Hello Regina, I guess the question is, is your phone connected with your watch? When you open the Watch app on your phone, can you make changes to settings, install or uninstall apps, etc? Does your workout data end up in your phone's Health app? Can you use the Ping YOur iPHOne option in Settings to make your phone play a sound? If you install an app on your phone that has a watch component, does the Watch app end up on your watch? If not, you'll need to pair the watch with your new phone at some point. In the past, watch backups lived on the phones they were paired with. I don't know if they are now backed up in iCloud as well. YOu might want to check with Apple Accessibility to see if there's a way to back up your watch before pairing with the new phone so you can restore your watch from that backup.
Best, Anna > On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:09 PM, regina alvarado <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Anna, I too just got a new phone. When I spoke to my carrier they also said I > would have to unpair from my old phone and then re-pair with the new one. My > transfer from iCloud went flawlessly, proud of myself, so I erased the old > phone after activating with my carrier with the new one. At that point I > suddenly remembered my watch 4. [I was not wearing it as it was later at > night when I did the transfer.) Anyway, the next morning I picked up my watch > expecting a necessary search on how to handle the mess on it, but when I > opened it up and put in my code it opened. I was ecstatic, and believe it or > not everything is where I had it. I did not unpair, though I am assuming it > unpaired when I deleted all settings on my phone as directed by my carrier. I > am interested to know two things. If I didn't unpair it from the other phone > is there danger in not doing so? I would need to set up my old phone again > and don't want to. Since I did nothing and everything is where it was and > working fine do I now need to re-pair with the new phone? I know these are > probably stupid questions, but I want my watch paired with my new phone > correctly. Thanks for reading this long post and for your help. > > Reggie Alvarado > > On Jun 9, 2019, at 12:28 PM, Anna Dresner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > If I understand you correctly, you did nothing special to your watch when you > got your new phone. If that's the case, you need to unpair it from your old > phone, if you still have it, and then re-pair with the new one. The reason > for unpairing if possible is that the old phone will back up your watch. When > you pair with the new phone, you should be able to restore from that watch > backup. If you no longer have the old phone, you'll need to erase the watch > and then pair it with the new one > > best, > Anna > > > >> On Jun 9, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Jim Portillo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> I took the plunge and upgraded from my iPhone 7 to an iPhone XR, and I >> already see the difference. Also, the sound is much better than what I was >> getting the past few months. >> However, I have some questions that were unclear. >> I noticed last night that my watch didn’t seem to pair with my phone; >> although, my watch is still receiving texts and calls, but it seems to be >> doing it independently of my phone. There are certain things I wanted to do >> with my watch this morning that required using my phone. Anyway, do I need >> to re-pair? When I tried doing it manually it was asking for me to go to >> the Info button on my watch to find the device name. Of course, I tried >> looking for it and couldn’t find it anywhere in settings or anywhere else. >> Any idea what I need to do there? >> >> Also, I have Downcast loaded and running, but nothing was restored! I lost >> several podcasts now, and I thought it was synched to iCloud. Not fun. >> Finally, both TuneIn and OOTunes radio didn’t seem to remember my most >> recent listen to stations. >> I can’t complain too much, because most of everything looks the same, but I >> guess I was under the impression I’d get everything back if it was backed up >> to the cloud. >> Did I do something rong? >> At this point, I’d like to make sure my watch and phone are talking to one >> another again. Do I need to completely remove the watch from the account >> and then re-set it, or is there an easier way? >> Thanks much for any help. >> I do like the new phone! >> Jim >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone XR! >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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