If you are in a rush, I have summary of steps from the video below 1. Go to settings on the watch 2. Reset the watch - choose “Erase all content” 3. After watch reboots, pair it with your new phone Good video by the way OP
genuinely helped me so much. I wasn’t able to use my Apple Watch for MONTHS because I couldn’t figure out how to connect it. This video helped me out so much. Thank you
It’s funny how simple that was to pair my old watch to my iPhone and Apple just makes you sit there without giving you any actual instructions besides press and hold the side button. Thanks man. Apple should be ashamed that we had to learn this from u😂
This video was INCREDIBLE!!!! I was panicking because I couldn’t connect my watch to my new phone, I’m so thankful that I came across this video and I got to connect my watch to my phone with no issue at all!!! The step to step guide is FAB
This video was a life saver. I have gone for 2 weeks not being able to pair my watch with my new phone!!! Excellent information. Took only minutes! Thank you, thank you!!!
Is there a way to pair to a new iPhone without resetting the watch and losing all your activity data and settings? I’m thinking of getting a series 7 or 8, pairing to my iPhone 12 Pro this week…..before I get an iPhone 14 Pro Max next month. Thinking I might just wait to pair both new devices at the same time.
Yes. Just place the phone next to the new watch on the first boot up of the new watch and will ask you if you want to pair the new watch and transfer data from the old watch
@@parchitech4570 Thank you, but it’s the other way round, old phone, not old watch! If I get the watch and pair it to my old phone, when I get a new phone will it allow me to transfer the data to the new phone?
I agree, you are the best! I tried following instructions on several other videos, not to mention written instructions provided by Apple support, all to no avail. I was almost ready to give up in frustration but saw your video and thought ”0ne more video before I call it a night.” As Tracy noted in her comment, within 15 minutes I was able to pair my iPhone 15 with my old Apple Watch series 3 successfully. I really appreciate your very clear straightforward user-friendly instructions. thank you.🙏🏽🙏🏽
I cannot thank you enough! I had actually unpaired my cellular Apple Watch from my old phone then paired it to my new phone. Except there was no option to restore it from a backup 🙄. So I had to set it up as a new watch, which wasn’t what I wanted at all. Then I decided to unpair it from my new phone, pair it back to the old phone and restore it from the backup. Which would at least allow me to use it as before as an “independent cellular Apple Watch”. That was about 10 days ago. I finally decided to look for a solution and now you’re my new hero! ❤❤❤
That’s the exact process that I was about to do! I just bought a 13 Pro Max & couldn’t get my series 3 iWatch to connect either. So glad I looked this up & found this video. What a time & trouble saver.
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! I’ve been trying all day to pair my watch with my new phone and nothing worked! I even drove to the local phone store for help and they told me I needed to have my watch on the charger for it to work so I went home, tried that and nothing!! I tried countless other videos until I stumbled across your video and my watch is now happily paired to my new phone!! Wonderful, clear video that gets to the point! Thanks again!😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I just got the iPhone 13 and it would not pair up. Your tutorial made it very simple with the step by step instructions, even for someone like me who has a tough time with new technology. Thank you again. It was much appreciated.
I fiddled with my watch, flipping back and forth through the manual for two days and nothing !! Less than 5 minutes into your video and I’ve hacked the system ! 😂 thank you, it was so simple ! 🤦♀️
Thank you for your video. My wife and I not tech savvy and trying to set up old watch to new phone was frustrating. Followed your video and paired right up! Much appreciated
I've been trying for the last hour or so to connect my son's non-cellular apple watch to his new iPhone 12pro and for the life of me I couldn't work it out. Thanks to your video I had it sorted in seconds of watching this video!! thank you so much!
THIS IS THE MOST HELPFUL VIDEO!!!! Sincerely, I don't know what I would have done if I didn't randomly stumble across it. Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this! You're amazing!
