After picking up my iPhone 3GS on Friday morning, I was listening to some music on the way home from work. I keep my iPhone (or iPod) in the car’s cupholder when it is plugged into the stereo. At some point I had to slam on brakes and suddenly heard a funny beeping noise, and something happened to the music. At first I was a little worried that something was wrong with my new iPhone, but I quickly remembered one of the new “features” of iPhone OS 3.0 – Shake to Shuffle.
Seems like a cool idea. But in practice it can be quite annoying. Jogging with shake to shuffle is certainly going to provide an interesting, if not frustrating mix. Luckily Apple provided a fairly easy way to turn off the feature.
- From the home screen, go to Settings.
- Scroll down in settings and select “iPod”
- The top option in the iPod settings menu is “Shake to Shuffle.” Tap the slider to turn it off.
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