Apple Watches: Stuck in Boot Loop, Keeps Restarting (Easy Fix) Series 7, 6, SE, 4, 3, 2, 1 

I did all the steps 5 times. On the 5th time I went to bed and left my Apple Watch on charge overnight. The next morning I looked at it and it had gotten out of the boot loop and was showing full charge on the normal screen. I then re-paired it to my phone (this was how this issue began in the first place trying to un-pair / re-pair to fix a storage issue glitch) and it’s working perfectly again. Saved me the trip and $$ at Apple! Thank you

I reached the final possible step which u didn't mention, ⌚️ 🔨

I can’t believe the freezer trick actually worked. Thanks for the tips!

I tried everything I heard in the other videos and nothing worked until I found yours , the tapping worked like a charm!!!! Thank you soooo much.

These steps actually work!!!! I have thrown my series 3 away for 3 months and have bought series 7. I came across this video and have followed the steps and the watch is perfectly working. Thanks man!

Mine hasn’t come back to life. But I am not giving up after reading through the comments. More than anything THANK YOU for being the ONLY person to suggest steps beyond the hard reset! No matter what my outcome is I appreciate the extra tips.

To the guy who made this… I felt like I was going to cry and I did because I work so hard for my Apple Watch Series 6 44 screen and I had thought I had lost it. I search so many videos and non work except yours. When I had done the steps and it didn’t work I went to bed and woke up hopeless then I did the steps again and when I was spamming it and then I charge it I saw the main screen. So I give you a big internet hug and say to you have a good day.

I can’t believe freezing it for 15 minutes actually worked 😳 thank you

Thank you so much for this video. It was my second attempt at the "15 minute deep freeze" that fixed my boot loop! Thank you! I had spent ages on trying to fis the problem and this was the only useful video I found out there!

I tried nearly everything. After like 100x i did this and it worked, maybe for someone else too: Apple Watch 3: Push both buttons untill reboot (Apple Logo reappear) then click again on the down button (not the crown) and simultaneously touch the screen a few times. Good Luck

*worked!* Mine was on a boot loop for a week! Couldn’t figure anything out. Came across this video. It took me 4 FULL processes and the freezer finally got it! Have faith keep trying!

I spend hours watching videos and this one finally suggested something that worked. Never would have thought to freeze my watch!!! It worked. Thank you!!!!🙏🏽

i didn't have my series 7 on for the past three weeks ( just wasn't feeling like myself ) decided to clean up and look better again to my dismay after it being dead all that time i let it charge for an hour nothing except a dead green bolt. Not sure which of these steps worked as i made it to the tapping but it finally started to charge , thanks video man! hopefully it's back up to speed!

The freezer method worked. Thank you so much

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE TRICKS!!! Method 3 worked for me. ❤

Im here to state, that it does seem to work. I just kept doing some of this throughout the day, just in case it worked. And then suddenly it did. I was just kind of rocking it back and forth at the moment when I saw the apple logo stick for more than the 3 seconds it was doing before. It is not scientific enough to say what worked, but maybe movement or temperature made something inside the watch trigger, I was alternating between pressing the side button and both buttons. I would say, just keep going, and be positive.

I had looked at two other videos before this one and they didn’t work. This video didn’t work work until my fifth attempt. My watch actually started up again during the “press press press” down part. Felt like I was giving my watch a Swedish message. Good luck with your watches. I learned my lesson about playing in the sand while having my watch on.

Dude thank you, not only I got it going but somehow with the same process I got the notifications to work again. Much appreciated.

You guys might not believe this but it actually looks like this works. Much appreciated thank you!

All the way from NIGERIA, thanks a lot man your methods worked fine for me it’s worth thanking you for your good content.. tried the pressing and also the freezing method then I plugged it to the charger and it came up as if nothing happened THANKS!

i had no hope at all and was gonna give it back to the apple store, then i tried the freezer method and it started working!! thank you so much

I did all the steps, left the watch on the charger for about 15 minutes, and when I returned, the watch was on and functioning! Thank you so much for offering up suggestions other than the forced reset.