Thank you for this video. I just got my new iPhone 14 and I was soo worried why my Apple Watch is not pairing my new phone. Very important step is to reset your Apple Watch that really helps me to pair it with my new phone. You just made my day
This was the most helpful video I had to pair my watch with my new iPhone 14 Pro Max! It did exactly what you said & I avoided a trip to the Apple Store 😊 Thanks for your help‼️
oh my gosh this video helped me so so so much!! thank you!!!! here i was thinking i was never going to be able to use my watch ever again after getting a new phone, i've been without my watch since February, today i had enough and sure enough i found this video and i got it back working again, i'm so grateful
Definitely helped me out a lot. I’ve been trying for over a day and was wondering what was happening. Thought my Apple Watch 6 was not compatible with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Also good to find my fellow 🇯🇲. I clicked the follow icon to get more content. Thanks for the help!
Thank you for your video!!! 🙏🏽 I wasted so much time of my day reading Apple & other instructions/tips online. And nothing worked! Watched your video and got it done within less than 10 minutes!!! Wish I would’ve come here first!! I would’ve saved myself and family from all the stress! New subscriber for sure!!! Clear and easy to follow step by step instructions. Thank you!!!
Thank You! This video helped me so much. I just bought the 13 Pro and had no idea how to pair my Apple watch. Your step-by-step instructions were well presented and easy to follow. 👍👍👍
It was very simple and easy yesterday only I bought 14 pro 😅 I was not able to setup my watch but after seeing your video was very easy and quick thank you ❤ love from Kuwait
You are a ROCKSTAR! Saved my evening setting up what we otherwise deemed were obsolete iWatches! As per usual Apple support forums of little help. In TH-cam I trust! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I just left the Apple Store with the iPhone 14 pro and was having such a hard time setting it up to my watch. You’re video was the best one out there thanks
I saw on other video that you can go to phone app for watch click on thevi gor your watch choose unpaired, then put next to new phone and go through normal set up, except you have option of choosing most recent app update ios version then it transfers all past info and watch stays on current version. If you factory reset and watch updates are no longer available, you can't get them, right? This can take up to an hour if you have a lot of data and apps on your watch. Or so other video said. Not sure if you explained to update watch to cloud b4 factory reset? I'll have to rewatch your video and compare options. Concerned only if watch no longer supported. Hmmm Thoughts?
Excellent video. I was able to pair my existing Apple watch by watching your video. Had my upgraded phone for 4 days and couldn’t do it on my own. Thank you ❤️
This video was great. I got the iPhone 13 mini and couldn’t get my watch to pair. Following the easy steps in the video got my watch paired. Thanks so much.
OMG thank you so much! I had given up on my Apple Watch when I got a new phone as I just couldn’t pair it. I followed your instructions and now I am connected 🎉 Susan in Dublin Ireland
Just got the new Iphone 15 pro max and my iwatch just would not pair. Watched other videos and this is the only video that really helped. Thank you for posting this. I'm sure I'm not the only one that ran into this issue.
Thank you for this!!! It didn’t occurs to me to reset the watch to be able to pair it to my new phone I’ve been struggling with the pairing for a whole hour until this video
Thank you this was helpful. My watch was connected to my iPhone 13 and I just got a iPhone 15 pro max titanium and to switch it over. Your video made it very easy.
If I have a cellular plan and a phone number for my Apple Watch and have new iPhone with different number, will this pair the two? I am sure this is an obvious question but just want to make sure I don't lose texts and contacts etc. Thank you!!
Wow, I wish Apple had like 100 more steps lol, that was insane! Not to mention all the the waiting. I wonder how long it actually took this TH-camr to pair the watch? 30 mins?
Does the same method work with the Apple Watch series 3 because my friend broke my old iphone 6s and he got me his old one but my series 3 is connected to the old one
Thank you for this! I lost my watch and found it again and had problems pairing it. I forgot I had a new phone! I followed your steps to get it set up again. Thanks again!
Thanks a lot for the video. I was trying to connect mine to my new device and had no idea how to. Would never thought I would have to reset the watch. Thanks again!
Hello. On my watch it say Erase all when I clicked erase all content and settings. If I click on reset all, will it deleted my data, too? This one doesn’t give me the option you clicked.
Thank you so much for your video, it saved me $30+ dollars. That’s what Verizon was going to charge I looked for a video, your caption related to what I needed and it worked! Thank you
when i went to rest i only found two options cancel or erase all there is no the third option that called erase all and keep plane i can’t find this third option only cancel and erase all , u guys have any idea why? or another tip?
