Some Users Report the Digital Crown of Apple Watch Goes Something “Sticky”

Some users are exposing some problems they are experiencing with their Apple Watch, this time has come to turn the Digital Crown. As you know, the Digital Crown is one of the main methods of interaction with the watch, can move along lists, zoom the screen view, select different items, all without having to touch the screen physically.

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However, some users are unhappy with the way they’re running your Digital Crown, as far convey a soft and smooth rotation as most analyzes to date have highlighted, the feeling seems to be too high resistance when tries to rotate, as if indeed it is extremely “hard”. These problems are manifesting in different ways, for while some say this hardness appears only when the rotation is started, others explain that remains consistent throughout the rotation.

Here you have the experience of one of the users who have encountered this problem at Apple Watch:

“I’ve been experiencing a slight hardness every time I turn the crown, but immediately becomes fluid. And this is repeated every time you touch the crown stops for a few seconds. Not so on the first day. Mine does not have to rotate considerable pressure, just you feel it’s hard at first as if there were a lot of friction.”

Apple Forums some users are speculating about the possibility that this is caused by sweat entering the Digital Crown and whose particles are crystallized. However, some users with the same problem have said they have not used their time for exercise.

The accumulated dirt inside the Digital Crown would be the cause of the problem

Many of these users have already taken their Apple Watch the Genius Bar for review and the employees have come to the conclusion that it is not normal. While some have already started the procedure to obtain a new unit, others have discovered a homemade solution that seems to address the problem. In fact, it is recommended that an internal Apple support document.

Apparently, if we experience our Digital Crown goes something hard or is not broken, put the Apple Watch under cold tap water for 10 to 15 seconds could be the solution. This is because the cause of the problem could be mainly accumulated dust or dirt, so a simple rinse enough to remove it.

As we read on MacRumors, Apple Watch has proved perfectly waterproof, as we saw in the immersion test 15 minutes. However, not all users who have followed this method has worked for them, some say only temporarily solves and it is very annoying to have to rinse your watch every few days.

Via macrumors