Any reason to as when I unlock my watch it will continuously lock itself even if I’m in the middle of replying to a sms or doing something on my watch. I must do it constantly throughout the day. I know I can always turn it off but I do use the nfc pay on it.

Is it because I’m tattooed? I remember a long time ago hearing something about that, some kind of sensor? but not sure if it applied to the screen lock

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[–] [B] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Let your wrist breathe holy shit.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Its for sure the Tattoo. I have a similar Problem. I would just disable Pin 👍🏻

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have a tattoo half sleeve that goes down to my wrist and occasionally mine will lock.

    Luckily it’s mostly yellow/gold right where my watch rests so it doesn’t happen too often. But a little bit further up it is greens and reds and it locks more if it rides up a bit.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Great Apple Tourniquet 👍

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    i had to start wearing my watch on my right wrist because my left arm sleeve ruined all my workouts ☹️

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    The watch should be further up your arm, on the other side of the ulnar styloid. Check the Apple website for the exact point. Your tattoo & wrist movement will cause inaccurate readings, and it will lock.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It’s the ink. But this reminds me of the very first AW I ever got. It had a bad sensor and it returned to the Lock Screen constantly. I didn’t know jack about the AW and I thought maybe it was a feature. Took me a couple of hours to realize it. During that time I’m thinking, “This thing really sucks!”

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I’ve seen some people just get the ink removed in the circle the sensors would go. It’s easily the best option

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe it’s your tattoo but my watch has been randomly locking a lot lately and I don’t have any tattoos where my watch is so maybe it’s a bug or something with one of the updates.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Same here, no tattoo there. Try disabling and re-enabling wrist detection and see if that helps. So far, working as expected now for me but I am giving it a few more days before I call it fixed.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not the tattoo, idk why everyone is saying it is. I have no tattoos on that part of my arm, same hand. Also having constant re-locking issues as well.

    After a search, I found that disabling the wrist detection option and then re-enabling it might fix it. I've done it, and so far hasn't happened again. But I am not calling it solved just yet, giving it some more time before I do. I rebooted in between toggling of that option as well.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Your tattoos bro. You’re not the first to have this issue with watch + tattoo combo.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Do you have tattoo on your right arm too?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Tat issues are common. Turn the watch around and try it. Or switch wrists. The sensor can’t see through your tats

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have this SAME issue, and no tattoo there. I just disabled the lock feature.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It’s because of your tattoos

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I’m tattooed and never had this problem. The watch looks like it’s cutting off all blood supply though.

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