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1. Connect your Apple Watch and your phone
Place your Apple Watch next to your phone.
Make sure Bluetooth is turned on on your phone.
1. Connect your Apple Watch and your phone
Place your Apple Watch next to your phone.
Make sure Bluetooth is turned on on your phone.
On your phone: Press Continue and follow the instructions on your phone to place the watch face in the middle of your phone's camera viewfinder.
On your phone: When this screen is displayed, your Apple Watch is connected to your phone.
2. Set up your Apple Watch as a new Apple Watch
On your phone: Press Set Up for Myself.
On your phone: Press Set Up as New Apple Watch.
If you've backed up content previously, you can restore the content.
3. Select general settings
On your phone: Press the required setting and select on which wrist you want to wear the watch.
On your phone: Press Continue.
On your phone: Press Agree.
4. Enter Apple ID password
On your phone: Press Enter Password.
On your phone: Key in the password for your Apple ID and press Sign In.
5. Select usage data sharing setting
On your phone: Press the required setting.
6. Turn use of phone lock code on or off
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to turn on use of phone lock code or press Don't Add Passcode.
On your phone: Press Don't Use Passcode.
7. Select watch settings
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to select the required settings and press Continue.
8. View information about information sharing between your Apple Watch and your phone
Press OK.
9. Select training profile settings
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to select the required settings and press Continue.
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to select the required activity settings or press Skip This Step.
10. Select sleep settings
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to select sleep settings or press Skip.
11. Select health notification settings
On your phone: Press the indicators to turn the required settings on or off.
Press Continue.
12. View information about personal safety
On your phone: Press Continue.
13. Set up mobile data on your Apple Watch
On your phone: Follow the instructions on the screen to set up mobile data on your Apple Watch or press Not Now.
See how to set up mobile data later after activation.
14. View information about gestures
On your phone: Press Continue.
15. Select Depth app setting
On your phone: Press the required setting.
On your phone: Press Continue.
16. Finish setup
On your phone: Wait a moment while the activation of your Apple Watch is completed and press Done.