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Galaxy watch 4 Bluetooth issues

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My galaxy watch 4 won't pair with my S25 through Bluetooth even tho my phone says its connected. And I can use the Wear app on the Watch 4 and use my Gmail account. 
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      08-17-2026 08:14 PM

       

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      Thank you for responding. I tried all of that and it wasn't working until last night somehow. What I had to do was get into developers mode on my phone and my watch and turned on any features that were the same. I also had to turn on wireless debugging and Ads debugging along with some Bluetooth and Wi-Fi prompts. After I turned everything on and ran some of the programs I turned my phone amd watch off. Once I turned it back on my Samsung account was connected and it was paired through my Bluetooth on my phone. Now its working just fine.

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      Hi @hyperbully, thank you for reaching out to the Samsung Community. Your watch 4 not connecting to your phone can be frustrating, and I would love to provide some assistance. You said you were able to access the wear app, do you see the device in the wear app? Is the only place you aren't seeing it is under the Bluetooth menu? Have you ever been able to pair them together? 

       

      One thing you can try is to force a reboot on your watch, press and hold the Home key/Power key and Back key at the same time until "Rebooting..." displays. Do not select Power off on the screen or Restart when it appears. The length of time you need to hold down the buttons varies by device. Some watch model could take up to 30 seconds for "Rebooting..." to appear. Release the Power key, and wait for the watch to reboot.

       

      While you reboot the watch you can also reboot your phone at the same time. 

       

      There are other options, but I would need more information about what is going on to know what might help. I can post an article of different steps to take if your watch will not connect. 

      https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshoot/TSG10007320/

       

      Please let me know if any of these steps worked and the answers to the questions above to be able to better assist you and the community if anyone else has a similar issue. 

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      Thank you for responding. I tried all of that and it wasn't working until last night somehow. What I had to do was get into developers mode on my phone and my watch and turned on any features that were the same. I also had to turn on wireless debugging and Ads debugging along with some Bluetooth and Wi-Fi prompts. After I turned everything on and ran some of the programs I turned my phone amd watch off. Once I turned it back on my Samsung account was connected and it was paired through my Bluetooth on my phone. Now its working just fine.
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      08-17-2026 08:29 PM

       

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      @hyperbully, thank you for responding! I'm glad you found a fix. If you need any help in the future please feel free to reach back out to the community for assistance. 

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      08-17-2026 08:38 PM

       

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      I will thank you

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