Shuffle on iOS 6 - partial fail

I've got similar problems on my iphone 4s running iOS6. I can see the shuffle button but it doesn't do anything when I click it except go to the next shuffled song. It doesn't toggle on or off but seems to be stuck.

Same problem here: Both I (VZW iphone 4) and my wife (At&t iPhone 4) are having issues with the Music player repeating. Definitely a function of time as short pauses are fine. Perhaps Apple tried some battery saving trickery and its closing out programs without saving the resume point. I dont know, but want a fix please!

My issue is the opposite--I can't get it to shuffle at all! I go into a playlist, hit the shuffle option, and it replays the same song over and over, and I have to manually forward to the next song. It is so annoying I haven't figured out if it's actually shuffling or not when I manually forward. It is starting at a random song, though. And the shuffle icon no longer shows when music is playing!!! Getting really annoyed, and VERY glad I haven't updated my iPad yet!! Guess I'll just live with Pandora for awhile until Apple sends an update...

You described it quite accurate, and it's very annoying !

Come on Apple, make sure you solve this issue in iOS 6.1 😠

still no solution? try listening an audio book and having to snap a picture so u can start at the right place 😟

tmdspfl, I was having exact same problem of iPhone playing same song over and over even though it was on shuffle. I think I've fixed it (I hope!)---try this:

Get a song going in your playlist, then tap the album artwork. The litle icons should show up at the top of the album art. Make sure the Shuffle icon (little criss-cross arrows on right) are in colour, and---here was my problem---make sure the repeat arrows (on the left) are in white. Mine was in colour with a little "1" on it---I guess an indication that it was programmed to play the same song. Not sure why it went to this, as my shuffle worked fine yesterday and then got stuck today. Anyway, hope that works for you!

That's exactly what's happening to me. On my iPhone5 with ios 6.01

The shuffle just go back few tracks and repeat the same "random" sequence.

Is there any valid solution?

I'm having the same problem very annoying. Using iPhone 4S. The only things that I've noticed since the upgrade from ios5 to iOS6. No improvements for the way I use the phone. Only changes are maps are completely unusable and can't shuffle. Music starts a few songs back every single time so have to fast forward through a number of songs.

I was having exact same problem of iPhone playing same song over and over even though it was on shuffle. I think I've fixed it (I hope!)---try this:

Get a song going in your playlist, then tap the album artwork. The litle icons should show up at the top of the album art. Make sure the Shuffle icon (little criss-cross arrows on right) are in colour, and---here was my problem---make sure the repeat arrows (on the left) are in whit

This worked! Thanks!

hmm. that was my setting to begin with and i still have the problem. hopefully they fix it with the next update...

Well, I'm having the same problem too... Noticed it yesterday. Funny thing is that, like someone observed here, this shuffle reset happens after I don't listen to music for a long time, I'm guessing about a day (I'm using a iPod Touch 4gen running 6.1)

I usually listen to music in the morning on my wayt o work and then in the afternoon, coming back. During these days I didn't notice anything. Then, one day I took a taxi back home and didn't listen to my music, and in the next morning my playlist started from the exact same song from the previous day, following the same order.

Can't wait for a correction of this bug. What I'm afraid is that Apple will say that now the music app works like that, and we have to live with it. Like it did with the Photo app: had all my pictures following the filename order, and then they change it, making a full mess in my albums...

Really... Sometimes I regret that I have updated to 6.1...

Ive tried a few of the fixes suggested including: Complete wipe of phone and starting from begining. Adding playlists etc etc....

It works for a couple of days, then back....

Im on an iphone 4s. The upgrade from ios 5 to ios 6 did only 2 things. Ruined google maps and ruined shuffle for music. What a dud of an upgrade.......

Heidern wrote:

My collection of music contains some duplicate songs (appeared on multiple albums, etc.) and random shuffle will now play the same track name back to back in every possible case, even if the name is slightly different. It can happen on the same album or with different albums.

I've experienced the same thing. Meanwhile, in the desktop iTunes, I noticed that the "Display Duplicates" function no longer recognizes two instances of the same track if they are on different albums.

No one who's posted has mentioned having an iPhone 5. If this is only an issue with older hardware running the newer software, I guess Apple has no interest in a fix?