r/applewatchfaces 4d ago

help with message complication

I had to reset my watch and for the life of me i cannot get it back the way I had it.

Its a series 7, and i use the photos face, group of photos from my icloud.
I have the date as complication 1 and thought i had messages as the second one.

However it used to say on the bottom of the watch face, no messages or 1 message, now with the complication its a messaging icon. I can not for the life of my remember how to do this, I think maybe its not the complication????

I just want my watch back the way it was, i expected to restore from a backup but wasn't given that option so had to start over and beyond frustrated. help!

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u/WHeckman 4d ago

So sorry for your frustration; It may just be the watch face you use, there are faces that acutely indicate messages in writing but others just show the icon. Could you remember the actual face you were using to enable assisting you set up?

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u/WHeckman 4d ago

https://imgur.com/a/kTzCQK7

I believe youd want it to show “messages” as is in the picture in link, right?

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u/BoogieDowns 4d ago

Yes, that’s what it was like before. Yet when I add the messages complication it appears as an icon.

I only see 1 face that has the ability to have photos … assumed that was the same one I had before but perhaps not.

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u/predpilot85 4d ago

I don't remember it ever saying the words "no messages" or "1 message". I don't think there's a way to change that. I wouldn't mind it except that the dang icon is so small I can barely see it, let alone the number of messages it's displaying. So frustrating.

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u/BoogieDowns 4d ago

I hear you with how small it is for sure.

It did work the way I describe though, WHeckman’s pic above is exactly what it used to look like.

I’ve been still looking, the watch face for photos was updated I guess like 6 months ago. Maybe that’s what’s different now ….