Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

Hey F_E_C_V - in my case after the watch and phone restore, all workouts showed afterwards and things like awards, move streak / days closing all rings etc continued without an issue once health data had fully downloaded. Under reported data (like resting energy and active energy) recorded during the impact of the bug remained however.

I have same issue with all the latest software updates for watch series 5 and iPhone XR, my routes are not being mapped using workouts. Weird thing is my wife’s iPhone 11 and watch series 5 has not been affected. Starting to think it’s an XR problem?

It’s not an XR problem, it’s not even a watchOS 7 problem, it’s an iOS 14 problem. This problem did not exist prior to iOS 14. This problem affects users of Apple Watch version 2 through 6. Apple Watch series 2 doesn’t support watchOS 7, yet the problem still exists.

I talked with Apple this afternoon about this and they had me un-pair from my X (14.0.1) and then re-pair my S5 (7.0.1) watch. After that I went for a walk to see if things changed and it actually tracked my route. First time since Wednesday that a route was visible.

I’m also having this problem! I was hoping the latest update would fix this but I’m still having this issue. It only records my start location on the map and nothing else. I can’t just erase and restore my phone because of security measures at work and working from home. I unpaired and repaired my watch with no solution. Any other solutions?

All previous fitness data was already there. Yesterdays Walk recorded the full path. Todays walk did not.

All previous Activity Data is still available. Only tracking data missing is from the Sep 19 (when I upgraded) to now (except yesterday's after the re-pair), but all the workouts over that time still have the distance, heart rate etc, just not the tracking maps.

Un-pair/reset/re-pair my watch to my phone corrected the issue for me for all runs post the re-pairing. The GPS data is now recorded and uploads to Strava. Previous runs without GPS data still do not have GPS data.

Just did a full data wipe and reload from icloud (on iPhone 11 Pro, S4 Watch). The activity that I'd recorded since updating to 11.01 and 7.01 now shows GPS. All GPS data is still missing from previous runs, including the week or so before the update when I had iOS 11 and 7. It simply shows the starting point like we are all seeing. Weird. And bummer.

Recording the run via the strava watch app is recording map data again for me. Still contributes to my exercise and move rings. Then allowing strava to write and automatically send all data to health has them showing up as workouts in my fitness/activity app on my phone. Not ideal but a temporary fix to try while many of us wait for Apple to send out a proper fix - hope this helps someone

You could have saved yourself a lot of work and worry by just using the Strava app on the watch instead. It 100% still records route data, I've moved over to using it after my 1st 2 runs failed.

Just as a note I don't normal use Apple's Workout app to record runs. I use iSmoothRun as it allows me to upload the data anywhere, gets recorded by Apple as an activity and has great voice feedback during runs. Unfortunately it refuses to install on my S6 Watch running watchOS 7.

I’m having the same issue. I have unpaired and repaired as née Apple Watch, done all of the activity calibrations recommended, etc. and no luck. I do not have the strava app either so I def think it’s an iOS issue. This is the number one reason I bought my watch, I want my data correct for my runs!

I have the exact same issues since the last update, my fitness app and health app no longer sync my workouts don’t show up on my app anymore. I have unpaired and paired my watch twice I have done resets on both my watch and phone and still nothing. All happened since the update!

Just a brief update: using the Strava complication on my Apple Watch for a morning walk today allowed for the route data to sync to the Strava app, just not to Fitness. So it would appear the issue exists with the sync between Apple Watch Workouts -> Fitness.

This is absolutely no problem of Strava or any other fitness app. Problem is in Apple Watch and Exercise app on iPhone. As you will see in Exercise app, there is no recorded route at all, only start point. Strava and other app just get rare data from Health app. In this case there is missing route data. Hope Apple will fix it soon. For example combination iPhone X and AW4 is working correctly for me. But my wife has iPhone XR with AW5 and she is missing routes. All devices are with latest iOS and WatchOS.

Add me to the list, iPhone 11 (iOS 14.0.1) and Apple Watch Series 4 (watchOS 7.0.1).

Last two workouts have only the starting point on the map.

Haven't tried any workaround so far, it's obvious that it's a problem that Apple has to solve.

Too many people here with the same issue...