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3Hotdogs

(14,559 posts) Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:38 PM Wednesday

My Apple Ultra2 watch will not search for updates.

"Unable to check for update. An error occurred while checking for a software update."

I rebooted. No help.

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My Apple Ultra2 watch will not search for updates. (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Wednesday OP

You go to the Apple Watch Application on your iphone, selection General under My Watch, then Software Update. lostincalifornia Wednesday #1

OK. I have been holding off on 26 to make sure there are no bugs. 3Hotdogs Wednesday #2

That is probably wise, but I always back up everything on my computer, not the cloud, before a major IOS lostincalifornia Wednesday #3

lostincalifornia

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1. You go to the Apple Watch Application on your iphone, selection General under My Watch, then Software Update.

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Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:42 PM

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I assume you have done that. Is your iphone updated to the latest version? If not you may want to update the iphone first.

The latest version currently out is watchOS 26.

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2. OK. I have been holding off on 26 to make sure there are no bugs.

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:49 PM

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Report on another thread, indicate it is working well.

lostincalifornia

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3. That is probably wise, but I always back up everything on my computer, not the cloud, before a major IOS

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:57 PM

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release, in case I need to roll back.

So far I have had no issues with version 26 on both the iphone and the ultra 2.

That is strange that you cannot update you ultra watch.

When I did the update it took quite a long time to update the watch, about 2 hours. First it downloads to the iphone, then to the watch. I just assumed there was a lot of traffic on the server which was why it took so long to download on the iphone. When downloading the watch IOS to the iphone, it didn't give too much indication of any progress bar for what it is worth.

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