iOS 13 beta 6 won't pair with earlier watchOS 6 beta

App & System Services Core OS Beta watchOS

Created Aug ’19

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I know that Apple posted that you can't pair a watch with a beta earlier than 2, but I didn't see this when I updated my phone to iOS 13 beta 6. My watch wasn't syncing with my phone this morning after the update so I did a factory reset on it and now I can't sync it with any phone, including one running beta 6 as well as one on 12.4. Any ideas or should I ask the Genius Bar to bring it down to an older OS? Currently my phone is on beta 6 and my watch is probably on beta 1 or whatever happens when you do a reset. Thanks!

Answered by Mikis1 in 377057022

It can be easily solved in some basic steps without restoring anything neither watch or iDevice (Sorry for my simple English)

1. Download iOS 13 beta 5 from the internet (just type in google and you sure find something)

2. Choose your phone on the website and wait for download

3. Connect your phone and open iTunes

4. Once you are in your iDevice menu hit the update button BUT hold alt (In case of Windows CTRL) and then click it.

5. Choose downloaded file of iOS.

6. Wait for update to complete

7. Connect to your Apple watch and update them to newest software

And Voila! You're done and fully functional

Reason why is this still working is because Apple is still signing older betas and that's why you can still install it on your iPhone.

Have a nice day!

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jkaye OP

Aug ’19

You must be on ios 13. Take a look at what I marked as correct.

LordNJBL OP

Aug ’19

I had the same issue and the above fix worked for me. Most betas users simply updated ios without going to the feedback app for important notes regarding watchos.

A bit disapointed that my perfect activity week streak was broken though 😟 No perfect month for me.

Oraclebear OP

Aug ’19

i had to use beta 4

dmitry.movchan OP

Aug ’19

It helped me! Thanks!

Hint: I used Mojave and it's IMPORTANT to have Xcode 11 Beta installed onboard.

veraloes OP

Aug ’19

Did anyone check if new beta 13.1 could help to pair watch wich beta 6?

tobiaslins OP

Aug ’19

Yes, It still doesn't work 😟

nadhun OP

Sep ’19

It’s a really easy thing to fix you have to download another profile from the Apple called seed I’ll leave the link to it in here below I got this from the Apple support https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/download/1012277

nadhun OP

Sep ’19

https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/download/1012277 Install this profile and it will connect with your watch

nadhun OP

Sep ’19

Update to the latest iOS 13 and download this profile which will help you to connect to the watch https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/download/1012277

codeRefiner OP

Sep ’19

Once this profile is installed, what are you supposed to do?

I went back to the Watch app. Clicked pair - it said it couldn't because it's out of date.
I clicked "Update now" and moments later it says its unpairing.
Any tips?

Running iOS 13 GM Seed and trying to get my watch to pair with the Beta 1 profile.

Abdulaziz Alkatheeri OP

Sep ’19

After restoring to iOS 13 beta 5, my iPhone keep show failed to pair😢

magicnld OP

Sep ’19

Thanks you my hero today!

Binharch OP

Sep ’19

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c9qziuj20wy56ne/watchOS6Seed1-compat.mobileconfig?dl=0

Tlp81 OP

Sep ’19

Did it work?

nlnllnknknknlklknlnnln OP

Sep ’19

It worked for me! Thank you so much nadhun