The Genius Bar says my phone needs to be wiped and rebuilt from scratch. They are recommending AGAINST restoring my phone's backup for obvious reasons. It appears to me that the only way HEALTH is backed up is using the backup- no other iCloud data files. Consequently, if I transfer devices or my phone's OS becomes corrupt it appears that I lose ALL my Health data. Is this correct? Any workarounds?
Read this article
https://www.imore.com/how-save-and-back-your-health-data-apple-watch
and go down the "How to use Health Data Importer to move health data to a new iPhone" paragraph.
There seems to be an app for that!
Cheers
You would have to restore to access the data.
Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup
Thanks for insight on how to export. If I setup a device as new though will it see my old Health data in the cloud or is there a way to import the original data?
Is there a way to backup/restore Health data outside of full phone backup?
