WatchOS 2 beta 4 update not available; no internet connection?

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Created Jul ’15

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I just upgraded my iPhone 6 to iOS 9 beta 4 (first install of iOS 9).

So I was going to update my Watch to WatchOS 2 beta 4. I installed the profile on both my phone and watch, but when I got o software update I get a warning that it failed to find an update because there is no internet connectino (translated, so not exactly the message).

The internet is working fine, even in the 'search' function of the Watch App. Is this a common, temporary problem, or is there a step I need to do and I missed?

Thanks!

Answered by Max108 in 32449022

From the iOS 9 Release Notes:

"Watch App - Known Issues

Pairing iOS 9 beta 3 or 4 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."

So you need to turn off iMessage on iphone before pairing the Watch. Pair Watch, accept terms, hit skip on signing into icloud account. Now you can pair and sync the watch.

You should then be able to update properly, after which you can also turn back on iMessage on iphone, then go into Watch app and you can sign into the icloud account without any issues.

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Max108 OP

Jul ’15

Accepted Answer

From the iOS 9 Release Notes:

"Watch App - Known Issues

Pairing iOS 9 beta 3 or 4 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."

So you need to turn off iMessage on iphone before pairing the Watch. Pair Watch, accept terms, hit skip on signing into icloud account. Now you can pair and sync the watch.

You should then be able to update properly, after which you can also turn back on iMessage on iphone, then go into Watch app and you can sign into the icloud account without any issues.

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Luuk Jansen OP

Jul ’15

Thank you for the anwser. I did read that somewhere, but thought it was solved with beta 4. But doing that worked perfectly!

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dweiner2 OP

Jul ’15

Do I need to unpair phone to watch or just unpair bluetooth ?

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Luuk Jansen OP

Jul ’15

I unpaired the phone and watch, disabled iMessage, paired the watch again to the phone.

I restored the saved backup (that worked), but skipped the iCloud sign-in (nort sure which order they come).

I then updated the Watch OS 2 beta 4, signed in again in iMessage (had to restart my phone as it couldn't signup, but that might be a seperate issue), and signed the watch into iClloud using the Watch App.

Worked perfectly (aprt fromt he time it takes), apart from the fact that in iMessage I have no names, but only phone numbers on my phone now. But that is probably a seperate issue.

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