Workout maps gone in iOS 14?

Since I updated to iOS14 (iPhone 11 Pro Max) and WatchOS 7 (Watch Series 4), the day it was released, I've experienced the following issues:

• iPhone heats up continously
• iPhone battery doesn't even last 7-8 hours
• All Health data is completely inaccurate, e.g. if I've completed a 45 min run, which is accurate on my watch, it displays ~15 mins in the Health app, all calories, steps, exercise minutes, miles walked etc complete inaccurate throughout the entire day
• Fitness app - all historical maps and Outdoor runs/walks are missing, since 2015, including the weather data
• Not all workouts sync to the app (however, with Friends sharing, they can see the workout on my profile, but it's not synced in the app). Also, for workouts that do sync, any outdoor activity does not record the map route and it only displays a green pin on the location where the workout was started.

What have I done?

• On Saturday, I unpaired and then re-paired my Apple Watch - this did not fix the issue or make it worse, it was just the same.

What's the fix (may not fix it for everyone):

I've now fixed this, this is what I've done (there is no risk to this, providing that you have backed up your iPhone via iCloud or iTunes/Finder):

• Backup your phone - iCloud/iTunes/Finder - whatever you use
• Download the iOS14 IPSW file for your phone model (don't factory reset, as you want a clean install of iOS14): https://wccftech.com/how-to/how-to-clean-install-ios-14-and-ipados-14-final-version/
• Connect your iPhone to your PC or Mac
• Launch iTunes / Finder and click iPhone folder.
• Click the 'Restore iPhone' button while holding down the left Option key (Mac) or the left Shift key (Windows).
• Select the iOS 14 / iPadOS 14 IPSW file you downloaded
• Let this cleanly install iOS14 on your phone - it will take ~30-45 mins or so
• Restore from backup - iCloud or iTunes (iCloud takes 1-4 hours depending on how much data you have stored in the cloud)
• Re-pair your watch
• Go to sleep
• Wake up the next day

All my historical Outdoor run/hike/walk maps have reappeared. Any workouts since the iOS14 update does not appear and the 5-7 days Health data is all a mess for when I was experiencing the problem. Maps and routes are now being displayed in Fitness and the workouts are syncing. The Health data is all accurate and in sync. The phone is no longer heating up and the battery is back to normal - 93% since 6am!

I agree with people that we shouldn't have to do all this as Apple have completely messed this up - this is a bug and a serious issue with their Health and Fitness integration. I don't have the patience to wait for the fix, as it will take weeks (in my opinion) and I just want my Health and Fitness all back to normal. The biggest issue was the battery life and the phone heating up.

It's up to you all if you want to do this - do it in the evening, or whenever you've got time, there is no risk as long as you've backed up your phone.

Hi guys,

Good news, the release note of 14.2 update is out and it looks like it includes a fix for the issue :

iOS 14.2

iOS 14.2 includes the following improvements for your iPhone:

• Over 100 new emoji, including animals, food, faces, household objects, musical instruments, gender-inclusive emoji, and more
• Eight new wallpapers in both light and dark mode versions
• Magnifier can detect people nearby, and report their distance using the LiDAR sensor included in iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max
• Support for iPhone 12 Leather Sleeve with MagSafe
• Optimized battery charging for AirPods to slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your AirPods spends fully charged
• Headphone audio level notifications to alert you when audio level could impact your hearing
• New AirPlay controls to stream entertainment throughout your home
• Intercom support with HomePod and HomePod mini using iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and CarPlay
• Ability to connect HomePod to Apple TV 4K for stereo, surround sound, and Dolby Atmos audio
• Option to provide statistics about Exposure Notifications, without identifying you, to participating Public Health Authorities

This release also fixes the following issues:

• Apps could be out of order on the Home Screen dock
• Camera viewfinder may appear black when launched
• The keyboard on the Lock Screen could miss touches when trying to enter the passcode
• Reminders could default to times in the past
• Photos widget may not display content
• Weather widget could display the high temperature in Celsius when set to Fahrenheit
• Next-hour precipitation chart description in Weather could incorrectly indicate when precipitation stops
• Voice Memos recordings are interrupted by incoming calls
• The screen could be black during Netflix video playback
• Apple Cash could fail to send or receive money when asked via Siri
• Apple Watch app may unexpectedly close when opened
• Workout GPS routes or Health data are prevented from syncing between Apple Watch and iPhone for some users
• Audio is incorrectly labeled as "Not Playing” in the CarPlay Dashboard
• Devices could be prevented from charging wirelessly -Exposure Notifications is disabled when restoring iPhone from iCloud Backup or transferring data to a new iPhone using iPhone Migration

Settings

Privacy

Location Services

Apple Watch Workouts

changed to Never and exited

then changed back to While using the app

Looking at all activities prior to the upgrade all show the maps. The activity post changing the settings also shows the map.

