Can't import health data to new phone?

Do you have an iTunes backup of your iPhone from before you restored it? If your iTunes backup is password protected , it will include your health data and they will be restored, if you restore your iPhone from the password protected backup.

Hi

To transfer Health and Activity data from one iPhone to another:

• Make an encrypted backup of the first iPhone.
• Restore the second iPhone from that encrypted backup.

Njchad wrote:

.. only thing I wanted to keep was my health data (specifically my apple watch activity data).

It is not possible, via the standard backup and restore process, to retain only Health and Activity data.

However, you may find the following third-party software of interest. It offers the ability to perform a selective restore that contains only Apple Watch, Health and Activity data:

https://deciphertools.com/decipher-activity-transfer.html

See my previous reply.

Have you tried to restore the iPhone as a new device to get a working system installed, and then restore the data from the backup?

It is not possible, to restore the health data selectively using the standard software of the iPhone.

You can try to read the exported XML files with Xcode, but I see no way to add these data automatically to the Health.app on your iPhone.

This tool claims to be able to convert your XML, I have not tested it however: http://ericwolter.com/projects/health-export.html

Njchad wrote:

.. I have even bought and paid for two apps which dont work ..

Did you notice the pricing for the solution that I suggested?

"Free version supports Health and Activity data."

You're welcome!

I'm glad the suggestion resolved your issue. 🙂

If you would like to send feedback or a feature request to Apple regarding the lack of built-in tools for achieving the same result, you can do so here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

I actually released an app back in early October ("Health Data Importer") that does exactly what you're asking for. It imports the XML file exported from Apple Health onto your new phone. I actually needed to do a fair amount of reverse-engineering to figure out how everything in the XML file should be read. 500 million+ (and counting) data points have been imported in aggregate by users, so I'm quite confident it would work for your needs. I know you posted this over a month ago and perhaps have moved on, but maybe someone else will find this useful.

iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/health-data-importer/id1158733998?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4 &at=1l3vbEC

Marketing page: http://lionheartsw.com/software/health-importer/

Press: https://www.macstories.net/ios/health-importer-makes-it-easy-to-move-health-data -between-iphones/, http://lifehacker.com/health-data-importer-gives-you-manual-control-over-impo-17 87771547, http://www.imore.com/how-move-your-health-data-new-iphone

Dan

Hi Dan

Thank you for sharing.

However, your app does not appear to do what the OP asked for:

Njchad wrote:

.. the only thing I wanted to keep was my health data (specifically my apple watch activity data).

Your app description suggests that it does not transfer all such data:

"Health Data Importer imports all Health data except Activity Summaries, Stand Hours, Exercise Time, and .."

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/health-data-importer/id1158733998