Apple watch keeps asking for passcode

Oh, well. I’d recommend contacting apple support as there is much we can do from our end. It could be a hardware defect or software glitch. The other thing you could do prior to taking it in, is to reset the watch and repair it to your iPhone.

Me too!! I have tried using the keyboard on iPhone option to enter and even though I know I am 100% definitely entering to correct password it says it’s wrong.

The option to enter on the watch itself doesn’t work as when I try to write 1 it always puts an l

come on Apple get this fixed please!!

nickschick wrote:

Me too!! I have tried using the keyboard on iPhone option to enter and even though I know I am 100% definitely entering to correct password it says it’s wrong.

The option to enter on the watch itself doesn’t work as when I try to write 1 it always puts an l

come on Apple get this fixed please!!

If you are being asked to enter a password using scribble then this is NOT the watch passcode, it probably relates to a third party app or complication that is no longer supported by OS11. Find and remove the app.

If you go to iphone, settings, notifications, turn on Apple Watch Keyboard, then any complex passwords can be entered using the iphine keyboard, butbit should nit happen very often.

Psejjy wrote:

Issue resolved on my end through our IT department. Setting was missing on the server side for the wrist detection, and allowing the watch to unlock the phone, vs the other way around.

Great, but that only applies to apple devices controlled by your employer or school and is a special case.

Just did this after confirming all of the previous suggestions. Phone and watch continuously ask for Apple ID and password. Assume it’s a glitch because I have special characters in the password. Updated both devices. Restarted both. Turned wrist detection off and back on. We’ll see….

Wearing the Apple Watch on my less tattooed arm solved the issue — but now the band covers a small, deeply meaningful tattoo on the underside of my wrist 😣

Please, Apple, fix this! I’d really love to wear the Watch on my tattooed arm, especially for sleep tracking.

The heart rate sensor actually works fine during the day and workouts, even on the tattooed area — the issue is just that the Watch thinks it’s not being worn.

It’s a minor bug, but it has a big impact. Hope there’s a way to improve wrist detection for those of us with ink.

Is your Apple Watch on watchOS 10.01?

I’d recommend updating to that version as it fixes a lot of issues. It’s worth a try.

maybe watchos 11.2 fix ? I only have this error when i sleep tracking

Too hard to type on tiny keyboard to ask a question

if wrist detection is on, what then?

Issue resolved on my end through our IT department. Setting was missing on the server side for the wrist detection, and allowing the watch to unlock the phone, vs the other way around.

Thank you!