Apple is offering free Apple Watch repairs to fix Power Reserve charging issue Some Apple Watch Series 5 owners have noticed an issue with charging their devices. Image: Jun Sato / WireImage 2021-02-16 01:15:29 UTC Apple is offering free repairs to Apple Watch owners whose devices won't charge after being put in Power Reserve mode. In a post on Monday, Apple noted that some Apple Watch Series 5 and SE models running watchOS 7.2 or 7.3 have been stubbornly refusing to charge after being put in Power Reserve mode. Power Reserve mode strips the Apple Watch down to its bare bones in order to save battery, disabling almost all its features and only displaying the time when its side button is pressed.