I'm using iPhone X and Apple Watch 5 and was having this same problem after upgrading to iOS14 watchOS7. Had the following symptoms:

• Previous workouts missing maps
• New workouts not recording GPS route, only starting location
• New workouts pushed to Strava without GPS information
• Standing Hours graphs missing bars (and I assume other graphs)

I resolved it by backing up my phone to my mac then restoring by following this guide: https://wccftech.com/how-to/how-to-clean-install-ios-14-and-ipados-14-final-version/

In the last step I restored from my previous backup.

That fixed the problem and restored all previous workouts and maps. The only workouts not having maps were two that I did after the upgrade and before the restore. New workouts are now recording GPS information correctly and therefore getting sent correctly to Strava.

The backup and restore took less than an hour. It then took a few hours to download and re-install my apps and re-sync previous workouts dating back to April 2020. Not sure exactly how long as I left it do do its thing overnight and it was all good in the morning.

Hope that helps someone.

I did unpair and re-pair, erase content on watch, fresh os14 install on phone none worked. The one thing that worked to get my workout maps to show up on fitness app was erase all content and settings. This might still not work for some still though.

1. Unpair watch
2. make an icloud backup
3. erase all content and settings on your phone
4. restore phone from icloud backup
5. pair watch

Previous workout routes still does not show for me. I was not sure this worked when i went on my morning run so i still used strava app for my run. But i did my walking cooldown thru the AW fitness app. Did not even know it worked until i synced my strava run and tried the import my walk from AW to strava which was not working at all since upgrading to IOS 14 and to my surprise it was able to import and the map route showed up on strava! Hope this works for some of you.

As per Apple, I unpaired my watch and paired it again. The maps work now for new workouts. The old workout maps don’t get fixed. Still only shows a pin.

But at least all new workouts are mapped again. So if you want this fixed, unpaid the watch, re-pair and I restored from backup. It fixed everything.

it's not gone, just takes longer to load on first time depending on wifi/cell connection speed. wait for several seconds and it appears together with weather info.

on second time maps appears instantly.

just checked on my iPhone X and ios 14.2.

Read: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

A fresh install of iOS 14 on my iPhone XS worked for me.

All my old workouts have now a map with my route and all new workouts have a route too, instead of one pin. Plus both workouts from this morning got synced between my watch and my phone. Also my iPhone does not become hot anymore.

At first i made a full backup on my Mac over USB. Then i idownloaded the IPSW file for my iPhone and installed it.

At the end i resterored all my data from the backup.

Been testing to unpair and pairing the AW but still workout route not showing . last data for workout route in the health apps was Sept 18. all newer workout routes never being imported to health app.

then Apple release the KB https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865 on Sept 30.

Did the recommendation to un-pair AW series 2 (WatchOS 6.2.8) , make sure backed-up. Backup iphone7 to icloud , erase all setting and reboot (ios 14). restore iphone (ios14). Once completed then pair the AW , restore to latest backup.

Run with AW workout apps, now the workout route is showing both in Health App and Fitness app. But all my old Workout routes prior ios14 upgrade (Sept 18) all GONE ........ only todays (Oct 2) showing.

Been following this for a month and did not want to mess with erasing my phone. I have done that before and it took forever to build back my icloud photo library.

Decided to just unpair watch series 3/iPhone X and i did restore from watch backup. All maps from before ios14 remain and were unaffected.

The workouts after ios14 install still only have the map with the start point, so those were not restored or fixed.

I just did a workout and now my workout map is back working. Wish i would have unpaired a month ago. What a pain.

I have iPhone 7 Plus on ios 14.1 and Apple Watch 3 on watchos 7.0.3 and had been experiencing the same lost maps since upgrading to ios 14. Was about to pull the nuclear option and do a full restore but saw that ios 14.2 had this problem in the release notes. I enrolled in the beta program and installed ios 14.2 with high hopes. Good and bad news. The good news is that maps are again being logged for workouts. It also restored 2 maps from outdoor runs I had from the past week, but beyond a week the maps still showed only the starting pin and older runs didn't show a map at all.

Also, the new run from today got the "chart unavailable" message for the heart rate chart which I would get on occasion over the past 2 months of ios 14 as well. I have seen others with this heart rate complaint in this thread, but I think it is less prevalent of an issue.

So it would seem that ios 14.2 saved me from having to reformat and restored the new workout maps to a functional state. Not sure about the history or if it is just gone. Really disappointing because I choose Apple because their products just work (relative to competitors). It is especially disappointing due to the marketing hype for the watches and new fitness app...how do you not get the programming right?

Apple finally confirmed the bug.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

I had the same after updating to ios14 and watch iOS 7

no map on Outdoor Walk in fitness app

I tried toggling all of the relevant location settings off and on again then recorded another outdoor walk and the map shows for the second walk but does not appear for the first walk

This would suggest that some settings are being corrupted on upgrade rather than a full blown bug

I had the exact same problem. My phone was also getting hot and draining battery as was my Apple Watch. I ended up restoring my iPhone and Apple watch completely and the problem is now sorted. All the map data was missing from historical workouts, but is now back after doing the restore.