Please let us turn off shake to undo "feature"

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Please let us turn off shake to undo "feature"

Dear Apple,
Please let us have the ability to turn off shake to undo feature on the iPhone. It is a cute feature that never gets implemented when I intend Rather, it is more of a hindrance to have to tap to get past the "Nothing to Undo" or "Undo Typing?" dialog.

Apparently, I am to shaky to type, but have enough motor control to play games and use other motion-controlled apps just fine.

Again, please let us turn off Shake to Undo on the iPhone.

Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Apple TV, iPhone 2g, 3GS, 4, iPad, iMac, Mac mini

Posted on Aug 23, 2010 6:04 AM

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Answer 1

Kwopau

Level 4

1,748 points

Aug 23, 2010 7:34 AM in response to Apple_TV_fan

I agree, the shake to undo should be disabled. As for me, I'd like to see the shake feature on the safari to either refresh the page or back feature. But really it doesn't matter to me but the shake to undo is useless.

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Answer 2

Ge0ph

Level 2

426 points

Aug 23, 2010 8:11 AM in response to Apple_TV_fan

I didn't even know this feature existed until I read this. So I thought I would try it. I really had to shake the crap out this thing to get it to work. I can't even imagine it being invoked by accident.

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Answer 3

Sep 16, 2010 5:05 PM in response to Apple_TV_fan

this is a VERY annoying part of my phone (outside of the dropped calls). it happens to me about 10 times per day. i am typing a sms, and go to put my phone down, and the 'nothing to undo' comes up!!! very annoying and i dont know why there isnt a disable for this in the setting.

this is elememtary and they should fix it. and for those it doesnt happen to...

feel grateful that you have more grace than me and the tons of other people online complaining about this.

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bandamy

Level 1

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Sep 16, 2010 5:43 PM in response to Injector

I also get it constantly. Its annoying!!

Im not rough on the phone, but I dont baby it.

Its my only complaint with the iphone4 so far, one of those things that makes you ask why they would have such a ridiculous feature on a phone.

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Answer 5

Sep 16, 2010 9:26 PM in response to bandamy

bandamy wrote:
I also get it constantly. Its annoying!!

Im not rough on the phone, but I dont baby it.

Its my only complaint with the iphone4 so far, one of those things that makes you ask why they would have such a ridiculous feature on a phone.

Occasionally Apple gets too cute for it's own good. Once you get over the "gee I can shake my phone" factor there's nothing particularly useful about it.

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davemuld

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Apr 15, 2011 2:26 PM in response to Apple_TV_fan

I'm in the camp of "message constantly comes up." In fact, I sometimes get this annoying message upwards of 20 times while trying to compose a text message, no matter how gently I try to hold my phone. It's almost to the point of rendering SMS unusable for me. I love everything else about my iPhone (and iMac and iPad) but have to admit I won't buy another one until this becomes a user-controlled "feature."

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Answer 7

Jan 11, 2015 5:38 AM in response to Kliffy

Kliffy wrote:

Seriously considering Jailbreaking my new iPad! Just to dissbale the Shake thing it ruined my iPad experienc!!!!

How often (and why!) do you shake your iPad hard enough to invoke that feature? You have to shake pretty hard. I've never invoked in by accident on any iOS device I've owned.

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Answer 8

Jan 11, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Kliffy

Just tested it myself. You have to shake it pretty hard to get it to pop-up, and even then there's a cancel option.

If your iPad is doing this constantly and you're not intentionally shaking it, and you don't have a disability that causes you to shake severely, then it's likely a hardware issue, not a software issue. Your device may need service or replacement, and jailbreaking won't really help the root issue.

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Kliffy

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Jan 11, 2015 6:59 AM in response to TJBUSMC1973

It happens very often with me without shaking it hard i never knew it was a feature untill today it's annoying as **** you might be OK or happy with it, But I'm not and I should be able to dissable it if i choose to, Just sent apple feedback.

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Answer 10

Jan 11, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Kliffy

Kliffy wrote:

It happens very often with me without shaking it hard i never knew it was a feature untill today it's annoying as **** you might be OK or happy with it, But I'm not and I should be able to dissable it of i choose to, Just sent apple feedback.

If it happens without you shaking it significantly, then it's either a software glitch or hardware failure with your device. Doesn't mean you need to jailbreak anything. In fact, jailbreaking voids all of your support from Apple, so I don't think it's worth it.

I'm happy with it because the feature doesn't pop-up during my normal use. If I were you, I'd do some normal troubleshooting, determine if it is hardware or not, and if it's hardware, get it serviced/replaced by Apple. But you do what you want.

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Answer 11

Jan 11, 2015 9:44 AM in response to Kliffy

Kliffy wrote:

Not hard and it happens very often.

I agree with TJ on this. There's something wrong with your iPad. I've rarely had this happen on my iPhone by accident and never had it happen on my iPad. Like TJ, I tested it and it requires pretty deliberate action. I also agree that jailbreaking your device is not necessarily going to solve anything (especially if it's a hardware issue) and it opens up your device to a whole host of other potential problems.

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Answer 12

Forumabc

Level 1

0 points

Feb 28, 2015 4:07 AM in response to Apple_TV_fan

This happens to me quite a lot. It's more annoying because the undo button is right in the middle of the screen (using an iPad sideways), which means all methods of clicking it are a bit awkward.

It can be replicated by holding the ipad at a reading angle above the duvet when you are sitting up in bed, so the bottom edge is on the duvet and the top is about a small paperclip above it. Simply let it go and fall onto the duvet. That causes the pop up every time for me.

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Answer 13

Feb 28, 2015 5:14 AM in response to Forumabc

Are you wanting technical assistance for this issue, or are you just trying to 'add your voice'?

For the first one, read this thread. There are a lot of good troubleshooting suggestions.

If you're just trying to chime in,then this isn't really the place for that. Provide feedback to Apple in the appropriate location: www.apple.com/feedback.

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