Set up new 15 Pro Max with 17.02 and restored from encrypted backup. Phone will not pair with existing Apple Watch Ultra nor will it pair to MacBook Pro via bluetooth.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 15 Pro Max will not pair with existing AW Ultra
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Yeah, this phone upgrade process made it so none of my watches would repair. It looks like I will have to restore these all from back-up. The problem seems to be though that the iphone migration process didn't move the watch backups to the new phone. WTF?
That is a HUGE understatement in my experience. Watch faces got duplicated and when you move the watch face order on the phone, it doesn't sync to the watch. The issue (that I am having is that the duplicate watchfaces are not on the phone, just the watch. I have spent 2 hours figuring out which faces are one both on the phone and watch, and which are just on the watch.
In my experience today, I'd say the watch migration was a total 💩 💩💩. It's cost me hours of frustrations between my 2 watches.
I’ve always had this issue with watch migration. Maybe because the old phone is near and isn’t removing the connection. I resort to resetting the watch.
I will say that resetting an Apple Watch and restoring + re-pairing couldn’t be easier. It doesn’t take much time either.
I will say that resetting an Apple Watch and restoring + re-pairing couldn’t be easier. It doesn’t take much time either.