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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Why the watch has cant boot after the battery completely emptied out?

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:09:46 -0700

The watch doesn't boot up after the battery went to zero and then was recharged . What can i do ?

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: I changed my Galaxy 3 Smartwatch. pretty easy, but the instructions me

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:04:15 -0700

My Galaxy 3 watch is supposed to have a waterproof seal, but when I changed my battery there was no RUBBER seal, only what seems like silicon that was soft (unless the rubber breaks down). Can you tell me if there is a rubber seal for sale or how to get the silicon or whatever it is.

⟐ Commented June 20, 2025 at 17:04 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: My watch will not start

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:11:13 -0700

Watch new out of the box and has been sitting on charger for 5 hours. On indication on the watch charging and I have tried two different chargers. Tried the hard reset with the power button and back key at the same time on luck. Tried the both button rest on and off the charger no luck. Suggestions please.

The watch only arrived in the mail today??

⟐ Commented April 24, 2025 at 1:11 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Where to buy a new gasket for the Galaxy Watch 3?

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:24:05 -0700

Where to buy a new gasket for the Galaxy Watch 3?

⟐ Answered April 11, 2025 at 0:24 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Water proofing after repair

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:55:29 -0700

Dumb question on my part. I have noted in the tear down that the watch seems to be using a “rubber gasket” rather than a glue. Is it possible that water resistance will not be impacted if we open the watch to repair it?

⟐ Answered April 10, 2025 at 8:55 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: My microphone will not pick up my voice

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:48 -0700

My watch will not pick up when I’m saying something.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: watch stuck in boot loop not getting the home screen on

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 20:05:48 -0700

hi my watch is stuck in the boot loop and not starting and opening the main screen to normal

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: My watch won't turn on

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:36:29 -0700

When I place my watch on the charger mount it looks the battery is good, but the watch won't turn on or power up. Want to get it working so i can trade it in

⟐ Commented March 06, 2024 at 18:36 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Can't turn it on

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 08:11:39 -0700

Mine is the S3 Classic

I put the watch on the charger, and it shows the lightning bolt. If I push the back button while it's on the charger, it says it's at 100%.

No pressing the back and/or power buttons will turn it on. Either singly or in combination.

On or off the charger, makes no difference.

It won't connect to the phone and all the functions are grayed out in the app, so I believe it to be off.

Is there any way other than trying to press the buttons to get this to turn on?

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Screen suddenly went dark orange/amber.

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:54:03 -0700

While on my arm, the screen of the watch went dark with a washed out orange/amber colour. The seller said I dropped the watch, but it is absolutely not true, the watch was on my arm. It is almost as if the screen is not getting enough power. Reset the watch, everything, but not working. Can there be something else wrong that can cause this?

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Why is my back button doesn't work?

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:36:32 -0700

The back button doesn't work

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: How to open samsung galaxy watch 3 bezel

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:12:51 -0700

Is there a way to open the bezel(rotation part of the watch) and put it back? My watch is a year old and getting dirty, especially the bezel part. I would appreciate if there is a step by step instruction on how to remove bezel from the watch and put it back.

⟐ Answer accepted June 19, 2023 at 8:12 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Power Off option is popping up without the button being pressed

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:15:56 -0700

Not sure if this is the right forum but I'll ask anyway...

I have an issue where the Power Off option is popping up constantly on ky Galaxy Watch 3 Titanium without the button being pressed, essentially rendering the watch useless.

For a time I was still using it for activity tracking because when the screen timeout kicks in, the incessant Power Off pop up isn't an issue but then I noticed a significant increase in battery drain (Eg: Using 80% within ~ 2 hours.)

I'm about to dive in & see if I can find anything out of the ordinary; I'm thinking maybe corrosion on or around the home button pusher on the midframe but if anyone knows what is the cause of this issue &/or how to fix it, I'd be greatly appreciative.

Thank you.

⟐ Answered June 18, 2023 at 8:15 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Power Off options pop up incessantly.

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:34:57 -0700

Hi All,

I have an issue where the Power Off option is popping up constantly on ky Galaxy Watch 3 Titanium without the button being pressed, essentially rendering the watch useless.

Thank you.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Got a sticky button, which brings up the power menu.

Tue, 23 May 2023 06:35:41 -0700

I believe the button is stuck out/in when pressing, and it brings the menu up. I've seen someone on YouTube solve a similar issue with the buttons getting sticky, they'd bent some metal and dremel'd it back clear.

Any similar experiences or advice?

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: My galaxy watch 3 displays “Rebooting…” on the screen

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:25:48 -0700

It doesn’t get out of “Rebooting..” display no matter what I do and when placed on the charger, it starts charging for a while then charger light indicator starts to blink. Can anyone suggest what I can do?

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: How can I return my watch to factory setting?

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:54:22 -0700

My watch keeps popping up with Samsung pay. When i use the back button, it will go to the clock briefly then return to Samsung pay app. Is there any way i can reset to factory settings?

⟐ Edited September 26, 2022 at 19:54 MST

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: Le bouton inférieur de ma watch3 ne fonctionne plus que dois je faire

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 01:29:09 -0700

Le bouton de ma watch3 ne fonctionne plus que dois je faire

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: ok I want to know what the problem is..what needs to be changed

Fri, 06 May 2022 12:44:52 -0700

ok I want to ask if I use a Samsung watch 3..the problem with my watch is that the screen near the watch has no color so it's kind of gray..can open normally but no color..can I know what the problem is..I've checked the settings..everything ok

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: I dive with it, and after that the watch died.

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 21:23:53 -0700

I dove with it, and after that the watch died. Is it worth to fix it? It is pretty new outside.

⟐ Answer edited April 09, 2022 at 21:23 MST