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No elevation reading in compass or complication

pittster1970 said:
I spent a good hour or two yesterday eve. with apple support. did everything, unpaired etc. no joy. all Apple suggested was for me to send it in and they'll check it out, or take it back to store for a refund. If it's software I'd rather hold onto it, but doesn't look like this is a large issue for everybody. maybe a few duff watches? weird coincidence these issues all appeared at the same time yesterday though!
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What’s your location in the world? Most reporting so far are uk
 
I don’t know if any of you guys have the My Altitude app installed but that continues to work absolutely fine and accurately on my watch. But, I don’t know if that uses GPS data or the altimeter for its measurements.
 
No worries. I can’t type quite determine how my attitude gets its data either but looks as though it might use both GPS data and barometric pressure using the iPhone sensor. It’s not quite clear on the developers page.
 
I have the same issue. It seems like it’s software. if you ask Siri for your current elevation via the watch then it tells you. So the hardware appears to be working. Just not relaying it to the compass app or complication.
 
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nihilisticmonk said:
I have the same issue. It seems like it’s software. if you ask Siri for your current elevation via the watch then it tells you. So the hardware appears to be working. Just not relaying it to the compass app or complication.
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You’re absolutely right. Good find. Never thought about that. Mine is also correct if I ask Siri.
 
I’m using a Series 6 on 7.01 in the UK.

Checked my watch complication was showing 204m normally 60m, which I thought was strange. I then rebooted the watch and now no elevation shown.
 
It’s very strange that the wife’s works. Same phones, same watch. I do reboot things though. She does not.

I setup my watch from new and the results were the same. Most odd
 
Mercenary said:
It’s very strange that the wife’s works. Same phones, same watch. I do reboot things though. She does not.

I setup my watch from new and the results were the same. Most odd
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Are you able to check if her watch is reading accurate elevations? And also it wouldn’t surprise me if you restarted the watch that it no longer gave any readings.
 
Tech Fun said:
My altimeter stopped working yesterday, got a replacement today and this one hasn’t worked from the moment I powered it on.
Am hoping it’s the stormy weather we’ve had over the last couple days, if not maybe software.
My Altitude Watch app works so I’m thinking it shouldn’t be a hardware issue.
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How do I check if it’s working or not?
 
I noticed this yesterday on my brand new Series 6: redownloaded Compass-app, restored Apple Watch, set it up as a new device. Without any success.

The Series 6 of my partner did work, so I was wondering if it was hardware or software. When his Apple Watch went off and on he had the same issue.

We’re living in the Netherlands. I will contact Apple this afternoon.
 
well I got up this morning and put my watch on. the altimeter/elevation is now reading correctly. no idea what's going on!
 
My complication has come on just now and giving me a sensible elevation. The weather has calmed right down as well. I’m sure the two are linked (low pressure)
 
OP here. Just rebooted my watch, opened the compass app and it’s now reporting
 
Mine was the same as most peoples.... It should be 34m but started showing as 84m, then yesterday it went up to 260m so I rebooted the watch and it showed '---'
I spoke to Support and they got me to unpair and set the watch up as new (not from backup) that seems to have fixed it and it's been the correct elevation all day so far
 
give it a while or a day or two, no harm in powering it down for a few minutes
 
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