Comments on: Stop the iPhone from skipping songs when running/walking

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:07:14 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was a simple answer, yet it was difficult for me to find…until now. I appreciate your help!!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:05:45 +0000

You’re a lifesaver!
My dog thanks you for the longer walks this will now make possible

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:47:18 +0000

Wow, thanks for this great info! Here I thought it was just the armbands, and, the fact I wasn’t spending enough money to buy one that helped curb the vibration;)

By: Pissed

Pissed — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:10:29 +0000

This feature has pissed me off for so long. Thanks for the fix. Shake to shuffle…

By: levytv

levytv — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:26:40 +0000

i had a genius bar appointment today and the genius told me it was corrupted software. the problem of skipping songs was making me totally insane. so i was getting ready to wipe the phone and go thru all that nonsense and i decided to do a good old google search for skipping songs and your site came up first. thanks so much. you saved me amazing aggravation and of course my problem still would have been there. many many blessings on you. i had no idea i had the shake to shuffle on.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:55:04 +0000

Holy crap. Thank you. I thought my iphone did this because it was broken.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:47:06 +0000

I still have the same problem of my music starting and stopping and skipping and my shuffle is off. The Voice control keeps turning on as well while I walk and it is making listening impossible! The Voice control is also off! I see I am not alone in this problem yet nobody as of yet can tell us a fix!

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:38 +0000

Let me add my heart-felt thanks. I was walking my dog for the second day in a row with my new IPhone and it was driving me nuts. My old IPhone didn’t do this.

I decided to press the sleep/wake button instead of disabling, so that I can still use the shake feature when I am setting still.

Siri keeps coming on when I answer my phone or listen to messages which is also annoying. I am going to try the sleep/wake button for that and see if that works.

Sheila, since no one else addressed your question about playing songs in alphabetical order, I will. Touching the word Shuffle turns the shuffle mode off and on.

Go to Songs. Once you are in the alphabetical Songs list, touch the word Shuffle. You will find it at very top of your songs starting with A. (If your screen is showing the individual song and you can’t see the menu at the bottom of the screen, touch the arrow in upper-left hand corner. That menu is how you change to songs if you are in Playlist, Artists or Album.)

By: Jerkstore Jimmy

Jerkstore Jimmy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:28:10 +0000

Thank you. I despise this feature but I guess it was designed in case others might like it. Easy fix (well…once you know where it is). We all *can* get along.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:14:45 +0000

Thank you!!!!! This was SO irritating when I was just walking, not even jogging.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:02:01 +0000

Many thanks. Have never had this problem during 2 years with this phone then suddenly started jumping tracks whilst walking. Both suggested methods fix the problem.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:39:16 +0000

thanks for that, now can anyone tell me hos to stop the iPod on my iPhone from just skipping from song to song instead of playing in order? I keep it is song alpha order. It has been working for months then all of a sudden it just goes from random song to random song. Driving me crazy

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:24:31 +0000

Seems like Apple should have configured this feature to be OFF, by default. Most folks don’t seem to like it.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:42:16 +0000

Indeed, thanks … I like the shake-to-shuffle when I’m in the car, or at home … but not walking, which I do every morning.

By: Lynette

Lynette — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:12:57 +0000

I have the same issue as you with the voice control activating constantly and also songs skipping, fast forwarding, and volume changing. I also have shake to shuffle turned off, so that’s not the problem. So, if you have an answer, I’d love to know because I’m planning on exchanging my phone otherwise… Thanks.