The reason you don’t see it is because you don’t have the LTE version of the Apple Watch. You have the Bluetooth version, so you need to select the erase all option
If you are in a rush, I have summary of steps from the video below
1. Go to settings on the watch
2. Reset the watch - choose “Erase all content”
3. After watch reboots, pair it with your new phone
Good video by the way OP
Cheers!
Thank you!!!
Thanks!!! 0:24
Damn i reset it faster than the ad finished playing
@@KAEL925 haha
This was very helpful. I got the 13 pro max and couldn't connect my watch. It is connected now, thank you!!
Thank you for watching. Glad the video helped you out
I had that same issue also
Same same
Same
Samee
genuinely helped me so much. I wasn’t able to use my Apple Watch for MONTHS because I couldn’t figure out how to connect it. This video helped me out so much. Thank you
It’s funny how simple that was to pair my old watch to my iPhone and Apple just makes you sit there without giving you any actual instructions besides press and hold the side button. Thanks man. Apple should be ashamed that we had to learn this from u😂
😂😂😂
So true
Honestly!! The struggle!😢
😭😭
For what these watches cost, it should NEVER be this hard to do.
This video was INCREDIBLE!!!! I was panicking because I couldn’t connect my watch to my new phone, I’m so thankful that I came across this video and I got to connect my watch to my phone with no issue at all!!! The step to step guide is FAB
This video was a life saver. I have gone for 2 weeks not being able to pair my watch with my new phone!!! Excellent information. Took only minutes! Thank you, thank you!!!
Thank you for watching. Glad the video helped you out
Is there a way to pair to a new iPhone without resetting the watch and losing all your activity data and settings?
I’m thinking of getting a series 7 or 8, pairing to my iPhone 12 Pro this week…..before I get an iPhone 14 Pro Max next month.
Thinking I might just wait to pair both new devices at the same time.
Yes. Just place the phone next to the new watch on the first boot up of the new watch and will ask you if you want to pair the new watch and transfer data from the old watch
@@parchitech4570 Thank you, but it’s the other way round, old phone, not old watch! If I get the watch and pair it to my old phone, when I get a new phone will it allow me to transfer the data to the new phone?
@@parchitech4570 Reason I ask is that I tried doing this with an old garmin/garmin app & it didn’t work & I lost everything. ☹️
You are the best!!!! Been trying for 4 hrs to get the 2 to connect to no avail and then i found your video and 15 mins later i did it. THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you for watching
I agree, you are the best! I tried following instructions on several other videos, not to mention written instructions provided by Apple support, all to no avail. I was almost ready to give up in frustration but saw your video and thought ”0ne more video before I call it a night.” As Tracy noted in her comment, within 15 minutes I was able to pair my iPhone 15 with my old Apple Watch series 3 successfully. I really appreciate your very clear straightforward user-friendly instructions. thank you.🙏🏽🙏🏽
Hands down. One of the most direct videos ever. Great job mate!
Thank you for watching
I cannot thank you enough! I had actually unpaired my cellular Apple Watch from my old phone then paired it to my new phone. Except there was no option to restore it from a backup 🙄. So I had to set it up as a new watch, which wasn’t what I wanted at all. Then I decided to unpair it from my new phone, pair it back to the old phone and restore it from the backup. Which would at least allow me to use it as before as an “independent cellular Apple Watch”. That was about 10 days ago. I finally decided to look for a solution and now you’re my new hero! ❤❤❤
You’re welcome. Glad the video helped you out
That’s the exact process that I was about to do! I just bought a 13 Pro Max & couldn’t get my series 3 iWatch to connect either. So glad I looked this up & found this video. What a time & trouble saver.
Thank you so much! I followed your instructions and I was able to pair my apple watch series 3 with my new apple pro. You rock!
Thank you for watching. Glad I could help
I don’t have the erase and keep plan does this effect some how?
