Shake to shuffle plays automatically

if the current song you're listening to is paused and you "shake to shuffle" it auto plays the shuffled song
the real issue is that when you put it down IE dropping it on the table or such, it will begin playing with out you knowing, likely draining battery while not in use

You can turn off shake-to-shuffle under Settings.

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I collect music and have a large library, very large, I have to constantly look for tracks to delete when I sync my two 160GB iPod classics, which hold around 18,350 songs currently. Using iTunes match on 64GB iPad and 32GB iPhone, which are at 20,628 songs and 20,572 songs respectively, including most of the deleted tracks which are still on iTunes match, although I'm not sure why the numbers are different. At least three fourths of the tracks are iTunes downloads, the majority of the rest are from my CD and vinyl library and can't be found at iTunes. Because of the size of the library, I do look for songs to delete from the library whenever I synch new music mad as you might have guessed, I buy a lot of music - all the charted Billboard records and emphasis album tracks, and then some, such as 12 inch mixes and various variations and have most of the records listed in the various Joel Whitburn Billboard reference books for Pop, R&B, Country, Dance, Rock, and basically all the formats and genres that compose the bulk of the tracks on the Hot 100.
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Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks.

Did you select them to sync to your iphone?
Did you sync your iphone?
What did you try?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

TS3474 My iPod shuffle operation isn't working and keeps playing the same tune! The shake to shuffle is turned off. Any ideas? Thanks!

My iPod nano has suddenly stopped shuffling tunes and just repeats the same track. The shake to shuffle is off - any ideas? Thanks!

It sounds like the repeat setting has been enabled. See page 21 of your iPod's User Guide for instructions on turning it off.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_6thgen_User_Guide.pdf
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Can't Turn Of "shake to shuffle"!!!! iTouch 2G iOS 4.2.1

I feel I have a very unique problem, I can't turn off the Shake to Shuffle mode (I'm going to call it S2S.) Before you say it, I know HOW to turn it off, but it won't actually let me. Actually, I can't change any of the settings in the "music" tab under settings. I change it and play around with other settings, then check back before exiting the settings app and it's the way I set it up. However, after I exit out of the settings and then immediately go back in, everything under the "music" tab is set back to default.
I've tried everything short of a full restore, simply because I JUST put my music on and I don't wanna go through that again! lol I've done the power+home button reset several times and tried to see if there were software updates, etc. Nothings worked!
Usually wouldn't be a big deal, but it always shuffles during my favorite songs. Also, the music player has been randomly stopping in the middle of a song. Not pausing, but stopping, as in there is no "now playing" but it happens on something like song 50 out of 1500, so its not like it was the end of the album...
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Shake to shuffle doesnt work

Is apple ever going to fix shake to shuffle.

I decided to download the manual and this is what it says:
Shaking is also disabled when the Hold switch is in the HOLD position, or if the display
is off. If iPod nano is off, you can’t turn it on by shaking it.
The Remedy might be to disable energy saver mode.
The correct implementation to this should be that in energy save mode, while playing music, the nano can be shaken to shuffle the song, leaving the screen on, without a button press.
This would help to increase battery life while changing songs unless you want the screen to come on while shaking(another available option which could be under an energy save sub menu). Just a suggestion to apple.

Shake to shuffle doesn't work within Playlists

I have just bought the new 8gb Nano, and i love it. But one thing is driving me mad. When i am playing songs within a playlist and then shake to shuffle, it goes back to my entire library of songs.
My questions are therefore:
Why doesn't it shuffle the playlist, when i shake?
Is this a bug?
Do Apple intend to do anything about this?

Use this link. They can't reply back to you but it says on the website that they read every comment:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodnano.html

Can;t get the 'Shake to Shuffle' feature to work

I bought a new 16gig blue ipod nano yesterday and its all going good except for two things.
Firstly- I cant get the 'Shake to Shuffle' feature to work. I will shake my ipod around like mad when im in shuffle mode but nothing happens!
and Secondly- I cant get the genius to work on my ipod. When im playing a song I hold down the middle button and 'Add to On The Go, Browse Album, Browse Artist and Cancel' all come up but no genius! I do not have an itunes account because I do not have a Credit Card so i cant work it on my itunes either- is that why it wont work on my ipod?
If some would could please help me out it would be much appreciated.
Thankyou.

