Shake to Shuffle

[pinklovealways]

Hi Kids -

Just wondering if anyone else is having problems with their shake to shuffle - mine is set on but doesn't matter how hard I shake my phone - it will not shuffle! Starting to drive me crazy cause each time i want to go forward a song - I have to exit out of the app I'm in and then enter ipod to move forward and then go back into that app.

Any solutions???
nikki

 

[colmaclean]

Apparently it only works if you've got the iPod app open when you perform the shake.

It won't work if playing music while the phone's locked.

 

[ozzyman500]

I turned mine off. You literally have to shake it hard to change.

 

[Blueline29]

Mine was the opposite (well, within the iPod app)--if I hit even the slightest bump in the road while using my iPhone on the TransDock, it'd shuffle. It seemed hypersensitive or something. I turned it off for that reason. It's just as easy to hit "skip."

 

[pinklovealways]

good looking out - how weird that shake to shuffle ONLY works if you are in the ipod app - that is so silly!!!

the reason i want to use shake to shuffle is so i can shuffle the music while in another app...

does this not make sense to anyone else - or am I crazy???

 

[Small White Car]

each time i want to go forward a song - I have to exit out of the app I'm in and then enter ipod to move forward and then go back into that app.

No you don't.

Double-click the home button while music is playing and you'll get iPod controls on top of your current app.

If that doesn't work go to SETTINGS > GENERAL > HOME and then make sure that "iPod Controls" are switched to "ON."

 

[colmaclean]

Double-click the home button while music is playing and you'll get iPod controls on top of your current app.

Nice one - double-click and shake to shuffle. Even works when locked.

 

[tboooe]

I have mine turned off because it was too sensitive. I normally listen to music only when I am working out or running. It just got too annoying when the iphone would shuffle when I wouldnt want it to.

 

[pinklovealways]

good looking out small white car!

 

[Small White Car]

good looking out small white car!

Thank colmaclean too! I was suggesting it because it gives you a 'next' button.

I had no idea shake-to-shuffle worked on that screen until he pointed it out!

 

[curly14]

Nice one - double-click and shake to shuffle. Even works when locked.

Good find man

 

[SFStateStudent]

Yup, shake to shuffle has never been a problem for me once I got the settings setup. Before, it was so sensitive that it would switch songs while I was walking. Took me about one hour to figure out how to change the settings.....

 

[-aggie-]

I turned mine off. You literally have to shake it hard to change.

That's been my experience as well. Others are saying it's too sensitive. I wish mine was somewhere in the middle.