Users who encounter missing GPS data and excessive battery drain issues might try unpairing and restoring their devices to fix the issue.
The release of iOS 14 and watchOS 7 brought a throng of features into compatible iPhone and Apple Watch models, though it also caused users to run into problems with their devices. Among the problems reported by users in many support forums and threads include experiencing excessive battery drain and missing GPS data on their devices. Apple support suggested that unpairing the devices and restoring from backup may fix the issues.
The issue of excessive battery drain and missing GPS data on iPhone and Apple Watch after the iOS 14 and watchOS 7 update are among the most-threaded issues on Apple forums. Some users say unpairing the devices and restoring from backup may help fix the issue. In the case of the missing GPS data issue, it appears to affect all Apple Watch models. In most of the cases, users document a workout on their apple smartwatches while leaving their iPhones at home. However, when they later check the Activity app, the only information they see is the starting point of the workout on the GPS map and nothing else.
Aside from the issue of missing GPS data on all Apple Watch models, users are also reporting excessive battery drain on their Apple Watch and iPhone, and in some cases, on both, after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7. Users complained that after downloading and installing the updates, the batteries on their Apple devices seem to drain out more quickly than before. The unofficial fix, as suggested on Apple support threads, seem to involve unpairing the devices and restoring the Apple Watch from its backup.
iOS 14 battery drain issues?
️Do you have an Apple Watch paired w/ your iPhone?
It may require resetting BOTH, says Apple.
️Backup to iCloud first! — Matt Swider (@mattswider) October 1, 2020
According to forum user, Jack Taylor, he was able to resolve both issues of excessive battery drain and missing GPS data on iPhone and Apple Watch after the iOS 14 and watchOS 7 update by unpairing and restoring the devices. Taylor said that he simply unpaired and repaired his Apple Watch with his iPhone and both issues immediately resolved themselves. Many forum users report adopting the unofficial fix as suggested and also reported that it did resolve the issue.
Facing same issue of battery drain after #iOS14 . Around wen battery is at 40-50% phone will switch off n wen we switch it on....battery is at 0%. Facing big problem. — ANIL PAHWA (@AAnilpahwa) October 2, 2020
While the suggested fix of unpairing and restoring the devices came from some forum users themselves, it appears that Apple has adopted the advice as to the official fix to the problem of excessive battery drain and missing GPS data on iPhone and Apple Watch after the iOS 14 and watchOS 7 update. In a recently published support document with the title "If you're missing Workout GPS routes or Health data after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7," Apple wrote that users may experience the issues after downloading and installing iOS 14 and watchOS 7 updates. The company then suggested unpairing the Apple Watch and iPhone, as well as wiping both devices then restoring from backup.
