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Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

This morning I upgraded my iPhone XS Max to iOS 14 and my S4 Watch to watchOS 7. I then went for a run, using the Outdoor Run activity on my Watch as usual, holding my iPhone while I ran (as I was listening to a podcast with AirPods). When I finished, everything was recorded as normal, and I could sync the activity to Strava.


Later, I went for a walk. I used the Outdoor Walk activity on my Watch, but this time didn't take my iPhone. When I returned, and attempted to upload the activity to Strava, I received a warning that no GPS/route data was present. I checked the Fitness and Health apps, and sure enough, there was no route on the map - only the starting point.


I spoke to someone at Apple Support and they suggested I turned off/back on a couple of related privacy settings. I have since tried another Outdoor Walk activity, without the phone present, and the problem persists - no GPS/route data.


My wife also tried the same this evening, after upgrading her iPhone X and S4 Watch too. She had the same results - i.e. with just the Watch, no GPS/route information was saved with the activity.


This seems like a bug to me. Has anyone else experienced the same issue, or has any suggestions as to how to fix it?



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Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 7

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 1:24 PM

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Sep 26, 2021 7:22 AM in response to Pillow1337

excuse my bad English…

I upgraded my watch this morning… 8.0 (iOS 15 on my iPhone)

after upgrade I started a bike activity, gps recorded only the second half, so strava (which is sincronythed by HealthFit) shows me only half activity…

Fitness app show the total time and the total kilometers, but the map is not complete (about half)

??

every update is like roulette

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Oct 25, 2021 5:47 AM in response to Hageltjes

Hello to everyone,


I've an Apple Watch SE (regulary updated to watchOS 8.0.1) and still have this problem: occasionally the native app "training - outdoor bike" records everything except the tracking of the route. It doesn't record on the map the route I have done although it regularly records all the other statistics (km traveled, altitude difference, speed, etc.). The aspect that doubts me is that it doesn't always do it, it does it occasionally.


Thanks for support

Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

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