Q: My iPod touch won't stop shuffling songs since latest update (10/2015)
Ever since the latest update (9/2015) my iPod Touch will not play songs in order. Since I've never enable the shuffle option (and I'm the only user of this device) I can't fathom why it has changed of its own volition. I've tried the fix listed quite a few years ago, i.e.
How do I turn shuffle off on iPod touch?
plus assorted advice from other sites/YouTube but nothing has worked. The shuffle icon is not highlighted in any color (blue, grey) and I can't even chose a song to play on a particular album unless it is somehow slotted into a random shuffle order that includes everything currently on my iPod Touch.
Please note this is NOT, NOT, NOT a Shake To Shuffle problem as I've never used that rather silly (IMHO) option either.
If it is relevant, I got this device at the lovely Grand Central Station store just under two years ago. The last time it was plugged into my iMac, where all our albums are held, was approximately six months ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just can't listen to a Brad Paisley, then A Green Day, then a Stiles & Drewe, then the Academy Of St. Martin in The Fields any more. It is doing my head/ears in.
TY
iPod touch, iOS 9.0.2
Posted on Oct 6, 2015 11:51 PM
I think i have the solution. Had same problem - didnt recall ever pressing shuffle, but could not keep songs from playing out of order.
Here's the trick i found: if you look at the first image below on the left with the smaller album cover art, you have an album view from the iphone using Music. THE SHUFFLE ICON ON THIS SCREEN DOES NOT TURN OFF SHUFFLE. If you press it, it just shuffles again. The trick that worked for me was to select the individual song in the tiny bar at the bottom. Pressing it would bring up the second screen, where the album cover is much bigger. It's on this SECOND screen that the shuffle icon can be toggled to automatically shuffle or not. If the icon at bottom is SHADED, then it is set to automatically shuffle, and will always do so. You need to turn it off from here. Worked for me at least - hope this helps.
Posted on Oct 25, 2015 9:12 AM

