thread Re: Forgotten square reader in Hardware Setup & Troubleshooting

Forgotten square reader

Omeda — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:48:24 GMT

Just arrived at an event but I've left my card reader on charge!

I know I can manually enter payments but could i possibly connect to someone else's reader and take my payments whilst they take their own?

Re: Forgotten square reader

Sam_400º — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:37:54 GMT

You’d be able to borrow someone else’s but you’d have to pair it to your device. You’d not both be able to use the same reader at the same time.

Re: Forgotten square reader

k_atie — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:22:47 GMT

Hey @Omeda ! Oh no, I'm sorry to hear this!

It would be possible to connect another person's Square Reader to take your own payments. But as @Sam_400º mentioned, it's not possible to connect two phones to one reader at the same time for payments.

An alternative would be taking manual card entry payments instead of using a reader, which might be more convenient than using someone else's Reader.