Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

I did a transfer from my iPhone 11 Pro to my 12 Pro and that didn't fix things. But I didn't do a restore from iCloud. Does anyone know the technical difference between the two?

Also - has anyone tried setting up their phone as a new device? Does that solve the problem? If you do that, do you lose all your Health data? You keep Photos etc. because those are shared over many devices, but Health is only on the phone (and watch), right?

Also - has more than one person had luck with the iOS 14.2 Beta fixing this?

Since updating to 14.1 none of my workouts now show up, the numbers are there on the day of the workout but then disappear the following day.

Didn't think Apple could mess Fitness any more than it was under 14.0 and 14.1 but congratulations Apple you have done it ...... 😡😡😡

I would also like to add - since the full back up, reset and restore, any photos and videos I've taken with any other brand of phone has disappeared. These photos and videos have my son who passed away within the last two months. This is beyond egregious. I so done with this ****. Eff apple.

I have tried this twice by backing up to and restoring from a Mac (Finder, as you mention above) and it does not fix the problem. I do not have enough room in iCloud to back up 200+ GB of my phone and I would certainly rather not sign up for more just to use it to fix a bug between Apple's devices. Do you think that Apple's solution absolutely requires you to back up to/restore from iCloud? It seems to me that restoring from a local backup on a Mac, as I have done, would accomplish the same thing.

Final update. Problem has been solved for two weeks now. Bought and now wear the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro for all my activities and works perfectly.

The AW6 was returned, unopened, and my 5 remains now a backup if I fancy a change.

Kinda surprised Apple never asked why I was returning a 1000 pound watch unopened but we are just 78 pages of customers....

Roll on 14.2 and I hope it solves all your/our concerns.

Ps - pic taken with an iPhone 12 Pro - I’m not a total luddite!

Did someone buy a brandnew Applewatch series 6 recently, and used it for an outdoor workout? Is gps working correctly? Are routes shown on iPhone?

I don’t feel like changing my series 2 with the the known gps-problem if a brandnew Applewatch won’t work. Else it’s going to be Garmin... :(

Anyone?

You are completely right, what a letdown apple. Especially since the watch wants to be a serious medical device. Its not possible to back up the data ourselves (i never liked this), then they mess it all up with an update.

But still, i have not lost all faith. The data might still be there, just not loading. Maybe the changed something about the way GPS data is saved.

Thanks for the info! So it does what the fix already did, just without the whole reset procedure.

If all of the previous GPS data is actually lost forever, I can't say how disappointed I will be. Apple, this is your last chance. If I can't trust you to safely handle my data, I just can't be using your stuff anymore.

We live and learn, thank God for MapMyRun, much better, my workouts from 3 and 4 years ago are still there when I went back to the app.

Fool me once ....... as the saying goes

One for the Lessons Learned file

Not everyone on this forum is Apple only, I'm sure that I'm not alone in this.

I have an Android phone, a Windows laptop as well as Apple products iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and iMac.

No perfect system IMHO so I use a variety, all have good and bad points.

Hello moderator. Since iOS 14.1 didn’t fix this bug, any information on when we might expect a fix? I much prefer using the built in workout app for walks. It is more accurate than Strava. Btw Strava on the S2 watch does record a GPS trace for rides but not for walks.

I am hoping there will be others who are still on 13.7 or earlier that upgrade to 14.2 and tell us everything (past runs/walks/rides/data) is there, and that all new exercises are also captured correctly. I’m really worried for those who went to 14.0 and 14.1 that the data still won’t be there after the upgrade to 14.2, but for those on 13.x??? I’m crossing my fingers and waiting to hear.

Would be good advice to anyone on 13.7 DON'T UPDATE TO 14.2 YET until it's crystal clear all is restored.

Give it a few days at least and check out the comments here

If possible back up your workouts to Strava app or similar

UPDATE:

Maps only go back to 5th October for some reason, after that for a number of days only a map with start Pin, some earlier than that don't even have a map so not too hopeful for older ones being restored.

At this stage it has had 3 hours to restore maps,

Health app seems to have more accurate numbers now when I checked them against the Steps app.

Prior to the update they were only reporting approx 60% of steps so that at least is a plus for this update.

The jury is out on the issue of the maps, watch this space!!!

I will post again tomorrow if any more maps appear

Hi

In a previous post a user said that they got all their workouts maps back.

I said I only got the ones to 5th October back, ones before that didn't have the routes and many had no map whatsoever.

I have advised anyone on 13.7 stay on it until users report they have got ALL route maps back.

Im glad I went back to MapMyWalk app which always have the maps NOT in Fitness but in its own app. It syncs all details apart from route maps to Fitness though. É.g distance, heart rate etc

Sorry for any confusion 👍