Exported health data has invalid GPX workout route files after iOS 14 update

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Exported health data has invalid GPX workout route files after iOS 14 update

After updating to iOS 14, exported health data is incorrect. The GPX files under 'applehealthexport/workout-routes' are valid but contain now coordinate data and are all exactly 438 bytes in size.

Outside of GPX data missing coordinate data, route maps are no longer shown in the Activity App for past workouts, and new workouts show a map with just the starting point of a hike. I have not tested workouts outside of hiking.

Possibly related, exporting of health data now takes 40 minutes, instead of a few minutes with the zip file size being 192MB, and a decompressed size of 6.62GB.

Under iOS 13 the zip file size was 435.8MB, and a decompressed size of 6.84GB

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 12:18 PM

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zimix Author

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Oct 1, 2020 6:29 PM in response to zimix

Going to try this.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865

So tired of Apple breaking things. How about be less arrogant and more customer first.

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zimix Author

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Oct 2, 2020 11:22 AM in response to zimix

Data for the following are missing from the export (going back to 2016):

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRateVariabilitySDNN

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierRestingHeartRate

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierVO2Max

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zimix Author

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Oct 2, 2020 12:09 PM in response to zimix

Correction, now that I've fully processed the XML file these HealthKit Quantities are missing:

HKCategoryTypeIdentifierAppleStandHour

HKCategoryTypeIdentifierAudioExposureEvent

HKCategoryTypeIdentifierHighHeartRateEvent

HKCategoryTypeIdentifierMindfulSession

HKCategoryTypeIdentifierSleepAnalysis

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierAppleExerciseTime

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierAppleStandTime

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierDistanceCycling

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierEnvironmentalAudioExposure

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierFlightsClimbed

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeadphoneAudioExposure

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRateVariabilitySDNN

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierRestingHeartRate

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStairAscentSpeed

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStairDescentSpeed

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierVO2Max

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWalkingAsymmetryPercentage

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWalkingDoubleSupportPercentage

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWalkingHeartRateAverage

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWalkingSpeed

HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWalkingStepLength

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zimix Author

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Sep 21, 2020 12:33 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I did submit the same information with sample GPX files via the Feedback Assistant which appears to be different than the link you provided. I'll go ahead and submit it via Product Feedback also. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Sep 21, 2020 12:39 PM in response to zimix

I think the more places it gets logged the better.

In one of the threads I read (sorry, can't find it right now), people tried a lot of different things with no success. There didn't seem to be any easily identifiable correlation with a particular model iPhone or Watch. Someone with the exact same configuration as I (11 Pro, Watch 4) was having the problem and I'm not.

Hopefully, it will get sorted quickly. It would drive me crazy if the maps didn't show up.

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zimix Author

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Oct 2, 2020 10:42 AM in response to zimix

After following the above instructions for 3 Apple Watches and an iPhone 11 Pro Max, new walk workouts have maps, but all of the map data is still missing for the thousands of previous workouts. Unlike before, previous workouts have a map shown in Fitness, but it includes only the starting point of the hike or walk. My Paddle Logger workouts do not show a map at all, as before.

Health data now exports on the order of a few minutes instead of hours, but the export.zip file has shrunk from 435MB to 176MB, where the 435MB file is from an export before there was an issue dated 9/13/2020. Further, the export.xml contained in the export has grown from 3.79GB to 4.57GB, but the extracted directory does not contain a workout-routes directory.

So the above solution does not work.

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zimix Author

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Oct 2, 2020 11:56 AM in response to zimix

There are no 'Workout' records in the export.xml.

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zimix Author

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Oct 2, 2020 5:00 PM in response to zimix

Spoke with tier 2 support and transmitted detailed HealthKit log data to Apple. Sitting with Apple Engineering.

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FiFiBel

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Dec 2, 2020 7:29 AM in response to zimmix

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211865 >>> Bad link ? "The page you are looking for can't be found" ... ??

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Answer 10

Sep 21, 2020 12:26 PM in response to zimix

I strongly recommend that you report this to Apple. While the lack of maps in Fitness (formerly Activity) isn't affecting everyone, it does seem to be an issue for a number of people. It may or may not be related to this and it may or may not be related to some increase it battery use for some people. Especially with bugs that don't affect large numbers of people, the more people who have the problem who do report it, the more likely it is to get attention.

You can use the feedback page:

Product Feedback - Apple

You won't get a reply but the feedback will be read and the issue logged.

You can also contact support (see the link at the top right of every page) and let them know.

Best of luck.

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Answer 11

zimix Author

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Sep 22, 2020 8:03 AM in response to lasmit

@lasmit

Health -> Summary -> Account Button (right of Summary title) -> Export All Health Data

This will generate an 'export.zip' file. The file contains a directory 'apple_health_export' under which you'll find 'workout-routes' which contains timestamped GPX files for all your workouts that have a map associated with them.

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Answer 12

berkinet

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Sep 23, 2020 12:00 PM in response to zimix

What you suggests has stopped working in iOS 14 and that is exactly the problem this thread is addressing. 'export.zip now only contains empty property lists like...

route_2016-12-14_2.09am.gpx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

</metadata>

<trk>

<name>Route 2016-12-14 2:09am</name>

</trkseg>

</trk>

</gpx>

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