Apple Watch Touch Screen Not Working After Swimming

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.

Apple watch touch screen not working after swimming.

If your watch requires charging a red lightning bolt appears on the screen. These days more and more electronic devices are water resistant including the apple watch. If the watch gets hot not just warm when you try to. Unless you ve got a first generation watch you can wear it in the shower while swimming in a pool.

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. Apple watches tend to be pretty reliable pieces of kit but they are not immune to malfunction. To pause your workout press the digital crown and the side button at the same time. Long press the digital crown button and side button simultaneously for about 12 seconds.

Follow below steps to hard reset you apple watch. One issue that we ve experienced a couple of times is when the watch face stops responding to touch. 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. If apple watch touch screen not working is not solved by a soft reset go for a hard reset.

If your screen s wet the water might cause accidental taps. When you start a swimming workout your screen locks to prevent accidental taps. 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.

The apple watch series 2 and series 3 are both water resistant. Start by checking this is not something easy like a discharged battery and see apple s other suggestions in if your apple watch won t charge or it won t turn on apple support if that doesn t help your apple watch series 4 is still in warranty cover so contact support and arrange getting it checked by apple. To use your watch you need to unlock the screen.