Please see attached photos. For some reason I can't enable Altimeter Harvest on my Apple Watch, and the setting is nowhere to be seen when going into Privacy > Location Services > System Services on my Iphone.
Bonus question: It's not possible to enable "Status Bar Icon" either. Just curious how to do it if I'd like to.
Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 6
Hello! I’ve just faced this problem on my series 3 and I’ve found the solution. I’ve oppened “compass” app and allowed it to use location and then you have to go to settings on your phone, Privacy->Location services-> scroll to the bottom and press System services -> Scroll down to “product improvement” and toggle on Routing & traffic. That after i’ve done that “altimeter harvest” is toggled on.
I still cannot activate status bar icon on the watch even if i have turned that on, on my phone.
Hello! I’ve just faced this problem on my series 3 and I’ve found the solution. I’ve oppened “compass” app and allowed it to use location and then you have to go to settings on your phone, Privacy->Location services-> scroll to the bottom and press System services -> Scroll down to “product improvement” and toggle on Routing & traffic. That after i’ve done that “altimeter harvest” is toggled on.
I still cannot activate status bar icon on the watch even if i have turned that on, on my phone.
Hey there JWaldenback,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. I understand you’re having issues enabling Altimeter Harvest and Start Bar Icon on your Apple Watch. I’ll be happy to help.
Make sure your iPhone and Apple Watch are both up to date:
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Restart both devices after this and then try again:
How to restart your Apple Watch
If this doesn’t help, unpair your watch and iPhone, restart your iPhone, and pair together:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
Try again after this and see if this helps.
I hope this helps.
Hi jeremy_v and thanks for you answer. I unpaired my Apple Watch and restored it from a saved backup. Unfortunately it didn't help with the settings. Must I set up the watch as a new one, instead of restoring?
Hey JWaldenback,
Thanks for going through all those steps. If these didn’t work, you may want to reach out to Apple Support using the following link before you set your Apple Watch up as new:
Take care.
Hey jeremy_v, I went through the process again. Unpaired the watch but this time set it up as a new watch altogether but the same problem persists. The Altimeter Harvest is still not enabled and it's not possible to enable either...
So I couldn’t find much about this either but I can tell you it had something to do with “Route Tracking” which I don’t think you can enable outside initial setup. My issue happened when I bought a new phone and paired my existing AW3 with my new 11 Pro Max.
to fix, I did an iCloud backup, unpaired Watch, paired Watch and first question was “Enable Route Tracking.”
problem solved.
I'm facing this exact same issue too... :(
I bought a new apple watch 5 gps less than a week ago, and paired with my iphone 11
Both apple watch 5 GPS and iphone 11 has the most up-to-date OS
I tried all these these steps and it didn't resolve the issue
If you make it work, please tell me what you did.
Does anyone else have any suggestions how to make it work? Thanks!
Thank you so much @Mnnea. That did it!
Can't enable Altimeter Harvest system service on Apple Watch
