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Q: Songs keep repeating when I shuffle a playlist

On every iPod and iPhone I've ever owned:

I open a playlist and set it to shuffle. It does. I pause a song, put the device away, and press play a few hours or days later. The device remembers what I've already played so I don't hear the same song twice until I get through all, say, 250 songs on the playlist (unless I select a different playlist, manually select a song on the playlist, or close the iTunes app on my phone). As an illustration, using my iPhone 6 (still on iOS 8.3) last month I spent a week of commuting time, about 45 minutes a day, listening through a playlist and never heard the same song twice.

 

On my iPhone 6 since updating to iOS 8.4 (12H143):

I open a playlist and set it to shuffle. It does. I pause a song, put the device away, and press play a few hours or days later. It doesn't seem to remember what it's already played, so I end up hearing the same set of about 25-30 songs (with occasional randoms thrown in) every time I pause, put it away, and press play a few hours or days later.

 

Why doesn't Music seem to remember what it's already played? Is there any way of fixing this, or working around the issue so I don't have to keep hearing the same songs on a playlist?

 

On a possibly related note, I just connected my phone to my computer, and noticed that several of the songs that keep getting repeated show up in iTunes as having never been played. Has Music/iTunes stopped counting, or is this feature just not working any longer?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 23, 2015 9:12 PM

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  • by loopdesign,

    loopdesign loopdesign Aug 26, 2015 7:26 AM in response to queue169
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    Aug 26, 2015 7:26 AM in response to queue169

    Experiencing this same issue. Have tried toggling restart, toggling REPEAT on / off. Nothing seems to work. Oddest thing about all of it is that the song replays at totally random intervals. It just restarts right in the middle of a track. Thus far my user experience with the relatively new Apple Music has been a real bummer. So unintuitive and buggy.

  • by Jarathen,

    Jarathen Jarathen Aug 27, 2015 6:08 AM in response to queue169
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    Aug 27, 2015 6:08 AM in response to queue169

    This is still an issue. I've actually gone to either Shuffling ALL music because it makes repeats less likely or just playing albums/playlists front to back because Shuffle is so broken. I accidentally left Shuffle on today when listening to an album. I pulled up the "Previous/Next" list and it had songs on the album both as played and upcoming, even though Repeat was not on.


    I hope Apple fixes Shuffle.

  • by John of Arc,

    John of Arc John of Arc Sep 10, 2015 8:01 PM in response to queue169
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    Sep 10, 2015 8:01 PM in response to queue169

    I’m having the same problem and haven’t found any solutions, I hope more people will post on here to get recognition so Apple can stop making the music section so horrible. Literally every update worsens the music and makes it less enjoyable, I wish they’d leave it alone for once and keep it the way it was. If it isn’t broken, don’t try and fix it...

  • by Sparky87,

    Sparky87 Sparky87 Sep 11, 2015 2:40 PM in response to John of Arc
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    Sep 11, 2015 2:40 PM in response to John of Arc

    this needs more attention and more people complaining about it! I totally agree that they shouldn't have changed something that worked! Apple needs to fix it now and stop screwing us over! Please spread the word and keep this thread alive so we can get this fixed!

  • by Jarathen,

    Jarathen Jarathen Sep 14, 2015 9:01 AM in response to Sparky87
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    Sep 14, 2015 9:01 AM in response to Sparky87

    As far as I can tell, there are two problems.

     

    The first is that when shuffling, whether it's all music or a playlist, the Shuffle seems to lose its place and circle back to an early point, playing songs you've already heard in an order you've already heard.

     

    The second is that Shuffle doesn't seem to care what's already been played at all. I Shuffled all Local H music and songs I'd already heard kept popping back up, as if Shuffle chose every single next song at random and didn't take note of what was already heard. It may be more random, but  true Shuffle, like in cards, doesn't repeat. It orders things randomly and then plays them consecutively without repeating them.