Show me something else because my apple watch is bootlooping and showing red snake of death pls shoe me

I cracked my screen while pressing so I didn’t get to the freezing part🤦🏻‍♂️

Your a life savior my apple s3 was stuck on the boot loop and I tried your step 3 and it work perfectly thank you so much

THANK YOU!!🎉🎉🎉❤ I was so afraid by the time I got to the freezer method but 👏🏾 it worked after some rubbing with a kitchen towel to get the fog off.

Second approach helped, thanks a lot 🙏

Second step worked for me, thank you! Seems the cover I had on the watch pushed stuff around the side button. I used a toothbrush with water to clean it out well before putting the cover back on.

PLEASE READ!! Advice to everyone having any issues with their Apple Watch. I experienced a similar problem with my stainless steel series 7, my warranty expired a week before this problem so I was very upset and I don’t have the Apple care coverage. My watched died and it wouldn’t not charge it would just show the red mark with the time. I tried to charge it for a entire day and nothing. I knew it wasn’t the charger because my husband’s watch was charging perfectly it was just mine that was not charging.I found this video y decided to try before going to the Apple Store and what happened was super weird. I tried all these steps 3 times I was willing to try 5 times until my husband told me that’s not going to work let’s just take it to the Apple store and see what happens, I took my watch out of the freezer for the 3rd time and I let it sit for a few minutes I tried to charge before going to the store hoping something would happen but no, so we headed to the store and after explaining to the tech she said ok let’s try to charge but if it doesn’t unfortunately the cost to sent to Apple is $390 I was so sad because I’m still paying on it and this watch costed me almost $900 :( so we put it on their charger and OMG was I about to die when the green logo shows as it was starting to charge!! After like 10 minutes of sitting their the Apple logo showed up and it was charging and was working perfectly SO IDK but I’m sure these steps helped out to get my watch back because I came back home and used my same charger and it was working. THANK U 🙏

Still not working for me, any other tips 😭

Thanks for your help

Damn the tapping thing worked 😂 Thanks man 👍🏻

I felt like i was doing CPR😂

this worked! thank you

Thank you very much the freezing step was very useful

Nice info as always for the Apple watches user's.👍

Worked for me! Thanks

Wow! The tapping really worked for me. Thanks so much man

Awesome thanks that worked

My Apple Watch series 7000 apple logo goes on and off while the watch is on it charger and doesn’t turn on when it off it’s charger and i press both buttons the watch goes to an red expiration mark

Put it in the freezer and forgot about it..90 minutes later I pulled it out and it booted to the low charge screen..charged it and now it’s working perfectly..who’d ever have thought this would work…

The first 6 options didn’t work. 20 mins in the freezer while we ate dinner, pulled it out and it fired right up. Battery had about 95% juice on it and it seems to be fine. I went to the Apple store today and they wanted me to wait for 3.5 hours for an appt. They called me back later and told me I need to mail it in for repair and it was gonna be $328. Declined, I would of been better off just getting a new one. Thanks for your video.

Thank you very much, freezer tip actually worked. Appreciate your research!!! 😊👍🏻👍🏻

This seems to happen whenever there is an update to my watch. Freezer method worked - thanks so much!

This is the best video ever!!! I’ve was losing hope and try everything. Even went to Apple store and they didn’t have a solution. Just buy another one. I saw this video today. And after the second loop of doing everything and finally get back to life. Thanks you sir and the fridge aswell. ❤🎉🎉

Thank you so much my watch had been playing put for a few day I restarted it and then it still played up so I though look up why it’s not working and found u. I did all of them non worked and then when u said put it in the freezer I did. Now it’s working perfectly thank you so much

The freezer thing worked I swear to God, you are a Apple Watch and money saver Thank you so much bro, you were the only person that has said to put it in the freezer and that’s what worked thanks

I started vigorously tapping it and hitting it and it actually turned on Thank you

The first time I saw you clip. I am laughing that I am massaging my watch but it works. My watch comes back from sinking in the swimming pool. Thanks a lot.

RU-vid to the rescue! Thanks man!

