My shuffle pauses for no reason

While running with my IPod Shuffle on, it suddenly pauses for no apparent reason. At first it only happened once or twice during my run, but this weekend it happened about every 3-4 minutes. It's very frustrating. Any suggestions?

Have you double checked to make sure the headphones are plugged in all the way, meaning the white part of the headset is flush with the body of the Shuffle?
Do you have your iPod in a case to help prevent it from contacting into contact with too much moisture during your runs? It doesn't take a whole lot to trigger the Shuffle into doing wacky things.
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HELP! iPod Shuffle Pauses for no reason!

Ive had my iPod shuffle around 6 months and around a week ago it randomly started pausing frequently half way through songs without my command. It just suddenly has outbursts of pausing and keeps pausing and as soon as I press play it pauses again until finally i give up and switch it off.
Ive tried updating it and charging it fully but no luck.
Anyone know whats wrong? Is the battery dying?
Please Help.
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It might be a dirty headphone socket. The iPod shuffle will enter pause if it detects that the headphone plug has been removed and I suspect that if the contacts becomes defective or dirty it could cause symptoms like you describe.
I'd try a series of rapid insertions and removals of the headphone plug to see if that might clean the switch or contacts. Also, I'm pretty certain that earlier versions of the shuffle firmware didn't have this headphone auto pause feature so if you could find a copy of the old firmware that might fix your problem.

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I have a new ipod nano and just started using it with a JBL brand external speaker system. Sometimes it will pause for no reason. I can manually get it to start again by using the ipod controls or the remote that came with the speakers. Usually after a few minutes, if left alone, it will come back to life on its own and start playing wherever it left off. If I do pause it myself, it will usually start playing again on its own after a few minutes, meaning that sometimes it's really hard to turn it off for good.
I thought the cat was messing with the remote at first, but the last few times I watched it happen without anyone touching anything. I tried resetting the ipod, but I haven't noticed any changes. Any ideas?

Since your issue started when you started the JBL system, contact their customer support department.

Music keeps pausing for no reason...

Hi all,
My iPod Shuffle is acting really strangely. Whenever I start listening to a track, after about 30 seconds, it just pauses. No reason, no touching of any button... it just stops.
I press play again and it picks up from where I left off.
I've just restored the device and re-synced, but it's still happening. Do you think the device itself is messed up and I'll need a new one? Don't really know what else to do.

I've been experiencing the same problem, and I am using third party speakers.
Is this a known problem?

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Hi,
I am frustrated with a major issue with my iPhone 4S.
Recently, when I listen to music on the iPhone it pauses repeateldy with no reason. It happens every 1-1.5 minute and on every track I tried in my library. This is not specific to HOW I am listening to music. It happens when I am on Apple's headphones, Beats headphone, iPhone speaker, car bluetooth...etc. I turned music Sound Check and Shake to Shuffle OFF as was suggested in other threads, but didn't help the issue.
The same thing started happening on the same device while watching YouTube videos! So, the video will be playing (and is fully downloaded, so it is not a buffer issue), and then it would pause! I have to click play to get it to play.
The phone was functioning normally just a week ago.
I feel it is a hardware issue relating to some kind of static, but this thing happens even when the phone is on a table with no one touching it.
PLEASE HELP APPLE! It seems like it is a known issue but can't get around to resolving it.
thanks,

Hi,
This is a user to user message board, therefore if you want to address Apple, you probably should go on www.apple.com/support/.
However, it may (or may not) be a problem like something that makes the phone believe you are pressing pause on the remote. Try to clean the jack connector (obviously not with any kind of liquid)

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My iPod keeps pausing during a song for no apparent reason. is this related to my earphones? They are plugged in. Perhaps the headphone jack?

this is one of two problems:
1) your headphones are causing the ipods headphone jack to think that the headphones are out, therefore pausing.
2)there is a defective part in your ipod's headphone jack.
i would try using somebody elses earphones for a while to see if it is your earphones that are causing the problem.

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Hello,
Indeed, nothing that pauses to be seen on the timeline. Could you check if the action on entering this slide is set to Continue? That is about the only possible reason I can think of.
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Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup
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This is where the compliments stop.
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2.) It seems to "lose communication" with my high-end Sandisk micro-sd card (that has no other problems when used in my smartphone.)
3.) The battery life could be a lot better - you will charge it every day, even with minimal use.
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BUSTED, VERIZON!
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At the end of the day, ANY DEVICE THAT IS GOING TO SWITCH FROM A WI-FI NETWORK TO MOBILE DATA, FOR ANY REASON, SHOULD TELL YOU IT'S GOING TO SWITCH, AND LET YOU DECIDE TO ALLOW THAT CHANGE OR NOT, especially when there is NO REASON for the device to switch in the first place. In the same household are my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and husband's Galaxy S5. They never exhibit this behavior, and yes, we use internet on our phones at home rather frequently.
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my ipod shuffle is fully charged and for no reason, while im listening to it the song cuts off and the battery status flashes red!- so i switched it off and on and pressed the battery status and it was green! and also while im listening to songs the song cuts out for about 5 seconds and then comes back on- its doing this alot now and its really annoying- what shall i do?

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I got an ipad for christmas and i love it but for some reason i cant play all my songs. i can play 2-3 out of like 200 or something. i have tryed everything i know to and i figure ill ask online b4 going to a store. Also everytime i select one it shuffles and plays the same song. Its driving me crazyyyyy!!!1

Have you tried quitting the Music App completely and then reboot the iPad?
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