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Watch 9 40mm

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After years of almost flawless upgrading/ switching watches from Gear Sport onward, this new device is really trying my patience.

I moved from Watch 8 to Watch 9 today.
Followed the prompts.
I've even ensured all watch manager apps and software/OS are updated, and have had to removed/reset the Watch 9 from scratch but the Device won't show connected to my S26Ultra. Battery gets very hot.
I'm not sending my trade in back for a few days until I see if this can be overcome or not.
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      PeninaD

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      08-5-2026 08:38 PM

       

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      Now it's not charging with the new puck...and it turns itself back on after I've shut it off!

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      08-8-2026 02:58 PM

       

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      Following up, plugged it into 67 watt GaN charger. SLOW as molasses even on this.

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      08-5-2026 09:30 PM

       

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      Having the same issue with the watch ultra 2. Tried on my zfold7 and my s26 restore fails
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      PeninaD

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      08-5-2026 09:34 PM

       

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      Sorry to hear that this might be a wider problem.
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      08-5-2026 09:35 PM

       

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      I have reset this watch multiple times and tried on multiple phones. The only thing that I wanted to do is just restore from backup. I'ma just wait until after the seventh. Maybe they may release some new software. Hopefully that'll fix it.

      I'm just trying to restore from withered my ultra or my watch8classic
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      PeninaD

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      08-5-2026 09:30 PM

       

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      Went through tech call... watch won't hard reboot, it went to "can't connect to phone" instead.

      Hope this isn't a device wide issue.

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