I left my watch on the fridge (and totally forget about it for 24 hours 😅🤦🏻‍♀️). But it worked! Thank you so much! ❤

Thank you!!!! The tapping and two button press worked for me.

Thank you for this. I tried all the steps. At first my boot loop was not broken. But I read the positive comments and tried again the second day. I got to the tapping stage and I saw a flash that I had not seen before. I went to the next stage and the loop was broken. Possible caus: My watch went into a loop when I took it into hot spring water. For the record, I unpaired the watch from my phone and when my watch came back it had all the original information but was not connected to my iPhone. I then erased the data and then paired the phone and watch. Thanks again

I went through all steps the very first time and the pressing method worked for me. After the press method I let the watch sit for a few minutes and got it out of boot loop. You are awesome. Book marking and showing it to all repair technicians at my shop for the future! You earned a like and a sub.

Hey I have tried all the options and still have the same issue. The screen was replaced recently and this went into the green snake screen and I let the battery drain and then charged for 10 hours and it’s now stuck in Apple logo screen.

I had the flashing apple logo for days & NOTHING worked but the freezer method DID work. Absolutely nuts. THANK YOU! 🙏🏼

please help - brand new Series 8, just out of the box won't turn on or charge.

My series 6 suddenly stopped showing images on the screen after flashing color like crazy. Do you know any trick for this kind of issue?

Thank you you were the second video I watched and the second step got me up and running . New subbie here 🎉

Will these work for Apple Watch 8? I experienced reboot loop since day 1, I can get in, and it started to reboot after 10, force started again, work for 20mins or random minutes or hours and then started to reboot again.

My Series 3 took a dump right after a software upgrade. I tried all of your methods. I went through them 6 times, just to be sure. It was still cycling 8sec with the logo and 2.75 sec off. Rinse wash repeat. The Hard reset would shut it down. The lower button would turn it on. But the rest was a no-go. 😥

Thank you so much, I actually thought my watch is gone which I paid £400 literally about a year ago

Do not put your watch on freezer. I had a boot loop middle update and tried almost every steps but anything worked… i was hopeless and after buying a new one that is on the way. I did the last method that i was skeptical and i had reasons to because i do repair other eletronics and we know is not a good thing. After repeating the process of putting it on freezer for the last time i sat it on charger when working on computer i saw i was blinking the logo in red, sometimes green and it booted but always doing this and going of when i used any watch face that had some colors specialy gray. I just put it on wrist and the power on button wast working but it wouldnt bother me that much cause i use it mostly for exercise and i could live with it antil the new one arrives. A day after it started getting better less blinking and color shifting, second they i got worse and worse after sat it on the charger the screen never came back but the watch still functioning. Today i decided to disasembling it and the thing i was fearing is what happened. The concetors of the screen specially the one that brink image was covered on some parts with rust green. I suspect the process of freezing created this humidity that made this rusting and made the watch screen stop functioning . Conclusion i just cleaned the conector with isopropyl alcohol and i will place it and the i will tell you if it worked, same for the power button it got rust on conector thats why it stopped as well. Conclusion, i dont know if i was the freezer method that got i out of boot loop but i dont recomend. May be if i waited a little bit it would got out of it and worked again without loosing the screen and speending more money on a new one. I repeat do not put it on freezer you would and up with more problems

Tapping worked for me. THANK YOU. It seemed daft at the timebut half way through tapping the front the logo went much whiter and so I stopped tapping and it then booted all the way. AWESOME, would never have thought to do that.

Thank you..the freezer tip worked!! You’re awesome!! Thank you

Tried all the ways but didn’t work for me. Any other solution do you think that i can try?

Tapping worked! Thanks man

Thanks for the video, This worked for me. Power key was stuck!

It happens to mine when I plug it in, but it don’t turn on on its own, only when I plug it in it keeps spamming the logo over and over and the screen it’s popes up

Wow!!thank you!!tapping method works!!

