You can see the lock icon at the top of the screen.
Apple watch touch screen not working after swimming.
With this the display of apple watch will be black and the watch will restart.
Start by checking this is not something easy like a discharged battery and see apple s other suggestions in if your apple watch won t charge or it won t turn on apple support if that doesn t help your apple watch series 4 is still in warranty cover so contact support and arrange getting it checked by apple.
Follow below steps to hard reset you apple watch.
To use your watch you need to unlock the screen.
The apple watch series 2 and series 3 are both water resistant.
Long press the digital crown button and side button simultaneously for about 12 seconds.
Take note that apple watch series 1 and apple watch 1st generation aren t suitable for swimming at all so if you use an early model apple watch just don t.
To pause your workout press the digital crown and the side button at the same time.
Apple watches tend to be pretty reliable pieces of kit but they are not immune to malfunction.
You might need to click the side button to see the watch face when your watch is charging the red lightning bolt changes to a green lightning bolt if your screen is blank or you see the apple magnetic charging cable icon and a red lightning bolt on the screen charge your watch for up to 30 minutes.
If apple watch touch screen not working is not solved by a soft reset go for a hard reset.
The issue is that the apple watch screen is not coming to life as it usually does when people raise their wrist or do a flicking motion with it.
Unless you ve got a first generation watch you can wear it in the shower while swimming in a pool.
Digital crown not working.
When you start a swimming workout your screen locks to prevent accidental taps.
If the screen isn t working rather than being physically broken try how to fix an unresponsive apple watch screen.
If the watch gets hot not just warm when you try to.
One issue that we ve experienced a couple of times is when the watch face stops responding to touch.
If your watch requires charging a red lightning bolt appears on the screen.