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BreuerEditor

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Jul 1, 2008
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I had a Series 2 running watchOS5. Backed it up to my X, did an iCloud backup, which should do a backup of the Watch. I had my new Watch Series 4, turned it on, tried to pair it with my X, and it worked fine. Restored by my Series 2. I then activated my XS. Unpaired the Series 4 from my X and tried to pair it with my XS and it won’t show the restore that I did from my 42. Only a backup from 2 years ago (11/16). Then when I followed an online guide about it potentially not being on the same version of watchOS, to set it up as new and then update the software, and restore, that did nothing. No matter how many times I restart my XS or Series 4, I can’t get it to connect and I forced to reset the watch to factory on the charger since I couldn’t connect them together. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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