I’ve been trying to sync my watch to my new phone for weeks. Just came across this video and voila!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! I’ve been trying all day to pair my watch with my new phone and nothing worked! I even drove to the local phone store for help and they told me I needed to have my watch on the charger for it to work so I went home, tried that and nothing!! I tried countless other videos until I stumbled across your video and my watch is now happily paired to my new phone!! Wonderful, clear video that gets to the point! Thanks again!😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I just got the iPhone 13 and it would not pair up. Your tutorial made it very simple with the step by step instructions, even for someone like me who has a tough time with new technology. Thank you again. It was much appreciated.
Glad the video helped you out
*FAILURE* not fonction on my iWatch, before I have à Watch with Time and Now *Noting*
This was the video I needed. I just bought the iPhone 13 Pro and couldn’t pair it with my existing Apple watch. Thanks a lot!
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching
What do u do if u didn’t click keep plan meanwhile u had a plan on it
You would have to reactivate it with your carrier. Not a big deal
I’ve been having issues and struggling for no reason. I wish I would have seen this video the first day I upgraded to the 13 pro. Very helpful video.
I fiddled with my watch, flipping back and forth through the manual for two days and nothing !! Less than 5 minutes into your video and I’ve hacked the system ! 😂 thank you, it was so simple ! 🤦♀️
I have been struggling all day to figure it out. Thank you! So glad I came to TH-cam.
Thank you for your video. My wife and I not tech savvy and trying to set up old watch to new phone was frustrating. Followed your video and paired right up! Much appreciated
Thank you so much for showing us how to do it, I was struggling trying to figure it out.
Humanity at its best
Thank you for watching
Does it remove everything from the old phone
I've been trying for the last hour or so to connect my son's non-cellular apple watch to his new iPhone 12pro and for the life of me I couldn't work it out. Thanks to your video I had it sorted in seconds of watching this video!! thank you so much!
You’re welcome, glad the video helped you out
Does it delete the photos and apps on the watch? Also does this work if the watch has cellular but the phone doesn’t?
THIS IS THE MOST HELPFUL VIDEO!!!! Sincerely, I don't know what I would have done if I didn't randomly stumble across it. Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this! You're amazing!
Thank you for watching. Glad my video helped you out
fake accounts left and right
Thank you for this video. I just got my new iPhone 14 and I was soo worried why my Apple Watch is not pairing my new phone. Very important step is to reset your Apple Watch that really helps me to pair it with my new phone. You just made my day
This was the most helpful video I had to pair my watch with my new iPhone 14 Pro Max! It did exactly what you said & I avoided a trip to the Apple Store 😊 Thanks for your help‼️
You’re welcome. Glad the video helped you out
Please mine didn't ask me to erase and keep plan it just says erase all settings and data
oh my gosh this video helped me so so so much!! thank you!!!! here i was thinking i was never going to be able to use my watch ever again after getting a new phone, i've been without my watch since February, today i had enough and sure enough i found this video and i got it back working again, i'm so grateful
Definitely helped me out a lot. I’ve been trying for over a day and was wondering what was happening. Thought my Apple Watch 6 was not compatible with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Also good to find my fellow 🇯🇲. I clicked the follow icon to get more content.
Thanks for the help!
Glad it all worked out. It’s always great to find our fellow 🇯🇲. Big up.
Thank you for your video!!! 🙏🏽 I wasted so much time of my day reading Apple & other instructions/tips online. And nothing worked! Watched your video and got it done within less than 10 minutes!!! Wish I would’ve come here first!! I would’ve saved myself and family from all the stress! New subscriber for sure!!! Clear and easy to follow step by step instructions. Thank you!!!
Glad the video helped you out
Thank You! This video helped me so much. I just bought the 13 Pro and had no idea how to pair my Apple watch. Your step-by-step instructions were well presented and easy to follow. 👍👍👍
It was very simple and easy yesterday only I bought 14 pro 😅 I was not able to setup my watch but after seeing your video was very easy and quick thank you ❤ love from Kuwait
You are a ROCKSTAR! Saved my evening setting up what we otherwise deemed were obsolete iWatches! As per usual Apple support forums of little help. In TH-cam I trust! Thank you!
Thank you. Glad the video helped you out
4:04 just like any other Apple Bluetooth other accessory. It’s super easy pair to your iPhone.
This is really helpful as I was helping to set it for my dad. He sold his old iPhone away. So, I had to start somewhere. Thank you so much! Take care!
