https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Magstripe-reader-does-not-work-with-Galaxy-S8-Square-needs-to/m-p/395967#M10774 <P>If someone has a Samsung Galaxy S8 and can use the magstripe reader, please let me know.&nbsp; Otherwise, I feel that I'm correct in saying that it's not supported even though Square claims that it is.</P><P>I spoke to Samsung support and they said that the headset jack is audio out only.&nbsp; Therefore, you can't use it as an input connection for the reader.&nbsp; I've tried all their troubleshooting ideas and 2 different magstripe readers and nothing works.&nbsp; So, Square...can you please update your website to show that the reader is not supported on an S8??</P><P>Thanks for the wasted time....you should have known this before sending out readers to S8 owners.</P> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:16:07 GMT Sapphire904 2025-09-20T10:16:07Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Magstripe-reader-does-not-work-with-Galaxy-S8-Square-needs-to/m-p/395967#M10774 <P>If someone has a Samsung Galaxy S8 and can use the magstripe reader, please let me know.&nbsp; Otherwise, I feel that I'm correct in saying that it's not supported even though Square claims that it is.</P><P>I spoke to Samsung support and they said that the headset jack is audio out only.&nbsp; Therefore, you can't use it as an input connection for the reader.&nbsp; I've tried all their troubleshooting ideas and 2 different magstripe readers and nothing works.&nbsp; So, Square...can you please update your website to show that the reader is not supported on an S8??</P><P>Thanks for the wasted time....you should have known this before sending out readers to S8 owners.</P> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:16:07 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Payments-Troubleshooting/Magstripe-reader-does-not-work-with-Galaxy-S8-Square-needs-to/m-p/395967#M10774 Sapphire904 2025-09-20T10:16:07Z