Fitness app not working with iPhone on iOS 14 and Apple Watch

I have the exact same problem - even the route of my previous workouts display only the starting location. It seems to be a bigger SW problem, since other users are reporting this as well...

I‘ve tried unpairing / re-pairing, resetting / restoring (AW + iPhone) and setting up as new ( AW + iPhone) - nothing seems to work.

I guess we need to wait until Apple fixes this issue with a future SW update.

In the meantime we need to address this issue in a single community thread - this one has the most replies so far (please follow up there):

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251806066

I had this issue too and unpaired the Apple Watch with the hope that the restore would fix this. Now I am stuck because during the set up the Watch app on the iPhone freezes and then exits. So I am now left with an Apple Watch I cannot use :-(

Yes, I am having a similar issue. An entire workout completely disappeared. Also, I am having issues with the activity data matching up with my health app data, I understand sometimes it is a little off, but it seems as if it is just not syncing all the data over. I am missing exercise minutes and active energy quite substantially. Tried to turn on and off and unpair and repair but nothing changed.

Unpairing and repairing did not work. I also get reminders every few minutes to update my Apple Watch, which I am unable to do. In addition, my battery wears down in 4-5 hours with minimal use of the phone. It’s the new SE, so not an old model.

This is good I wasn't aware of the latest update so just doing it to see whether it cures the Activity GPS problem. My friends in Apple don't think that Apple will resolve the Activity problem quickly so I am not holding out much hope. Will let you know how I go.

I agree. Apple has been awfully quite. Neither of the 2 Swedish guys I’ve talked to on chat/phone had heard of the massive issues with the 14.0 and 7.0 combo.

strange thing is that all new watches are sold with 7.0.

what a “great” way to introduce new customers to the Apple family.

One of my Colleagues in the USA always gives me grief about doing OS updates quickly he always waits a few months before he does any updates, perhaps I will be joining him in the future. This has been my worst experience since moving to Apple on all my devices in the 1990's. I suppose we have must understand that devices are so complex and powerful these days that things will probably go wrong but its not something we should just accept as the norm in my opinion.

Still no go with my new SE and my series 2 watch after iOS 14 update. When I misplace my phone, pinging it doesn’t work either . Some text messages come through on my watch, but many don’t. The watch app is stuck on this screen. I think my watch is too old to update, so tapping continue update is worthless. My only other option is to exit and reset watch, which I don’t want to do because I think I will lose all my data.

I’m having the same issues - entire activity history has gone, app wont sync with my watch etc. I can’t update my watch, or unpair/repair to try and solve it as when I open the watch app on my phone it also freezes. Can’t Restore factory settings to start again without losing everything on my phone iTunes won’t allow me to back up for some reason.

Completely at a loss on this and my local Apple store is temporarily closed for now so they can’t help 😩 ... any suggestions?

I am so glad this is not just me , i restored my watch/unpaired my watch & Iphone and ended up losing all of my previous workouts over the last 2 months even though it was backed up.

There is still no change , it shows on my activity circle but doesn't show the workout as a separate activity.

Any other ideas ?

I tried many "solutions" mentioned in this thread, but to no avail. I find it interesting how different things worked for different people.

However, the steps listed by bnrugby worked like a charm for me! Not sure if the network reset was the part that made it work, but it also solved another problem that I was having with wifi on my iPhone, so that's a bonus.

Thanks for the help!

Hello,

i am having the same issue. My fitness app is not receiving data from my watch to my phone. My health app lost all my health history and does not load in the Settings app.

i have iPhone 11 and Apple Watch series 1.

never had a problem till iOS 14.

thanks

Fitness app stopped working on iPhone yesterday all other rings registered except exercise, watch seems to be registering but not syncing, turned off and on unpaired and paired is anyone else still have I g these problems?

Yep! My watch reckoned i did 328mins of exercise despite me only doing my usual 30 minute run. Also meant my move is several times higher than it should be. Still not worked out the problem but now my records are unbeatable because I’ll never manage that amount of exercise again 🤣

It´s the same for me. (Series 3 Os7, Iphone 6s ios14)

Activity app and Heart Rate app doesn´t work..