You’re welcome, glad the video helped you out
Thank you so much! I just left the Apple Store with the iPhone 14 pro and was having such a hard time setting it up to my watch. You’re video was the best one out there thanks
You’re welcome. Glad you got your watch connected
Awesome, worked like a charm, Apple employee couldn’t even do it right. Thank you!
Thank you so much, I’ve had my new phone for two weeks and have been trying to pair it for the longest!! Thanks again
Glad I could help!
Thank you so much buddy , just got my 13 max , you save me a lot of time .
No problem,thank you for watching
My watch is not showing erase and keep plan option
Just select erase all. You’re not seeing keep plan because you don’t have a data plan for the watch. That’s perfectly normal
@@parchitech4570 thankuu
Very nicely shown, no extra information to the point. Helped me lot setting up my watch to the new phone. Thank you for the video
This was very helpful! I got the iPhone 16Pro last week and have been struggling to connect. Thanks!
You’re a life saver! Thought I was gonna have to go to T mobile to get this fixed! 🙌🏻
this video is so helpful, I couldn’t connect my watch to my phone for two weeks and this video really saved me , thank you so much.
You’re welcome. Glad to know you got your watch connected again
When I hit reset it only says “Erase All content and setting” and “Reset Home Screen layout”
Just select erase all content. You’re only seeing that option because your watch doesn’t have a data line activated
Thank you so much sir. I used my iPad to follow you step by step..and you know the result 😅
Great 👍
I hate having to reset my watch and date ugh apple is so annoying
A whole lotta people hate walking +10 miles just to get water. Y’all gotta zoom your lens out a bit 😂
Apple is the most user friendly
I saw on other video that you can go to phone app for watch click on thevi gor your watch choose unpaired, then put next to new phone and go through normal set up, except you have option of choosing most recent app update ios version then it transfers all past info and watch stays on current version.
If you factory reset and watch updates are no longer available, you can't get them, right?
This can take up to an hour if you have a lot of data and apps on your watch. Or so other video said.
Not sure if you explained to update watch to cloud b4 factory reset? I'll have to rewatch your video and compare options. Concerned only if watch no longer supported. Hmmm
Thoughts?
No. As long as your watch is backed up, you can factory reset it and restore it. It won’t take an hour either. 15 minutes tops.
Very helpful video. Everything step by step. I got it.Thank you
Mine hasn’t been updated in like 2 years now I’m trying to but it been saying estimating time remaining for like 20 minutes
Thanks! Wasn’t sure about the reset settings so thanks!
Thank you for watching
Thanks for this video. I was frustrated and you made it easy. My watch and new phone are happily paired 👍🏽🙌🏽👏🏽!
Thank you for taking the time to explain how this works!😊
Excellent video. I was able to pair my existing Apple watch by watching your video. Had my upgraded phone for 4 days and couldn’t do it on my own. Thank you ❤️
Thank you so much for the help! Many blessings to you and your family, my man!
You’re welcome, glad my video helped you out. Thank you and many blessings to you and your family as well.
hi, I have a I watch 5 and want to par with NEW iPhone 13 Max Pro. how do I par this watch to the new I phone.
Reset the watch and the you can pair it to the phone
This was extremely helpful! Thanks
This video was great. I got the iPhone 13 mini and couldn’t get my watch to pair. Following the easy steps in the video got my watch paired. Thanks so much.
Much Appreciated!!! Definitely will be my go to video if others need help!👍🏼
Omg, thx m8. Almost bought myself a new watch to connect with my Iphone15. Just connected my watch 3 series. Thank u very much!!!
Thank you for your clear and precise video, you've made it very easy to follow all the way thru flawlessly! Job well done.
OMG thank you so much! I had given up on my Apple Watch when I got a new phone as I just couldn’t pair it. I followed your instructions and now I am connected 🎉 Susan in Dublin Ireland
You don’t now how much this video helped me, can’t thank you more❤️
Thank you for watching. Glad the video helped you out
My series3 watch requires an update, can I still reset and pair with my iPhone 13 before the update on the watch?
Yes, you can, It will update after it’s paired with the phone.
