Apple Watch Touch Screen Not Working After Swimming

If the watch gets hot not just warm when you try to.

Apple watch touch screen not working after swimming.

One issue that we ve experienced a couple of times is when the watch face stops responding to touch. Take note that apple watch series 1 and apple watch 1st generation aren t suitable for swimming at all so if you use an early model apple watch just don t. To use your watch you need to unlock the screen. Apple watches tend to be pretty reliable pieces of kit but they are not immune to malfunction.

If apple watch touch screen not working is not solved by a soft reset go for a hard reset. Follow below steps to hard reset you apple watch. You might need to click the side button to see the watch face when your watch is charging the red lightning bolt changes to a green lightning bolt if your screen is blank or you see the apple magnetic charging cable icon and a red lightning bolt on the screen charge your watch for up to 30 minutes. With this the display of apple watch will be black and the watch will restart.

Digital crown not working. If your watch requires charging a red lightning bolt appears on the screen. You can see the lock icon at the top of the screen. The watch series 2 is supposed to resistant to water up to 50 meters deep in fresh or salt water water resistance rating of 50 meters under iso standard 22810 2010.

If your screen s wet the water might cause accidental taps. If the screen isn t working rather than being physically broken try how to fix an unresponsive apple watch screen. The issue is that the apple watch screen is not coming to life as it usually does when people raise their wrist or do a flicking motion with it. Long press the digital crown button and side button simultaneously for about 12 seconds.

The apple watch series 2 and series 3 are both water resistant. To pause your workout press the digital crown and the side button at the same time. When you start a swimming workout your screen locks to prevent accidental taps.