Unpairing Apple Watch during setup

Unpairing Apple Watch during setup

Hi, I have had a series 4 GPS since about March 2020 It's been working fine, but about mid August , it stopped connecting to the internet. I thought maybe unpairing and repairing it would fix it. I unpaired it and factory reset it, and went through that process. Once I finished doing that and got to the pairing screen, and I started to pair it again. On restore from backup, it would say preparing, and then load for about 2-5 mins, before I got a screen saying something along the lines of "Unpairing Apple Watch, this could take a few minutes." Once I let that load through, I tried to start as a new watch, and once I picked my wrist preference, it would load for about 2-5 mins, and it would do the same unpairing thing. Anyone know a fix?

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Guest [Entry]

"If you continually have issues connecting the device to your phone, try this.

Force restart the device (hold the crown and power button)Once the device turns off, let go of both buttons. When the apple logo appears, hold the power button (lower right one) until the erase all content option appearsFollow the prompts and allow the device to reset.Pair the device again

Hope this helps!!"

Guest [Entry]

"Hello,

I had a similar issue with my apple watch. My issue was with an iphone 10 and an apple watch 3. My apple watch stopped charging on any charger I tried many solutions until I did a full reset. After that pairing became impossible just like you. It sounds eerily similar to your scenario. seems like the reset was the trigger for both of us.

I tried every solution just like you including different phones and nothing works. I think at this point its either the apple store or a new watch."