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Announced September 9th, 2014, this device is Apple's first foray into smart wearables. iFixit's repair manuals are applicable to Apple Watch (steel) and Apple Watch Sport (aluminum).

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No display after screen and battery replacement

I recently ordered from iFixit three items to repair my apple watch. Battery (just was not holding a long enough charge), force touch sensor and used sapphire screen (screen was shattered from a three foot unlucky angle drop). After installing all three without any issues (no torn cables, took about 30 minutes), I get no display.

When I charged my watch for about 1 hour the battery gets warm (the actual battery not the whole watch). Seems about as warm as is normally the case. I have tried putting the old screen on and the old battery back in with no luck. I have tried hard resets (holding crown and side button for up to a minute) . Nothing is working and nothing looks even slightly damaged. Am I out of luck? I throughly read through iFixit instructions before starting.


This is the first gen device. Series 0 or revision 1. As a side note I have successfully repaired at least ten iPhones; screens, batteries, cameras and even a proximity sensor (very small parts). One time I even tore apart a water damaged iPhone 4, cleaned all the parts, including the logic board with isopropyl, and had it running for a year.

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Did you disconnect the battery when plugging in the screen? I know you can fry iPhone screens if you plug in the screen after you plug in the battery. Do you have a slave display you can check the watch with? Does the watch show up as connected to your iPhone when it gets warm?

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As per the instructions on iFixit I did first disconnect the battery. I have tried the old screen (which still worked, but is badly cracked) with no luck. The iPhone 8 plus does not detect the watch at any point. Thank you for your response.

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I have recently installed a new battery and a new screen to a 1st gen stainless steel Apple Watch, too. The watch gets warm and the screen doesn’t respond. Maybe the screen is the issue?

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