Thanks youu so much!!!! It worked i used the freeze trick to get out from bootloop . Actually i want to reset my watch and suddenly it restarted itself and bootlooping and after watching this video i put my watch in the freezer and wait 20 minute after that i restarted it again using force restart and i click the second button (under crown button) few times and it just get out the loop

Thanks, second method works for me

When I saw you tapping I had to check to make sure it wasn't how to basic. That is hilarious.

Tried all steps atleast 2 times didnt work ima leave it chargin at night bcz someone said it worked after they left it charging

The power button spam off the charger worked lmao 😭 thanks chief! Certified real

Can you please make a video on how to freeze space? I keep deleting stuff from my apple watch and keeps saying it’s full🤦🏻‍♂️

My SE 1st gen got like this after the last update. I tried everything. I messed with it for 5 days continuously. I can't thank you enough. The second deep freeze worked for me. Originally, I tried everything but did not try freezing it. If it happens again and freezing it doesn't work, I might just deep fry it /s Thank you!!

Thanks for the video. I have a slightly different challenge- my watch has a dark green full screen- almost black. when I do the process recommended, the screen goes black and comes back again, no sign of the apple logo. Please help if you can. Thank you

Thank you so much!!! My watch came back to life when I conducted two fingers tapping in the fourth round.

I will try thanks

It worked after 4-5 tries tried several tutorials and this is the one that helped. Thank you!

Ty sir you are a lifesaver!!

For ANYONE who is having these issues (including the red exclamation mark) you have GOT GOT GOT GOT GOT GOT to be patient when trying to fix it. My apple watch had a black screen (nothing) for DAYS. Then, it went to having a black screen to having a black screen with exclamation point on it a few times per day. THEN, it went from that to an exclamation point screen on 24/7. Thats when I started doing the rebooting process. I had to reboot about 10 times on the charger and each time the apple logo would stay on longer and longer between reboots. Finally, I took it off and put the watch on my wrist and rebooted (hoping having skin contact would help) and it booted up after 2 tries. This whole process took me about 2.5 - 3 weeks to get it working. So happy it did because I was JUST about to bite the bullet and buy a new apple watch. If you want piece of mind moving forward, buy Apple Care+ so you just know you're covered no matter what.

Freezer trick worked !! thank you!!

"Smack the ever-loving shit out of it" is both terrible advice and accurate advice.

What if the watch (series 5) is out of the box and its stuck in boot loop. How can we fix?

OMG it worked i’ve never tapping so hard like this time haha, thanks 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉 also i had red “!” when connected to its charger... was freaking out saved my life

That was awesome!!!! I tried taping with two fingers on all sides and it got fixed… Just wow

YOU GET AND A+!!! Mine was the button being stuck on the side. Thanks!!!!!

What does it mean the issue is if the freezer fix worked? It worked for about 5 minutes, now it loops again.

mine is brand new and the apple logo keeps popping up, not sure if it keeps rebooting or won't charge at all. will try this anyway. hope it will work.

0-5 and have contacted Apple support. Thx for the interesting options.

I got it thanks 🙏

We tried everything but nothing worked so we tried the freezer trick and then forgot it was in there. 15 hours later we remembered and took it out and put it onto the charger and it worked!

Thanks it worked

I have no idea what of sorcery this is but it worked. My Apple Watch SE's screen fell off and needed to be re-adhered which I had done at a third party (non-Apple) repair person. Almost immediately it kept going into a boot loop. I didn't think the tips in this video were going to work since my issue was likely more related to a physical issue as opposed to a software/pairing issue. I put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. When it came out, the battery was depleted. Plugged it in and works absolutely perfectly. Again, I have no idea what kind of f*kn sorcery this is but thank you SO much!

I just had this exact issue with my watch being stuck in a boot loop! The freezer trick actually worked. Couldn’t believe it. Thank you!!!!

Works for me.. Thanks!! I used the tap method

Do you put in freezer in OFF or ON mode ?

Thanks a whole lot you were right the button was stuck and making watch loop in reset mode, I tried your method of tapping it and then went for a ball of cotton and alcohol and sure enough the watch came on and out of loop mode, thanks a bunch, I thought my watch was now useless