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AbSoluTc

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I restored my phone, direct. Unpaired my watched and repaired. All went fine. However all Apple Watch awards are gone. Is this a bug?
 
I had exactly the same problem with my 13 Pro.

Do you have a pending update for iOS 15? After installation all my awards are now back. (Although it might be coincidence).

EDIT: Although I have realised, my badges from limited edition challenges are still missing. :-(
 
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I had the same issue for me and my wife.
I was able to get all of my awards back, including limited edition awards.

I rebooted both both the iPhone and the watch and waited, while connected to power. Checked about 5 minutes later and everything was there. I think after setting up a new device, pairing the watch, and restoring from backup, there is still a lot of information that needs to be downloaded and synced from iCloud.

For my wife, we are still trying different ways to get them back. She is missing all awards, unfortunately.

Update: all awards came back, including limited edition awards. Looks like it just needed some extra time to sync with iCloud.
 
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Funny, in my case after upgrading to iPhone 13 mini, awards are gone in iPhone but still present at the watch...
 
I had exactly the same problem with my 13 Pro.

Do you have a pending update for iOS 15? After installation all my awards are now back. (Although it might be coincidence).

EDIT: Although I have realised, my badges from limited edition challenges are still missing. :-(
Did you manage to get your limited edition awards back? Just setup my 13 today and it’s the only thing missing.
 
All of mine came back after a couple of hours. I think it just needed to re-sync with iCloud.
 
Did you manage to get your limited edition awards back? Just setup my 13 today and it’s the only thing missing.
Yes they did.

I was sure they were gone for good but they suddenly appeared about a week or two later.
 
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