Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

Was just about to buy another watch - but no intention of doing if this is level of customer care. Casually losing years of my data and not even a peep of an email/message advising how to solve this issue. Hopeless

Are any of you having the problem with Apple Maps, Google Maps, etc. the dot freezing in place when enabling a training session? As soon as I start a workout my GPS dot stops updating and remains in the start location in all the apps with a map, both on my iPhone 12PM and Series 6 GPS.

If I paus or stop the workout the dot catches up and GPS works normally.

I also have the problem with workout map not updating correctly, after a workout the map shows me crossing a lake and other strange stuff.

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I have the same problem. I walk for an hour but get about 20 training minutes. Have any of you put on power save mode for watch? Think my problems started when I turned on power save mode. Has turned off power saving mode and I feel that it is not turned off.

somebody knows if Apple engineering have fixed the problem? Cause it’s May 2021 and the issue is still there!

I’ve already unpaired my IPhone 11 and Iwatch serie 5, restarted etc...but nothing, only one session on 5 works. Today May the 3rd 2021I’ve run (I had also my IPhone with me) and I cannot see the map of the route but all the data are there (km, time, pace etc.). Is this acceptable for Apple !?

Hi all, does anyone know of there is a fix for this? I had been using the Workout app successfully for the last couple months, then suddenly, last weekend the Workout app stopped tracking route information. Any replies are appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, last time with airplane mode it worked, unfortunately today not!

this problem has to be solved by Apple! But to force Apple to do something the only thing is to be many. I think they listen only if many people are complaining, otherwise this issue would be solved already (it’s since September 2020 that somebody posted this problem).

Somebody knows where on Twitter or other “place” is better to put our request for a solution of this annoying problem?

I contacted apple about this before I knew of this thread. I got a personal genius that called me twice and we reset my phone, reset my apple watch multiple times without success. We were exchanging emails for a few weeks. I then found this thread and sent it to him along with some other info i found, after that I can’t get a reply lol. They obviously couldn’t care less.

next time I’ll buy another watch. I thinking about Garmin. The old one I had it was basic but I could see the map and the laps correctly!

now they have a lot of new interesting models and with the money of an Iwatch you can have a really good one!

Oddly enough, the day after I posted my comment to this thread (Sunday, May 15), these capabilities started working again. I was able to see both the map of my workout and the corresponding "Cardio Fitness" data in my phone's Health app. Crazy how inconsistent this has been!

Hey Runfa, tired of the neverending gps-mess on my Apple Watch, I bought the Garmin Fenix sapphire about 7 months ago. What a joy! Biking, running, rowing, swimming, hiking, **** even mowing the lawn, it all goes smooth and fast. And correct. No gps delays… And it connects immediately with all sport apps (Strava, runkeeper, MapMyRun) without any fuss. And with a 2 weeks battery! Even though I AM an Apple-fan, I never touched my Apple Watch again. The Fenix is on my wrist almost 24/7. You won’t regret the purchase ;-)

Reviving this thread as I just upgraded to iPhone 12 and purchased the watch se. The fitness app on my phone synced for 2 days from my watch then just stopped. I’ve tried everything aside from factory resets which I would really like to avoid. Praying to the Apple deity for a fix on the next update.

It’s more than 1 year that the problem exists and Apple is doing apparently nothing…now they advertise the new Iwatch7 without having solve the problem!

I think we should have a refund, given that the device is not working as they advertise ;-)

This article is more about conserving battery life. Aside from that, it also is a non-starter if one uses the Apple Watch when swimming because turning off the GPS on the watch renders the tracking part inoperable and useless.

After last uppdates (Watch 8.0 iPhone x iOS15)…

… still issues with the Fitness app, pulse measurement does not work at all, anymore. Nor does condition (VO2-max). Made all the proposed changes. Really annoying.

🤯🙃🧐

Beyond fed up with this and disappointed to read the updates haven’t fixed it. Is it happening on newer models too?

I’ve just done the Manchester half, strangely low pace numbers to start and low and behold, HealthFit shows it took over an hour to get GPS lock. That’s despite me bringing my iPhone out with me this time to try and mitigate it