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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1904873" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>The Apple Watch is wholly dependent on the iPhone to get upgraded and when there is skew between the version of iOS that watchOS on the Apple Watch supports, you are in dire straits.</p><p></p><p>We had a similar issue with my daughter's AW3 when I had to unpair it and repair due to a new iPhone she got and it got into this state of needing to upgrade but not being able to. But since the iOS and watchOS were compatible, a couple of retires got it sorted out.</p><p></p><p>The lesson here is to ALWAYS keep your devices upgraded to the latest OS versions as they become available.</p><p></p><p>The first gen AW was able to be upgraded as high as watchOS 4.3. We are at watchOS 8 right now. Starting with watchOS 5, support for the first gen was dropped.</p><p></p><p>Assuming you want to keep the AW, you might want to take it to your local Apple store and see if they can get it upgraded to the latest 4.3.x version of watchOS and if they can, you should try to pair it with the intended iPhone right there to see if it works. If not, it might be time for an upgrade. Unfortunately since this is 7 gens behind the current AW, you won't get any trade-in on it but Apple will take it off of your hands for proper recycling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1904873, member: 110816"] The Apple Watch is wholly dependent on the iPhone to get upgraded and when there is skew between the version of iOS that watchOS on the Apple Watch supports, you are in dire straits. We had a similar issue with my daughter's AW3 when I had to unpair it and repair due to a new iPhone she got and it got into this state of needing to upgrade but not being able to. But since the iOS and watchOS were compatible, a couple of retires got it sorted out. The lesson here is to ALWAYS keep your devices upgraded to the latest OS versions as they become available. The first gen AW was able to be upgraded as high as watchOS 4.3. We are at watchOS 8 right now. Starting with watchOS 5, support for the first gen was dropped. Assuming you want to keep the AW, you might want to take it to your local Apple store and see if they can get it upgraded to the latest 4.3.x version of watchOS and if they can, you should try to pair it with the intended iPhone right there to see if it works. If not, it might be time for an upgrade. Unfortunately since this is 7 gens behind the current AW, you won't get any trade-in on it but Apple will take it off of your hands for proper recycling. [/QUOTE]
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