I'd be really nervous about installing it now on a dev account that's going to expire. Upgrading from WatchOS beta 1 to beta 2 required installing a new profile, which is only available through the developer portal, so there's no guarantee that you'll be able to move past beta 2 when the dev account expires if it's necessary to install a new profile each time. Additionally, for iOS betas, at least, the betas have an expiration date, so I think there's at least a decent chance that you could wind up with an expired WatchOS beta and be unable to upgrade or downgrade.
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WatchOS 2 Beta 2
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I'd be really nervous about installing it now on a dev account that's going to expire. Upgrading from WatchOS beta 1 to beta 2 required installing a new profile, which is only available through the developer portal, so there's no guarantee that you'll be able to move past beta 2 when the dev account expires if it's necessary to install a new profile each time. Additionally, for iOS betas, at least, the betas have an expiration date, so I think there's at least a decent chance that you could wind up with an expired WatchOS beta and be unable to upgrade or downgrade.
I was dealing with this and there were a few posts about this on Wednesday morning. Armen discovered that the solution is to unpair and repair, but after you repair don't adjust any of the volume or haptic settings. I did this wednesday morning (and restored my watch from backup after the repiar) and I haven't touched the volume or haptic settings since then and haptic has been working for me for about 48 hours now.
I had prominent haptic and mute turned on before I unpaired and repaired and those settings came back with the restore, so it seems like you should adjust the settings to be the way you want before you unpair and repair and restore, and then as long as you don't adjust the settings you should be good to go.
That's what I did when he posted it, then haptic still fails. I am gonna give it another try I guess.
Btw I did not restore from back up but I did a fresh install pairing.
Hmm, I dunno then. It definitely worked for me
. He said that he set it up as a new watch, so I would think that would work too. Hopefully the second time will work for you
Do you have the watchos profile install on both devices? I have it on my iphone and apple watch. I am not sure if that make any difference.Hmm, I dunno then. It definitely worked for me
No, I've never had it on my phone... Just the watch. Although I can't imagine that would make a difference
There's a lot of misunderstanding about that profile. It's only required on the watch. Folks can install it on their phones but it wouldnt have any effect.
In other words, it needs to show up in the Watch app under General, Profiles. It does not need to show up on the iPhone in Settings, General, Profiles.
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Make sure you REMOVE the profile from iPhone prior to repairing Watch... then load the profile to iPhone, then newly restored Watch, then update Watch.
That's incorrect, not that there's any harm in it. There is no reason to install the profile to the iPhone. Just navigate to it from your phone, click on it, and when it asks you where you want to install it, select your watch. My team has done this on multiple watches without ever installing to iPhone. It's a cert to authorize the watch to get the beta so it won't have any effect if you install to your phone.
That definitely won't happen. Apple even states in the release notes that devices on the beta can be upgraded to newer betas and the release version, but can't go back.
Well... I can assure you... after having errors installing to Watch, IF you have the profile installed on the phone, it MUST be removed prior to trying again.
I understand that you got to skip that step because you never installed it in the 1st place, but that has hardly any relevance to someone who has.
Thanx guys for the help. I finally end up doing a swap today at the Apple store since they had space grey in stock. last time I supposed to do the swap, but they did not have any in stock. Now I am happy with my watchos 1.01.
As a developer I will not install any betas on my Apple Watch from now on because you can't never go back to the previous os compare to iOS and OSX.
As a developer I will not install any betas on my Apple Watch from now on because you can't never go back to the previous os compare to iOS and OSX.
Turn by turn: anyone having the mirrored turn by turn directions time out while Maps continues to run on the phone? At about the 3rd turn my watch directions turn grey. I then need to rotate the Digital Crown and it picks up where it left off to match the watch. Probably a beta thing- just curious if anyone is having similar results?
Same issue here.
I have to manually change the screen once I have made the turn etc, which imo is distracting/unsafe.
Turn by turn has practically not worked since the betas. The directions don't change, GPS on my phone on beta 1 lagged behind real world so I wouldn't even get notifications on my phone in time, and the haptic feedback didn't work properly.
That's actually the PERFECT place to take a call on Watch. I am of the same mind... I've only ever taken calls on my back porch. I'm glad to hear you're not one of those that would obnoxiously take a Watch call in public. I think Apple made the volume low for that purpose though... after all, look at the bad press & nickname Google Glass users got for using tech inappropriately in public.
Has anyone had this...
When I get an iMessage I can't reply anymore? Only get an option to dismiss.
Siri is working. If I open the messages app it shows no messages but there on my phone?
iOS 9b2 watchos 2b2. iPhone 6
When I get an iMessage I can't reply anymore? Only get an option to dismiss.
Siri is working. If I open the messages app it shows no messages but there on my phone?
iOS 9b2 watchos 2b2. iPhone 6
Same here. Resolved by turning off iMessage on phone for at least 30 seconds, then back on. Reboot phone. I also completely signed out of iCloud and back in upon reboot...not sure if this helped. Anyhow, reply returned. If no luck- may need to re-pair