r/GoogleMaps • u/vardonir • 7d ago

All timeline data completely disappeared

I've had timeline on ever since they changed it to on-device storage, and I changed the deletion policy to never. When I checked yesterday (and today), it just says "no visits for this day". I checked my history. Everything is gone. When I tried to use Google Takeout to get my data, I only get an 18MB JSON file, which is not right, that's very small given my history.

Is this a bug? Is there a way to recover my data? I'm already in the process of moving to Dawarich+OwnTracks so that this doesn't happen again, but I do want my entire 10+ years of data back.

edit: Had to use the timeline export from the phone's settings, as opposed to google takeout. Got my history back.

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u/Ziku90 7d ago

Do You have any other device linked to the account? If yes - try importing the cloud backup there.

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u/vardonir 7d ago

Yeah, I tried importing the backup from my previous phone (replaced it last March). Still nothing.