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I have an iPhone that I fully plan to put on the iOS 11 public beta later this month, but I also have an Apple Watch that's going to be stuck on watchOS 3. Are there going to be any issues from that, such as my phone expecting my Watch to be on watchOS 4?
(I know that it's impossible to predict what bugs are going to be in a beta, I'm asking more about if anyone has experience running an iOS public beta alongside an Apple Watch on the latest stable watchOS release.)
The activation servers were overwhelmed presumably by the volume of activity on launch day. Now activation fails for a different reason - Apple is no longer signing iOS 6 software during the restore process.
Once you get your OS activated either through iTunes or over the air, you will be able to load your backup as you had planned.
Apple would surely make it easier on a segment of its customer base if the service status page were kept updated thusly….
I had the same issue. I also had two step verification switched on. When I restart my apple watch my iPhone asks for the iCloud password.
What it really means is go to appleid.apple.com and log in and go password and security and generate an app specific password for "iMessage and FaceTime”. Put that in (including the dashes) when it asks for the iCloud password and hopefully it should work :-)
Best Answer
The best indication that this is okay lies in the fact that iOS betas are generally available to the public, while there is no public beta program for watchOS. So yes, it’s fine to run an iOS beta with a stable release of watchOS.
Apple has no mechanism in place to force you to run a certain version of watchOS with a given version of iOS (other than the minimum version required to install watchOS). They don't force you to update watchOS along with iOS. Barring such guarantees, they cannot make any assumptions as to the version of the operating system you’re running on a separate product.
However, as with any beta software always be prepared for unexpected bugs. For instance the iOS 11 Beta 2 release notes mention the following issues with earlier versions of watchOS: