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Updating Apple Watch without WiFi? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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I have an unlimited 5G plan with 400 Mbit/s on my phone and have to use an external source to update my watch?

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[–] Soulyezer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don’t remember if this worked but: disable Bluetooth, turn on hotspot on the phone and connect the watch to the hotspot, update from the watch.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ll definitely try that

[–] weedwhacking@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Not sure if it’s an option like the phone but check to turn off low data mode for the hotspot on the watch

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago

This hasn’t been a thing for ages.

[–] grimace1153@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can you not use a hotspot?

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Like a hotspot with my phone and connecting the watch to it?

[–] grimace1153@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yes

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

If you want to update using cellular only, you need to start the process from your phone. Your watch does not support 400 MB/s transfer rates over cellular. It’s a watch, not an iPhone 15 Pro with hardware ray tracing.

If you want to update the watch OTA, it has to be connected to wifi. Cellular is not fast or reliable enough, ergo why Apple set wifi as the base.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's a whole bunch of stuff, not just on the watch and not just updates, that only happen if there's a wifi connection while your devices are charging overnight.