Are workout maps gone in iOS 14? I used to be able to view a map of bike rides, walks, etc. in previous versions of iOS. It was one of my absolute favorite features in the Fitness app!
Please tell me it isn’t so! I would be so disappointed 🥺
iPhone 11 Pro
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:
What have I done?
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):
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.
Well I'm giving it another go, following this to the letter. I have a feeling it'll just be a waste of time, but let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Currently erasing the phone... will post with an update later.
I had interrupted the Sleep setup because I realized I sleep all weird anyway, so who cares. :D
Meanwhile I'm halfway through applying apple's "fix" and I'm wondering if I haven't messed it up — it's still restoring apps and I already went to restore the watch, which asked me for my basic health data (height, weight, desired calories...). Turns out that the Health data hasn't been downloaded yet: if I open the Health app on the phone, I get "Downloading Health Data". Same for the Activity app: "Restoring Activity data from iCloud".
You'd think it's downloaded first as it's a system thing, but apparently random apps have priority.
The watch just completed setting up and Activity there shows all zero, as if I just started the day.
I wonder if my health data will be correctly merged when it's finally downloaded, or if it'll just compound the mess.
I've been an Apple user since 2001... their stuff is absolutely great when "it just works", but when something starts going wrong it's a disaster.
All apps are restored and most of activity data is merged, however the fitness app still displays “restoring activity data from iCloud”, and I am missing all the monthly challenges (including the one that had showed up for October at midnight), and most of the general ones too. Not sure how much longer it will take or what else I can do to force it to finish.
I can see the map icon on all workouts but they all show the start pin. Before the restore the map didn’t show up at all.
Thanks, I have a bad feeling that it's not sorted out for me then, as my watch still does not show up as a data source for routes. I finally got my awards back (minus the limited edition ones) by rebooting the phone, but I haven't had a chance to try an outdoor workout yet. It may still show up the moment I try to create one, so fingers crossed...
I did the sleep setup. My husband did not do the sleep update and has had no issues. My husband only has 1.5 years of data. Could it be users with more data are the ones with issues. I started with series 1.
I did the sleep setup. I’ve had no issues with this but my wife was hit by it. We have the same watch (5) and same phone. One difference between us is she had an Apple Watch before this one and this is my first. So I have no pre watch 5 data and she does. Don’t know if this contributes.
Weird, after reinstalling everything from scratch (according to the last Apple instructions) and validated that the pre-IOS14 routes were not recovered and just the ones between installation of IOS-14 and update to AppleWatch-7 were shown ok.
But after a while, 40-50 minutes I realized that the old route maps were there, maybe Fitness was still doing some recovery when I checked the 1st time....
But now, 5 hours after, I checked again and the old routes are maps with just the starting point. ???????!!!!!!!??????
14.0.1 iOS and 7.0.1, running on an iPhone 11 and an Apple Watch Series 6 (but I’ve also experienced the issue with an old Serie 0 WatchOS 5 as well, which makes me think that iOS14 is the guilty one).
Along with all the problems discussed in this thread, I too have the problem with the watch unable to unlock my Mac. Apple is aware of the problem and I went through support and they said the bug should be fixed in an update. We shall see!
I had the unlock issue as well, and changing the passcode on the Watch fixed it. There's also a more convoluted solution (which in my case did not work this time, but did when I first tried unpairing the watch a week ago) can be found here.
Since I did the procedure yesterday highlighted in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865. My watch is giving me abnormal heart rates for my cycling and not for my brisk walk. Today AVG of 160 bpm and a MAX of 206 bpm compared to before the procedure for the same route of AVG 98 bpm and MAX of 108 bpm. Yesterday right after the procedure AVG 127 bpm and MAX 207 bpm.
Anyone else cycling seeing results like these?
I was having this problem until I followed the procedure below. I just completed a ride and did two segments. Both tracked a map and did everything correctly. Prior to this my watch was not showing up under workouts->workout route data sources. After completing the procedure it did. When I followed the procedure I waited until all of the health data was restored to the iPhone before re-pairing the watch.
Totally ridiculous that a fix has not come out yet that doesn’t involve a total wipe!..Isn’t apple supposed to be pro
health and that is the main reason for an Apple watch???...I already know people that were on the fence to buy an apple watch have gone another direction because of thus fiasco ..!...customer satisfaction speaks volumes!
OMG you've got to be kidding. No one outside of the computer industry has ever done a back-up and erase without severe losses and other irritating consequences. IS that really the best Apple can do? Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave over this kind of thing. Perfectionism DOES have a place -- try harder, Apple!
How many people actually go back and stare at workout maps from days, weeks, months or years ago? How many people do a different route each day? Cmon people, let’s keep it in perspective. So you lose some maps you never look at. Big deal. Yes it’s annoying g it didn’t work smoothly but really it isn’t a big deal surely???
Workout maps gone in iOS 14?