  • by Sparky87,

    Sparky87 Sparky87 Sep 15, 2015 7:55 AM in response to Jarathen
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    Sep 15, 2015 7:55 AM in response to Jarathen

    Jarathen you are totally right that's a great summation of our problems. However there's a third problem with this which you didn't mention and isn't really related to shuffle. It's the fact that the music doesn't pick up from where you last left off. So if you pause and walk away for say 5 hours and come back it'll restart the song and start a new rotation of the shuffle instead of continuing the song and shuffle list where it last was. So unless you're listening to music non stop your playlist will at some point get reswapped

  • by Jarathen,

    Jarathen Jarathen Sep 15, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Sparky87
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    Sep 15, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Sparky87

    Very much so. The app seems to lose your place and restart from the home page if you're away from it, or at best a song is back at zero seconds even if you're well into it.

     

    Apple Music in 8.4 and post is pretty rough.

  • by kml815,

    kml815 kml815 Sep 15, 2015 11:39 AM in response to MajorIP4
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    Sep 15, 2015 11:39 AM in response to MajorIP4

    THANK YOU!  Finally someone answered the question I had!  I normally don't see the "now playing" screen, just the screen with the play list and couldn't figure out why it kept repeating the same song over and over again after I clicked the shuffle button. 

  • by Jarathen,

    Jarathen Jarathen Sep 17, 2015 5:26 AM in response to Sparky87
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    Sep 17, 2015 5:26 AM in response to Sparky87

    I did some light shuffle testing last night and didn't encounter any of this problem. I am testing it again, more thoroughly, today.

     

    The Music app has definitely been nipped and tucked in various areas. The app definitely feels more appropriate to the feel of iOS, and I'm crossing my fingers I can properly shuffle again.

  • by LishAt,

    LishAt LishAt Sep 17, 2015 11:33 AM in response to Jarathen
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    Sep 17, 2015 11:33 AM in response to Jarathen

    It still happens. You just get lucky sometimes. I played 7 songs just now and songs #3 and #7 were the same. Ridiculous.

  • by Jarathen,

    Jarathen Jarathen Sep 17, 2015 11:36 AM in response to LishAt
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    Sep 17, 2015 11:36 AM in response to LishAt

    I ran a 45 song playlist and found it was mostly fine, but like five songs played at the end that had already played, though not in order. Now I'm playing a 100-song playlist to see what shakes out. I'd love a full fix, but at this point I'd accept improvement.

  • by LishAt,

    LishAt LishAt Sep 17, 2015 11:48 AM in response to Jarathen
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    Sep 17, 2015 11:48 AM in response to Jarathen

    The problem is sporadic, for sure. Sometimes it plays the same artist several times in a row, causing me to check my settings; the program should be smart enough to randomize the artists. There are dozens in this playlist. Whatever... First World problems. Just thought I'd add my voice to the small chorus, for what it's worth.

  • by MotoCynic,

    MotoCynic MotoCynic Sep 18, 2015 12:39 PM in response to LishAt
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    Sep 18, 2015 12:39 PM in response to LishAt

    I just wanted to add my complaint to this. It's really annoying to hear the same songs several times in a large playlist and not hear others at all. I'm actually thinking about not getting a new iphone because of this. I really hope they fix this soon (before the 6s is in stores) so I can upgrade my phone with out regrets.

  • by LishAt,

    LishAt LishAt Sep 18, 2015 12:44 PM in response to MotoCynic
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    Sep 18, 2015 12:44 PM in response to MotoCynic

    My iPad played the same song twice in a row, just now. I've been hearing good things about Samsung phones... perish the thought.

  • by MotoCynic,

    MotoCynic MotoCynic Sep 18, 2015 12:58 PM in response to LishAt
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    Sep 18, 2015 12:58 PM in response to LishAt

    My Wife just got a Galaxy S6,(and loves it) I'm holding out, but I use the music player every day for hours and it really ***** to have to listen to the same song several times... I don't know how something like this got lost in the upgrade. Seems so basic.

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