Tiring to use AW on wireless in my house. Have my iPhone 6 on a 2.4 GHz channel, but my watch doesn't appear on connected devices on my router. And it quits working when I'm too far from my iPhone. Doesn't appear to be a way to do much troubleshooting
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WiFi Connection Troubleshooting
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Yeah, it's honestly a mystery. I wish we could hard code the SSID and key in the apple watch app and stop the guess work
Here is a reference thread where wifi is discussed:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7018803?start=0&tstart=0
Maybe something in there will help you troubleshoot your issues and get it working.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7018803?start=0&tstart=0
Maybe something in there will help you troubleshoot your issues and get it working.
I actually think I got it figured out. At first the watch connects to bluetooth, and then it connects to the wifi to establish it's initial connection. But here is the catch: I think to preserve energy it doesn't actually keep the wifi connection unless the bluetooth signal gets weak, or even disconnects, then it will probe to see if it can find "daddy" on wifi. But lets go see what that thread says
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Of course, it would be pointless to be on WiFi in addition to BT if you are near your phone, that would kill the battery.I actually think I got it figured out. At first the watch connects to bluetooth, and then it connects to the wifi to establish it's initial connection. But here is the catch: I think to preserve energy it doesn't actually keep the wifi connection unless the bluetooth signal gets weak, or even disconnects, then it will probe to see if it can find "daddy" on wifi. But lets go see what that thread says
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Turn BT off on your phone and see if it shows back up connected to WiFi.
