thread Re: when i hit the square app it comes back and it says "failed to load squqare point of sale in Hardware Setup & Troubleshooting

Failed to load square terminal

Heraldale — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:25:39 GMT

My new square terminal worked fine when I was setting it up but now, the very second time I've ever turn it on, it's saying failed to load square terminal. What do I do?

Re: Failed to load square terminal

kellyj — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:49:03 GMT

@Heraldale

Oh no! Sorry you are having this issue. I've escalated your case to our Customer Success team to reach out to you. They can help you troubleshoot this further.

Re: Failed to load square terminal

Jrambo — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:35:28 GMT

My terminal worked fine at home. This is only the 2nd time being turned in, and the first time using it, and I am getting g the message “failed to load square terminal.” Help!

Re: Failed to load square terminal

nika — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:05:51 GMT

@Jrambo Sorry the Terminal is giving you some trouble!

These Terminal troubleshooting steps usually do the trick. That message you're seeing is most likely due to a network issue. So make sure that you're connection is strong.

If you continue to see that "failed to load" message, please reach out to our CS team!

Customer service

mbolick1 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 21:04:16 GMT

I just purchased a new terminal, and each time I go to turn it on it comes on briefly and then says powering down. I have charged the terminal, and it is on WiFi. Anyone else experience this or have advice?

Re: Customer service

JustinC — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:32:28 GMT

Hmm, sounds glitchy. Sorry your Terminal is behaving this way, @mbolick1

I'd try a factory reset by holding down the power button on the side for about 40 secs. This will force your device to shut down and essentially act as a hard reset. Not to worry though - your information won't be lost since it's saved on our servers but you'll need to reconfigure your device settings.

Once it boots back up, set up your Terminal as if you're turning it on for the first time and see if it's still acting funny. Keep me updated!

when i hit the square app it comes back and it says "failed to load squqare point of sale

MV13 — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:32:54 GMT

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Re: when i hit the square app it comes back and it says "failed to load squqare point of sale

Joe — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:04:41 GMT

Hi there, @MV13 👋 Thanks for reaching out to us here on the Seller Community and letting us know! So sorry for the trouble here.

I've gone ahead and merged your post with a similar thread of Sellers who also experienced this issue. You should be able to find all relevant troubleshooting steps here.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Why does our terminal keep going into Offline Mode?

generalstorepr — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:37:40 GMT

Our internet is not dropping out. We have two terminals, purchased at the same time, one to use at each register. Only one of them is having this issue. They're about 1 year old. It's very inefficient right now, and we're anticipating a busy weekend in the store.

Re: Why does our terminal keep going into Offline Mode?

JustinC — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:38:19 GMT

Hey there - either the software is not up to date (Settings > General > About Terminal) or a factory reset is in order.

Let us know if you still need help with this.

@generalstorepr

Terminal crash

EUPHORIA — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:46:05 GMT

Square terminal has become slow and less responsive to taps and crashes intermittently after the “new look” update.

I tried doing a factory reset but no luck. Also have fully updated. Software 4.22.0032. Firmware 3.20.49

anyone else having this issue? Is there a fix?

Re: Terminal crash

JustinC — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:28:26 GMT

Next step is to contact the Hardware Team to extensively troubleshoot since basic troubleshooting didn't help.

@EUPHORIA

Re: Failed to load square terminal

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Re: Failed to load square terminal

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new terminal stuck on "Powered by square"

mariehasaface — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:42:16 GMT

I just got a new square terminal. I charged it to 100% and powered it on

I connected to wifi, used the code to connect it, and then it goes to "powered by square"

I've tried a restart and a factory reset, but it does the same thing every time.

restarting brings it back to the powered by square screen.

I left it alone to see if it needed to update or take its time the first time connecting, but it's been on the powered by square screen for 4 hours

How do I get it to connect? or is it faulty and need to be returned?

Re: new terminal stuck on "Powered by square"

_Violet — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:50:40 GMT

Hi @mariehasaface - I'm sorry to hear that this issue has brought you to the Seller Community! 😥

I went ahead and merged your post to an existing thread where other Square Sellers have discussed similar issues with their Square Terminals. We merge duplicate conversations together to keep like comments in one place, and to make it easier for others to find the thread in the future.

Since you haven't seen any improvement after performing the factory reset on your Terminal, the next step would be to contact our Support Team. They can file a support ticket so our engineers can investigate this further and determine whether or not a replacement Terminal would resolve this for you 🙂 If you haven't already, please reach out directly by logging into your Square account and heading here.

Re: Failed to load square terminal

Litmus — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:34:58 GMT

The reason the terminal is stuck on "Powered by Square" is because it is paired to your mobile device. It's SUPPOSED to say Powered by Square, its 100% normal.

What you need to do is NOT pair it to your phone. On your computer, go to: https://squareup.com/dashboard/business/devices

and on the right side click "Add Point of Sale" and this will generate a code for you to use in the terminal setting. Once the device is connected to the computer the POS screen will display on the terminal.

You're welcome and good luck!

Re: Failed to load square terminal

electriclemon — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 19:28:59 GMT

So after yesterdays square outage today we go to start back up and now our terminal won't work. When you send to the terminal from the square app the terminal goes to the square loading screen then just goes back to the white square and "powered by square" logo. Have reset everything multiple times, reconnected multiple times and even did a factory reset. Still nothing.

Re: Failed to load square terminal

humanoidtyphoon — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 02:56:56 GMT

Im having the same issues and this did not solve for me. Using the link you provided and adding the terminal as a point of sale from a computer still replicated the 'frozen at black Powered By Square' screen. I have tried Factory reset twice, device software is up to date. Cannot get the device to respond beyond Powered By Square if using a device code. I can log in directly to the Terminal and access menus if signed in directly to the terminal, but that doesnt allow it to be my customer-facing display and it will not show any Display settings under Hardware>Display to utilize the updated backgrounds feature, a main point on why I purchased this device over another tap reader. Any further suggestion?

Re: Failed to load square terminal

RobynR — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:34:50 GMT

Hello @humanoidtyphoon & @electriclemon,

I'm sorry that trouble has brought you to the Seller Community.

Some of this does sound off, but it's difficult to pinpoint what may be happening without looking at your account with you.

If you are still encountering the message on your Square Terminal, the quickest resolution is to contact our team directly. The most effective method is by phone, as our team can assess your account with you and assist in making real-time adjustments.

If you haven't done so already, kindly reach out by phone by logging into your Square account and visiting here.

I hope this information helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.