1) Make sure Shake-to-shuffle is turned on in the Settings option of the iPod.
2) Genius won't work if you haven't activated it in iTunes. You don't have to give a credit card to get an account, a debit will do just fine.
In any case, here's a link to create an account without providing bank card details:
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/create-an-itunes-account-without-a-credit-card /

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Perhaps somebody else has figured it out, but I haven't been able to on my 7G Nano. Not without putting each podcast into a separate playlist and then syncing those playlists over to your Nano. Some people like that it continues to the next podcast automatically where as others like that it stops after each episode.
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Shake and shuffle not working (nano 5th gen)?

Hi all,
First time to forum and first Ipod. My shake and shuffle works perfectly for the first few minutes after pushing a button then it wouldn't work again until I've push a button again (the nano seems to go into sleep mode even though music is playing). I've checked all my settings and even tried it with the power management off. Is this normal? If I have to push a button I might as well push the skip button. Its not making sense to me. BTW I did reboot the ipod.
Thanks
Paul

I upgraded yesterday and Shake to Shuffle isn't even in my settings let alone works. Does anybody know anything about this? The rest of the upgrade with the exception of the Copy and Paste feature are working exactly as they should.

When I enable shake to shuffle and shake my ipod (5th gen) nothing happens.

When I turn on shake to shuffle and then shake my ipod, nothing happens

Is a playlist of songs playing when you shake?
After shaking are you waiting for the playing song to end to hear what is playing next?
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- 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. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Shake to shuffle

Why does this only work on ipod play page?
When it's in sleep mode, it does not shuffle.
Any reason? or coming up update?
Am i the only one who doesn't have push notification application?
Why? Why? Why?

You can shake to shuffle from anywhere if you double click the home button to bring up the music controls.
The push notifications in settings show up once you have an app that supports them and you accept to receive them when you start up the app for the first time.

Shake to shuffle within a playlist?

Hey i am wondering if anybody knows if it it possible to use the shake feature to shuffle to a different song in the current play list I am playing instead of the entire library of music on my Ipod?
Thanks for the help!

Well, I'm pretty sure you can't Shake to shuffle within a playlist, but you can go to settings, then click shuffle (until it says: Shuffle Songs) then you play the first song in your playlist and it shuffles the rest of your songs. Sorry if thats not what your looking for. Hope it helps if it is though.

Shake to Shuffle problem

Tried researching this online and couldn't find anything.
I have my iPhone set on "shake to shuffle"... and when I shake it, it plays the shuffle sound, and then repeats it, and shuts the iPod off on my phone and stops playing music.
Anyone know of a way to remedy this? Thanks

Well, the problem went away for a while.... now it's back.
I shake to shuffle to another song.... it shuffles, makes the shuffle sound twice, then exits to the home screen.
I've rebooted. I've restored. I've reset settings and still nothing.
It's getting to the point where I'd rather go back to my blackberry....Almost 2 months have past and no responses.
Frustrated..... still.

Shake to shuffle not working

i just got my ipod in the mail today, and i love it. but the shake to shuffle feature doesnt work. im going to have to go to the apple store, but the hold button is not on and the setting is not disabled - i checked the website and thats all it says. help anyone?

I decided to download the manual and this is what it says:
Shaking is also disabled when the Hold switch is in the HOLD position, or if the display
is off. If iPod nano is off, you can’t turn it on by shaking it.
The Remedy might be to disable energy saver mode.
The correct implementation to this should be that in energy save mode, while playing music, the nano can be shaken to shuffle the song, leaving the screen on, without a button press.
This would help to increase battery life while changing songs unless you want the screen to come on while shaking(another available option which could be under an energy save sub menu). Just a suggestion to apple.

Shake to shuffle sound - possible to turn it off?

When you use the "shake-to-shuffle feature", it stops playing the current song, then an annoying sound plays before it starts playing a new song.
I can't find how to turn that off, when the pod is attached to a soundsystem at a higher volume level, that shake-to-shuffle sound is really too loud. I really don't understand why they made it like that, and chose such a stupid sound...

If you use shake to shuffle, you are probably not looking at the screen, so the sound serves as acknowledgement. It's just a cute feature Apple threw in there to take advantage of the accelerometer. I don't think they wanted to make it overly complex.
You can send Apple direct feedback here.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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