It is very helpful. I was able to connect my watch with new phone.
Thank you this was helpful to me.
I had to go in to do it manually to get my watch connected.
Thank you for showing me how to get started.😊
The fact that you have to erase all content settings is just one of many reasons why I don't choose Apple products!
Sad that you have to. They need a better system
Its a watch, what valuable setting could u possibly have on your watch
you have to do the same with androids watches as well
It’s not so bad though, at least you can restore the watch from a back up. Same as with Samsung watches.
Just got the new Iphone 15 pro max and my iwatch just would not pair. Watched other videos and this is the only video that really helped. Thank you for posting this. I'm sure I'm not the only one that ran into this issue.
This helped a lot!! Thank you!!
Thank you for this!!! It didn’t occurs to me to reset the watch to be able to pair it to my new phone I’ve been struggling with the pairing for a whole hour until this video
I can’t even imagine how fast these things will be in 5 years time 🤷🏻♂️
OMG so happy I found you!! Tried to do this myself! I just got the 16 PRO and it worked! YOU made it so easy!!! Thank you!
straight and to the point, thank you!
Why it’s keeping saying iPhone is out of date and requires a newer version of iOS which is I have already please help me to pair it thank you
Make sure both the watch and the phone is updated
Super simple and helpful.
10 out of 10
Thank you this was helpful. My watch was connected to my iPhone 13 and I just got a iPhone 15 pro max titanium and to switch it over. Your video made it very easy.
That was super helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for watching
worked like a charm. Thank you!
If I have a cellular plan and a phone number for my Apple Watch and have new iPhone with different number, will this pair the two? I am sure this is an obvious question but just want to make sure I don't lose texts and contacts etc. Thank you!!
Thank you!!! Very helpful! I just connected my wife’s watch to her new iPhone 16! Easy! Thank you!
Wow, I wish Apple had like 100 more steps lol, that was insane! Not to mention all the the waiting. I wonder how long it actually took this TH-camr to pair the watch? 30 mins?
Does the same method work with the Apple Watch series 3 because my friend broke my old iphone 6s and he got me his old one but my series 3 is connected to the old one
Yes it will work
Hi please help me. I cannot connect my iwatc series 3 to my iphone X. It says the iwatch needs watch OS update. How is that? Thanks
Thank you for this! I lost my watch and found it again and had problems pairing it. I forgot I had a new phone! I followed your steps to get it set up again. Thanks again!
This was so helpful because I got the iPhone 15 and I really wanted to download my data onto my watch,Tysm
Thank you so much. I just got the 14 pro max and your video was very helpful in pairing my existing watch to it.
You’re welcome. Glad the video helped you out
Hands down the best video!! Easy to follow! Also, drop the song please at minute 6:08 :)
Thanks a lot for the video. I was trying to connect mine to my new device and had no idea how to. Would never thought I would have to reset the watch. Thanks again!
Glad I could help
Hey, just one question! Is there any way to see if iCloud has a backup of my watch?
Super instructions. Used them to connect existing watch to new iPhone 15 Pro. Thank you very much.
The watch case and strap is lush where is it from? Video was amazing will watch tomorrow when my phone comes and follow step by step 😂
Thank You. After Apple 8.7 downloaded the battery life was terrible. The phone and watch quit talking. Reset but keep data worked.
Very useful. I have had the watch for a while and could not get it to pair with my new phone . Thank you
Hello. On my watch it say Erase all when I clicked erase all content and settings. If I click on reset all, will it deleted my data, too? This one doesn’t give me the option you clicked.
Been trying for over a week to pair my watch with my new phone. Thank you so much for your help
Thank you for watching. Glad my video could help you out
Thank you so much for your video, it saved me $30+ dollars. That’s what Verizon was going to charge I looked for a video, your caption related to what I needed and it worked! Thank you
when i went to rest i only found two options cancel or erase all there is no the third option that called erase all and keep plane i can’t find this third option only cancel and erase all , u guys have any idea why? or another tip?
The reason you don’t see it is because you don’t have the LTE version of the Apple Watch. You have the Bluetooth version, so you need to select the erase all option
Thank you so much. I was struggling to pair my watch for past few days. Your are genius.