trouble pairing "unable to sign in"

[andybno1]

running watchos 2 beta 2, something went a little weird today after turning the watch on it was like it wasn't paired.

I have done a reset to re-pair but I can't get past the AppleID screen keep getting "could not sign in there was a problem connecting to the server" I can't seem to get past this, even when I skip this step I get the same message with messages sign in part.

Anyone had this? is there away around this?

 

[Newtons Apple]

Hve you tried deleting the watch from your phone, which makes a back-up and then try repairing?

I assume you have rebooted everything

 

[andybno1]

I reset settings on watch unpaired from phone started as a new watch setup but alas the watch app is refusing to get past this annoying error

 

[darthgeekonius]

I reset settings on watch unpaired from phone started as a new watch setup but alas the watch app is refusing to get past this annoying error

having same issue. Thought it was just me!

 

[NewtypeCJ]

Same thing happened to me.

Turn off iMessage on your phone while you pair, then reactivate it once you're paired back up. Should work!

 

[darthgeekonius]

Same thing happened to me.

Turn off iMessage on your phone while you pair, then reactivate it once you're paired back up. Should work!

Thanks for the workaround

 

[andybno1]

Same thing happened to me.

Turn off iMessage on your phone while you pair, then reactivate it once you're paired back up. Should work!

nice one works its finally pairing

 

[mehow]

thanks!

 

[alfista]

Thanks as well, and to clarify:

If you are getting the 'server unavailable error' you can skip it, but the iMessages thing stops your progress because you can't skip or change the username. With Messages off, you can continue.

I spent about three hours with this (waiting for iCloud to finish syncing 10gb or so, removing account, removing iTunes account, etc), and now am struggling to get to watchOS beta 3. On 9.0b3 for the phone.

 

[alfista]

...but I still can't get it to connect once the watch is paired using the Watch app.

 

[ThaRagingAsian]

same here. Gonna try the work around.

edit:
Thanks! Got it through. Hopefully I can install beta 3 for the apple watch. having problems with that too.

 

[waterskier2007]

In case anyone looks this up, it's not really a workaround. It's direct from the release notes


Known Issues

• Pairing iOS 9 beta 3 with watchOS 2 beta 1 or 2 requires you to sign out of your AppleID in Messages prior to pairing and to skip iCloud sign-in during pairing. Pairing with watchOS 2 beta 3 and WatchOS 1 is not impacted