Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

I don't think so - I had the same issue running with my phone. Having said that, after updating to 14.0.1 and watchOS 7.0.1 my maps are now tracking correctly.... so fingers crossed all fine now for me.

I have exactly the same issue - I have an iPhone 11 Pro on iOS 14.0.1 and have just purchased an Apple Watch series 6 (upgraded from a series 2). I’ve had no GPS data for over a week now when using the ‘Outdoor run’ activity. This was using both my series 2 and my new series 6. There’s no gps data in the ‘Fitness’ app when I look at the workout, just a pin at my start point. When I import to Strava, there’s no data either. Very annoying as I’m due to run the virtual London marathon on Sunday and I’ll have no GPS data.

I agree, they really do need to fix this. I’m paying for strava and usually transfer my activity data over but that’s not working either..

I’m training for upcoming events and really need to be able to rely on my info.. good luck with your virtual marathon !

I'm not sure how fast they will fix this as it's not affecting everyone. I posted on a YouTube video about this, the guy had tested the Apple Watch S6 with iOS7 and he had no issues with it storing GPS data as one of the things he checked was how much better the GPS tracking seems to be on the S6.

Thank you!

I’d agree, needs fixing ASAP. Doesn’t seem to be affecting everyone - I have family members who are fine, one with exactly the same set up as me and no issues. Another with an iPhone 11 Pro and a series 2 watch with no issues.

I did running workout with Apple app and gps is not working ... Its an apple watch 5 os 7.0.1, iphone 11 pro max ios 14.0.1 .. but with strava watch app, map is recorded even if I did run without iphone... so the issue is with the Apple workout app and I hope they fix it out soon

Thanks for reporting on that, it's great news. Personally I'm going to wait for a fix but it gives us a lot of hope that no data has really been lost. (Apart from for workouts logged while this bug was causing issues.)

I've moved to using Strava for now.

One week since upgrade to 14.00 and the upgrade to 14.01 has not brought GPS back with it. I’m assuming that Apple has suspended this service for now so going to move to another gps tracking app(at cost if necessary). I doubt the Apple app will be coming back free of charge in any case.

I upgraded my XR to 14.0 then 14.0.1 and purchased a AW 6 which came with WatchOS7 then I updated it to WatchOS7.0.1. I have had all these issues with some workouts just not showing on my iPhone or in heath, data like heart rate data not showing even though it was taken during the workout, old workout routes not showing, new workout routes just showing the starting pin, etc. My iPhone is part of my companies DEP program so backing up to iCloud and restoring is not an option. I however had an XS sitting here that had all content and setting erased, and decided to restore that from my XR using the direct restore from other iPhone option during setup. Anyway after the restore the Activity app looked the same as my XR with old routes missing. So just adding to the discussion that restoring from a backup did not work in my case. To bad there is not an option to just restore my health data from iCloud to see if that works. Guess i am stuck waiting for the bug fix and loosing more and more workout data everyday as it sounds like data recorded during the bugdemic will not be fixed after the update and will be lost if Apple decides to grace us with a fix.

For those of you who have fixed the issue, do the workouts you had during the time you were affected by the bug still show after the fix? I get that route or data like heart rate may be lost, but for the activity that synced to the phone, does it at least remain after the update? I have had perfect months with all 3 rings and at least a 15 min workout everyday ever since December of 2015, so at this point its a OCD (CDO if you put the letters in the correct order) thing.

Thanks in advance.

F_E_C_V wrote:

For those of you who have fixed the issue, do the workouts you had during the time you were affected by the bug still show after the fix? I get that route or data like heart rate may be lost, but if the activity synced to the phone does it at least remain after the update? I have had perfect months with all 3 rings and at least 1 15 min workout ever since December of 2015, so at this point its a OCD (CDO if you put the letters in the correct order) thing.

Thanks in advance.

The workouts during the issue don't change - still have heart rate etc, but the GPS is still not there.

Anyone who has reset and restored from backup and is still having issues, like me, the final solution was to erase all content and settings and set up as a new phone.

when you restore from your backup you are just putting the bug right back on again potentially.

long and not ideal (lost all my downloaded music), but had most of my important Info stored in my iCloud so didn’t lose notes, texts, etc. And a lot of it is stored in your Apple ID as well.

but if you want everything truly fixed, reset to factory and do not restore (set up as new phone), also need to rest watch and re pair it.

Not sure exactly what I did that fixed issue. Things i tried, in no particular order...

Reset watch a couple of times.

Deleted 'latest' apple watch entry as Data Source from health app before re-syncing Watch Made sure there was no actual workout data associated with data source be for deleting. (iphone Health app)

Changed watch name. (Watch app)

Checked Health app privacy - permissions. (watch app and iphone settings)

Recalibrated tracking. (Watch app)

Did a t least one Strava run.

I DID NOT restore/reset iphone.

The workouts that didn't capture workout data never got GPS or Heart data back, BUT rings/stats were not lost.

Took a couple of workouts for VO2 to start calculating/recording a value.

I guess I got lucky to not loose older data.

I've updated to iOS 14.0.1 on iPhone 11 and WatchOS to 7.0.1 on Watch 3 and still no joy. I was hoping they had fixed it and forgotten to mention it in the release notes.

I've been using the Strava app on my phone, but it's a pain taking it out for runs.

Really not impressed and can't believe full resets are necessary to fix it. I had to reset my Watch to fit the WatchOS7 on in the first place, but I have not reset my phone.

I'm holding out and hoping...

since I have downloaded the latest software on both watch and phone I am finding the activity app and the health data steps are miles apart. For example, if I leave my phone at my desk and walk around at work my watch will show 10k steps, but when it syncs to health it might only register 2k steps. Has anyone else come across this issue.

Same. It’s awful. Yesterday I ran 9km and it told Strava I’d run 0.65 miles 🤷🏽‍♀️ Today I’ve completed an activity and it’s registered on my Apple Watch 5 but hasn’t even transferred it to my phone so seems to be getting worse.. absolutely fuming. I did tweet Apple and Apple support and private messages them the issues and highlighted this discussion but yet had no further response.. I’m not risking losing all my historical activity by resetting and unpairing and starting again, just praying for a bug fix soon !