Did Apple change how the iPod shuffles?

When I first got my 120GB iPod classic, and had it in shuffle all mode, it would take the list of songs and randomize them as it played, kind of like this: Song 10, Song 54, Song 3050, Song 621, etc and it would occassionally repeat a song and what not. Which I liked, this was fine. Now, all of a sudden, it shuffles the song list first and plays them in order: Song 1, song 2, song 3, song 4, etc. Any one have idea why this does this or how I can fix it? I tried restoring my iPod and changing settings and nothing works.

Have you tried using the Genius feature? You have to turn it on in iTunes first, and the sync your iPod.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2978
For more details about using it on an iPod classic 120GB, refer to your iPod's manual.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_classic_120GBen.pdf
When a good song is playing (or by selecting a song you like on a list), press and hold the center button to create a Genius playlist. Based on the songs you have on the iPod, the iPod will create a playlist of 25 songs that go work well with that initially selected song. None of my iPods are new enough to have that feature, but I use it in iTunes all the time. It's a great way to discover songs that that are already in your library, but you have totally forgotten about. It's kind of magical. Certainly better than "flipping through 14,000+ songs" to find the song you want to play next.

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