Apple Watch pairing error

[JonathanB]

Hi everyone,

We've moved everything relating to Apple Watch pairing issues to this new conversation and will be providing all future updates as edits to this post, so that you won't need to go searching through the comments for these.

I appreciate these pairing errors must be very frustrating, especially for those of you that have been running into issues for several weeks now. Technical specialists are continuing to look into this, however based on what they've seen so far, this does not seem to be one overall fault that we can apply a blanket fix to.

With this in mind, please make sure you have followed the advice on the private message we've sent to each of you, this will ensure that your individual case has been escalated. We've originally sent these messages out a couple of weeks ago, so I'll double check that everyone that has commented has received these. You can find your community messages by clicking on your avatar in the top right of any page, then on "Messages".

Finally, please ensure you are following the Community House Rules when posting on the community, particularly points 8 and 13.

The private message mentioned above will put you in touch with a team that you can raise a complaint with should you wish to do so, any comments that share details of individual Three employees will be removed from the community.

JonathanB

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**Update 26/10/2022**

Hi everyone,

We really appreciate your patience whilst we've been working on this issue. I can't imagine how frustrating it is to not be able to take full advantage of your Apple watches.

As I mentioned last week above, the errors do not seem to be one overall fault that can be fixed immediately for everyone. We do need a specialist team to do some work in the background on your accounts. With this in mind, I'd advise the following:

• Make sure you've taken any action we've recommended on private messages to your community account. If you're experiencing these issues and we don't already know, please reply on this post so we can reach out.
• Do not repeatedly attempt unpairing and pairing, this may be interfering with the work done in the background. Please wait for a Three representative to contact you and advise before you unpair and pair again.

We've seen some great progress towards getting this sorted in the last few days, I'm hopeful that it won't be too much longer till this issue is fully resolved for everyone.

JonathanB

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**Update 17/11/2022**

 Hi everyone,

We’re really sorry that there’s been a considerable delay between updates on the errors with Apple watch pairing. As we’ve mentioned previously there is more than one error involved and specialist teams are working hard to address the root causes of these.

I assure you that all comments about this issue are read, and all feedback given is being escalated on a daily basis.

Whilst we’re working on this, we’d be grateful if you can do the following:

• If you’re new to this thread, please either private message me, or add a reply, and I’ll direct you to a team that can help further.
• If I’ve already sent you this information, please ensure you have spoken to that team.
• Please only unpair and re-pair your watch if directed to by one of our support teams as part of the troubleshooting and investigation of your issue.

I’ll provide another update soon.

Thanks,
JonathanB

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**Update 02/12/2022**

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your continued patience. We’ve seen some great progress towards resolving these issues since the last update. As I’ve mentioned previously there is more than one error involved, and for many of you, your bill cycle will also affect when you can successfully re-pair the service.

Here’s some general steps that should help with common scenarios we’re seeing.

• Ensure that you’ve registered for My3, without a registered online account and password set, the pairing will fail.
• There are some instances where special characters at the start of My3 passwords have resulted in an error. We recommend that you have a strong password that is a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters but avoid beginning the password with characters like /!”£$|\. My3 supports these, but it seems to be causing an issue when this info is passed onto the smartwatch pairing system.
• If you’ve changed your priceplan, upgraded, or are instructed to wait for your bill cycle to complete, you should wait till the day after your new bill cycle starts to attempt pairing. So for example, if your allowances refresh on the 1st, wait till the 2nd.
• Although individual smartwatches can be unpaired from your account, cancelling or removing the add on completely will delay being able to reinstate the service till the following bill cycle.
• As mentioned before, don’t repeatedly unpair and re-pair, the failed requests may cause further issues on your account that delay this being solved.
• I’m continuing to regularly check for anyone new on the thread, just send a reply or private message me, and I’ll link you in with a support team that can help get your specific error looked into and make sure you get the best advice.

Thanks,
JonathanB

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**Update 11/01/2023**

Hi Everyone,

As well as the steps on the last update, we're finding it helps to clear your temporary data from your iPhone before attempting pairing.

You can do this in Settings, Safari, Clear History & Website Data.

In case anyone is having trouble finding their private messages, click on your avatar image in the top right of any community page, then "Messages". If you've posted on this thread, then you should have a message waiting from me with a link to a support team that will help.

Thanks,
JonathanB

[wjohng]

March 2024 and I seem to be having the same issues people were reporting in 2022. Error message without a code. Stuck on "activating". "Field missing" error on the login page on the rare occasion I get that far. I've had them all in the last 24 hours after buying a new Ultra from Apple. Are there any resolutions? I don't have the time to sit for hours waiting for phone support that if the messages on here are correct seldom seems to help.

[Ashleeey]

I Bought the apple ultra watch two on launch day because I go swimming and need to be contacted for family related emergencies when  I’m swimming - what a clever idea I can be contacted in the pool? Or in the sea?

set up fine -> was able to go to watch app and set up a “smart pairing” on a one month rolling plan for £5. The watch acknowledged the sim but it never registered, I never had an email to say it was registered and it just never activated-> spoke to three support who paid me restall everything back to factory settings and that’s when this issue started.. and from then no matter what I try to tell them it’s not my end and even apple support says this is a three carrier issue - nothing gets fixed nothing gets resolved- not very smart at all.

I can spend hours every week trying to talk to there, via text and phone calls just going in the same circles being promised so much and never any “fix” being quoted outdated and copy and pasted messages - it’s 2024.. it really should not be like this in this day and age.

[clavain]

Also been having this pairing issue, ever since i got the ultra 2, just will not pair and keep getting error message. so have now canceled the add on as i didnt want to keep paying for something i can't get.

[eshall]

I am experiencing this issue

[DanniD]

Hi Eshall, 

We're sorry to hear you're having trouble pairing your watch. Can you let us know what error you're receiving please? We'll be able to help when we know more.

Thanks
Danni

[ilove2dook]

I have had the same issues as all the above, been on the live chat for the last few hours, now waiting for someone in technical to speak to me, this is utterly ridiculous!!!! A complete waste of my time!

[AzureTai]

Update:  

Checked again this morning, to see if i could get a screenshot of the error message and we are past that now apparently it was some thing to do with the login screen missing (assumption), as now im presented with a login screen that low and behold once submitted returns " A Field is missing" error, guess im now in the same boat as the rest of you with that error message lol.

Again will wait and uypdate further once past my Fathers first billing cycle.

thanks
Lee.

[chaddymatt]

Well, 3 months and counting since I tried to get this issue sorted with three. Still no resolution and I'm told to wait until my next billing cycle in february. I just despair.

[AzureTai]

Anyone able to tell me what the error code  "E51056" is when attempting to setup mobile services on my Apple IWatch.

I have two sim's on my account one is alredy paired with a watch it's the second sim im attempting to setup right now that's displaying the above error when i go to the setup page.

thanks in adfvanced!

Lee

[JonathanB]

Hi @AzureTai,

That seems to be an error we haven't seen on the community before. Are you trying to link more than one watch to the same iPhone?

Any other info on the error screen apart from the code E51056?

Thanks,
Jonathan