Since yesterday my elevation is completely gone. First of all it was stuck to a location I’ve been before. After I arrived home I noticed this and restarted my phone and my watch and since then I only get two dashed. I try every restart, location services are on. This is super annoying. I got the watch for 2(!) days.
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Same problem for me, it was there when I first setup my watch series 6 last week. I also have the issue where the last three years of GPS map data from my Series 2 watch in all my work out walks and cycle rides have disappeared, I’ve done the reset and restore work around three times and they’re still not there. I hope the next release appears soon and fixes this and my data reappears along with the elevation 🤬
Hey okay so I have some interesting news. My elevation data is back. The bad news is it’s totally wrong it should be 59m not 257m Now the really interesting thing here is a suspect it will start to return to normal as the air pressure returns to around 1013mb it has been 850mb we have had some very lousy weather since this weirdness began. The watch is still getting correct elevation data if you ask Siri. So that means the sensor is fine. It looks like the compass app is missing a few lines of code to correct this issue. Basically it needs to reference it’s altitude from someplace most likely the GPS. But it looks like it’s not referencing and defaulting to a default pressure setting at sea level. If the weather changes and it’s using the barometric sensor your height will change. (Pilots have to calibrate the altimeter throughout a flight) the watch is no different it’s just Apple probably do it by checking against the GPS altitude periodically.
Hello, the good news is your watch most likely isn’t broken. It’s definitely a bug, your currently going through a air pressure drop in the weather. Probably below 850mb of pressure. The sensor simply isn’t calibrating in the app. (It’s a bug you won’t fix it) The good news is it will definitely come back as the weather improves and the pressure returns. The sensor isn’t broken you can ask Siri for your elevation and it will be correct.
I am sure it will be rectified in a coming update.
it will come back!
if you want to understand pressure have a look in to “pressure QNH” on the web it might help put your mind at ease.
Hope that helps.
just give it time I know it’s annoying but it will just come back as fast as it stopped.
No elevation on Apple Watch 6
