I'd contact Apple and discuss with them, If you can get the watch working then yes it's worth it.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2020 5:53 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: A big Apple Watch problem, is it possible to fix this or should I just bite the bullet and retire the watch. Hi! Depends what you’re willing to do yourself. I don’t know the cost so i can’t say if its worth it or not but since its an apple watch series 3 i wont repair it. /A > 23 apr. 2020 kl. 23:06 skrev maurice mines <maur...@maurice-amines.com>: > > Hello everyone on the list, here’s the situation I have an Apple Watch > series 3 that I kept after I upgraded to a series of five. Because of > everything it’s going on my sisters watch is now dying. So I figured I would > just erase my watch and give it to my sister. Apparently not so fast. Number > one the Series III has been sitting in a drawer for six months so I > unfortunately could not remember the passcode. Then while trying to get this > fixed, they watch tells me that too many attempts please reset and repair. > Unfortunately VoiceOver was running so when this potential fix froze there > apparently is an alternative method to accomplish this. The way was explained > to me one holds the crown down, and the button that’s just underneath the > crown on the right side forcing the watch to essentially reboot. Then it is > apparently able to hold that same bottom button down and Shut down then > Meares button apparently should appear. After spending an hour on the phone > with Apple today, and having my cited knees help me, it was determined that > the watch was defective. Because the screen is frozen, and VoiceOver can’t be > turned off, sold us the watch cannot be reset. That has to be sent back to > Apple. But because the watch is out of warranty it’s gonna cost a bundle to > fix this. Any suggestions? Or is this really the end of the road for this > device. > > Sincerely Maurice Mines. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/FAC8C762-886E-405C-A338-9C3C32C16ABE%40maurice-amines.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F4757D43-F3BB-432F-912A-848072E72672%40pipkrokodil.se. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SYCPR01MB404820DF45FEFB12D9E06FCD8AD10%40SYCPR01MB4048.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.
