Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

It would seem odd that the iCloud and pc backups would be different.

It seems like Apple should be doing the leg work to figure out what is going on instead of people in the forums. Is there any confirmation that Apple is even working on a fix for this problem? Or are they just telling people to reset everything?

Has anyone found a fix ? I've reset my watch like 10 times and settings on the iPhone as well. It asks to enable route tracking every time but never actually works. I really don't wanna full-reset my phone. Has anyone had any luck so far ?

Apple should give us a dateline when they can fix this issue. It doesn't make sense ask us to unpair the watch, backup to iClouds and so on worst are eventually chances off losing all the pass activity record. Which is a terrible nightmare for us.

My backup is to my Mac so their suggestion won't work for me. I'm moving over to the Strava App, checked with their site and I can export all my data including the original uploads so I won't be losing anything.

Hello.

Yesterday I unpaired and paired again my watch to test a workaround (still have to test it) and then I realized I couldn't unlock both my iMac and MacBook PRO. It worked fine before.

So on my iMac I solved with this workaround (credit to the original poster): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251803595

Then I was about to do the same stuff on my MacBook, but I realized that if you can "unlock" continuity in some way between the Mac and the watch then the unlock option will turn on without errors. So on my MacBook I didn't follow the instructions posted in that other thread but:

• I made sure that my watch was connected to the home WiFi (go to preferences -> WiFi; this should be optional)
• I opened the calendar and my watch
• to the far left of the bottom bar on your Mac, the calendar icon, with the small watch icon on top, should appear. This proves that your Mac and your watch see each other
• after that I went to preferences -> privacy and turned on the "unlock with watch" option and this time it worked

So you can try both. I cannot say for sure that on my iMac the "tech" solution of the other thread worked or it was thank the continuity workaround, because I tried both in this same sequence.

Hope it works for you too!

About the map bug on workouts, I really don't like the idea of restoring my whole iPhone and watch (already done on my watch as a first attempt) to make a map appear. I'll gladly wait for Apple to solve it, it's a major bug. Thousands of people in this thread only. You can't make my mother, who is 70, to backup her iPhone, erase and restore it every time there is a weird bug :-)

Same issues here following software upgrade to phone and watch!

Workouts shoing on my watch but not sinking on the app when using the activity option on the phone. However I do get them when using the Strava app.

No heart rate data recording for any workouts and no route information either!

Really frustrating as my watch is on a reward scheme through Vitality Health and not recording these workouts mean i lose my monthly points!

I am having the same issue. When I try to open the activity app on my watch it loads and then turns into a black screen. My watch is also not measuring my heartrate. Has anyone figured out how to fix it?

Like everyone else here, my workouts and health app are screwy, calorie counts much lower (resting rates when on charger are comically low, often 5 calories in an hour), and while I can view my steps per month, everything past May for distance is gone from a monthly view but you can see the data in a day.

started with iOS 14, and not watch os 7. On an iPhone XS and Apple Watch 5. iOS 13 was problem free since I got my watch in April.

I am only using apple’s activities and not a 3rd party app.

Same thing here .. Iphone newest update and apple watch 4 series also the newest 14.1 update.. All works now except the GPS pairing so my activities app is empty which also impacting my strava.

I want my GPS back!!!

Apple come one - bring us a fix! As this is troubling a lot of people who have their daily routines.

It's good they have a solution for some people but the fact it's not fixing it for everyone means I'm not trying it.

A good question to ask Apple would be whether we are actively losing data by not performing the fix now?

I'm OK to keep logging data and not seeing it right now if they can confirm it's really there but a bug means I can't see it.

If on the other hand the situation means I'm losing data I won't ever get back then I'd be forced to try their solution.

Same issue here. Since updating phone and watch last weekend my workouts are hit and miss if they sync to the fitness app. Monday’s outdoor walk did not show up, but Tuesday’s walk did, then Wednesday did not again. The exercise minutes, steps sync but not the workouts. Disappointing. Hope Apple fixes this quickly

I’d avoid unpairing then re-pairing your Apple Watch. It’s simply frozen activity and workout apps so nothing is being tracked or recorded.

Pretty poor considering this is one Apple’s major selling points for the watch!

Same issue with my series 5 watch. So frustrated. I’ve done everything that has been suggested and still nothing.

PLEASE fix this issue. This is a big deal to athletes that use Strava and their Apple Watch.

How is it no reviewer has had this issue? Fairly sure also Tim Cook said on launch day he had just completed an activity prior to the presentation. Don’t these people use the activities app like the rest of us and then review it? My watch app on my phone says I have an aluminium 6, it’s the stainless version, well that’s what I paid for. Apple just get it fixed please!!

No bother:

Good - I run and cycle and the Strava app auto pauses on both (only pauses on a run for Apple app).

Good - Saves the map and ride without needing to import and sync (I used HealthFit as middleware to handle).

Bad - For rides does not show avg speed, for runs you have to tap the screen to switch between current and svg speed

Bad - Difficult to control music and podcasts as not in built with app like Apple Workout meaning having to operate watch screens when running going back and forth between apps

Bad (and worst) - No always on, so screen dims to just Apple time when using meaning you have to raise to show the Strava screen - a bit hairy on a bike

Picky - There are a LOT of orange icon apps on a watch, meaning I often pick the wrong one