be just a guess.

Yes. It asks for the passcode, but the screen doesn’t work.

It still feels a bit weird to sell it to him, knowing it might not be erased properly.

 

[tromboneaholic]

Yes. It asks for the passcode, but the screen doesn’t work.

It still feels a bit weird to sell it to him, knowing it might not be erased properly.

I agree with @Newtons Apple there isn't a ton of data on the Watch, but it seems risky to sell it.

 

[felixen2121]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I will sleep on it, but I will probably not sell it anyway.