⟐ Commented March 20, 2026 at 11:17 MST

⟐ Answered January 21, 2026 at 17:35 MST

Is there anything I can do to get the watch to display the actual power level or am I stuck with this?

⟐ Commented January 13, 2026 at 15:42 MST

The watch is currently taken apart to replace the display flex cable, but this is a photo of where it disconnected.

⟐ Commented January 03, 2026 at 2:47 MST

⟐ Answer edited November 26, 2025 at 10:25 MST

At Christmas, our employer gave gift and one of them was an apple watch 6. The employé who won it, kept it to give as a gift later.

Unfortunately, it's not working, it's now too late to return and apple was asking 400$ to send for repair. (Rip off), so at work they were like never mind.

I took it to see if I can repair and then give back as a gift for one of my employee if possible.

The watch doesn't turn on at all.

I let it on charge for over a day without success. Unfortunately, I don't have other cable to testthat component but I have wireless phone charger. May be?

I suspect the battery is dead but does that make sense?

I also see a tiny crack where the charging and sensors are. Could that be the issue?

What do you think? I am uploading a picture, it's difficult because of the reflection.

⟐ Commented July 18, 2025 at 19:36 MST

⟐ Answered April 19, 2025 at 4:47 MST

⟐ Answered March 21, 2025 at 13:10 MST

⟐ Commented February 18, 2025 at 0:56 MST

thank you so much for replying instantly, i did not expect that.

https://imgur.com/a/TsCSPdC here is the link to what got removed. I already tried putting it back glueing with B7000 the black underside part of the gold notch.

For context, my watch got damaged by water - stuck in bootloop for weeks. A repair shop said it is a faulty board and they'll try fixing it in exchange for a big amount of money.

I then submerged the watch in 99% alcohol like 5 times until it turned on again. Everything is working fine perfect. and used it for 2 weeks.

However, I'm trying to remove the old adhesive to prepare reapplying adhesive, then the gold notch got removed. After that, the sensors do not work and my wrist is not detected

⟐ Answer edited October 24, 2024 at 12:08 MST

The blood sensors on my Apple watch series 6 LTE suddenly decided to die.

No visible lights come from the sensors, none of the measurements work.

I did several shutdowns, force-restarts, hard-resets, let battery die and recharge, nothing changed.

The rest of the watch function is not effected.

I am perfectly able to do the repair the common way (open the whole watch and replace the entire back with the sensors), but i would prefer not to, as the repair is always messy, and always leaves the watch "scared" inside.

Can the sensor assembly alone be unglued from the back of an Apple watch with some heat and some isopropyl alcohol?

A picture from the net as an example:

After that it's just connecting a single connector and gluing it back.

⟐ Commented October 23, 2024 at 10:20 MST

At this point I took it to Apple , and they basically said we can send it back for repairs, but it’s gonna cost me an arm and a leg. So I’m trying to see if I can fix it myself otherwise it’s just a piece of junk.

I removed the screen to try to see if there was any corrosion or evidence of water damage and I couldn’t find anything. But I did notice when I remove the screen that some lines on the screen itself, which makes me think that it did take the charge at least.

Any thoughts on what’s happening or how I can go about fixing it or even figuring out what’s wrong with it in the first place I can’t tell if it’s a board issue, battery issue, or screen issue.

I did whatever it need to fix it such as hard rest or update and....

with screen monitoring I can access to my apple watch via my iPhone and the touch is working too!

and sometimes suddenly screen start working and sometimes turn off again!

what should I do??????

⟐ Commented June 21, 2024 at 19:18 MST

I replaced the battery on my series 6 40mm watch and now there are two bright white lines through the screen. Did I damage the wiring harness or the display unit?

⟐ Edited by author January 04, 2024 at 12:15 MST

I engaged Apple Support via online Chat agent. Since there is no display capability, The agent requested to Reset the Watch using iPhone Watch app. This was hoped to return the Watch to original factory settings. The remote reset was completed, which unpaired the Watch from my iPhone.

But now, the Watch is signaling nearby iPhones it is available to Pair. However, it cannot pair since it cannot display anything not even Apple logo, nothing.

I want to turn it off, or force a power off, but How? Every instruction I find has some step referring to touch controls appearing on the watch face/screen. That can’t work with a dead display

⟐ Edited by author December 29, 2023 at 7:38 MST

⟐ Answered December 12, 2023 at 16:25 MST

⟐ Commented November 27, 2023 at 16:09 MST

Watch has been sitting in a box for last ~6mo because owner complained about super short battery life. I opened the face and the battery measures 2.1vdc and no output on the bmc. Oddly, I can find the ground rail on the bmc but it isn't outputting any power at the watch connector either when on the bench supply. I also tried to feed 3.5vdc directly to the watch battery contacts on the mainboard ribbon, but similarly nothing happened. No current draw was registered on my supply in either case.

In the end, I'm searching here trying to figure out if that is normal and/or if I need to put it on a charge puck to kickstart it first. I'm not sure if I should just consider the thing completely dead or if I should spend the $$ on a new battery/bmc.

Thanks! -Peter.