Interesting. That wasn't even an option for me when I was trying to get my data to show up. I guess trying that first would be the best bet though since it is the easiest.
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Apple Once Again Allowing HealthKit-Capable Apps in iOS App Store
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Interesting. That wasn't even an option for me when I was trying to get my data to show up. I guess trying that first would be the best bet though since it is the easiest.
Yes, that seems to be the general solution to all problems nowadays. Reminds me of the 90s. "What? You got a problem with Windows? Reinstall it! Yes, this and this and that will be wiped afterwards, but at least that one little problem will be fixed."
I'd actually hope Apple will fix this in iOS 8.0.3 as opposed to really expecting the users to go through a settings reset whenever Apple messes something up.
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That option doesn't exist for me.
Yes, the flights climbed and walking + running distance were erased when I went from 8.0 to 8.0.2 this morning.
From what we know, Watch will measure heart rate, steps, and elevation. Most people seem to take their phone with them most places anyway, but Watch will certainly be more accurate with steps, as well as frequently monitoring your heart rate.
These are only two of ~60 data types managed by HealthKit though. There are already many health apps (and devices) keeping track of important information. Sharing this data with Health and other apps via HealthKit will be very useful even without the watch.
It didn't record my rides, either. I have Cyclemeter on my phone and am hoping for integration with that app.
Whoops, I managed to get the display for the steps back by messing with the "Share data" settings. I have FitPort installed, and I moved "Health" below Fitport in the share data settings, then back up and voila, the steps data is displayed correctly again - though not really consistently. Sometimes when I go to the dashboard, it is not there, but after going to the "Day" view and back to the "Week" view, it appears.
<Friendly Wording>One could get the impression that the Health app contains a few inaccuracies.</Friendly Wording>
<Inner Monologue>Buggy dungpile!</Inner Monologue>
<Friendly Wording>One could get the impression that the Health app contains a few inaccuracies.</Friendly Wording>
<Inner Monologue>Buggy dungpile!</Inner Monologue>
There's no option to add iPhone but I went to that screen, "Edit", "Done", then went back, "Show all data", scrolled down a little, "Edit", "Done", "Back", and the information had returned. One of the above things fixed it
...basically just screw around with everything.After this the data intermittently disappeared on the dashboard. Double tap and closing the app seems to have fixed this.
If a data type doesn't have iPhone/Health listed in Share Data then it isn't tracked automatically. e.g., cycling.
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We've discovered better/less annoying ways of fixing it! Don't follow #55!
What's the better/less annoying way? I'd like to go back and edit my previous post if there is another solution.
MyFitnessPal does exactly this. I'm always surprised at the shear number of items in their database. I haven't found a barcode yet that isn't recognized, along with foods at every pretty much every restaurant I've been to.
I'm not 100% sure, but playing around with the "Share Data" page seems to have something to do with it. Don't encourage people to reset their iPhones and lose a lot of information!
Unfortunately my steps data is now fine so I can't test this, but I believe this may work:
Go to Steps, Share Data, and tap Edit. Change the order of iPhone/Health and tap Done.
Again, I'm not 100% sure. I fixed it after doing this and a few other things—essentially screwing around and looking at the various pages, from Show All Data to Share Data.
It didn't register any of my elevator rides as stairs. Health did miss one of my flights though. It also didn't register two shorter flights (as one or two) with a landing of sorts in-between.
It has to use something more than that. I use a chair lift at home, so my body is going up one flight of stairs at walking pace without climbing them myself. It never registers me as having climbed stairs. I'm kind of impressed with that, TBH.
I'm confused!
Does Apple's health app do anything at all by itself without 3rd party apps? Does it even track steps without a 3rd party app?
1. Quite a lot, in fact.
2. Yes.
Keeping in mind that it's not really supposed to do all that much without third-party apps.
Does Apple's health app do anything at all by itself without 3rd party apps? Does it even track steps without a 3rd party app?
I just found out today that on the iPhone 5S and greater, it does track steps by itself (you need to go to Health Data > Fitness > Steps and enable "Show on Dashboard). You can also use it to generate the Medical ID that is accessible from your lock screen.
It's a throwback to those cool things from the 70's that you'd assemble in your garage.
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/
You need to swipe left-to-right (so the passcode prompt appears), then tap "Emergency", then tap "Medical ID".
The medical ID is a great addition. I hope emergency medical providers get hip to it.
(Especially since I don't really remember phone numbers)
(Especially since I don't really remember phone numbers)