thread Re: square stand tip screen freezing in Payments Troubleshooting

square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:46:17 GMT

The screen that comes up for the client to tip freezes and I have to force quit the app to get away from it. This results in a pending payment for each attempt. I have to use my phone old-school style to accept payments. This would be okay for a bit if I wasn't using my phone to stream our music. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app already. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

ashc — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:47:29 GMT

Hey @Swoodsy!

Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue with the screen freezing.

Since you've already deleted and re-installed the app- I'd recommend checking the iPad itself for an update or maybe restarting the iPad altogether.

That typically fixes any glitches with freezing like this.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

krisva — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:47:03 GMT

I'm having the same issue. Only now it says the transaction went through on my clients bank account but is not showing the transaction on the square screen. How do I get my money? I'm super frustrated...

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

JustinC — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:40:08 GMT

Hey @krisva -

If your customer sees the charge on their bank statement but you don't see it in your Dashboard, that usually means the transaction was voided. We've already sent a void notification to your customer's bank so it's their responsibly to drop any pending charges. In order to receive these funds, you'll need to reprocess the payment.

As for the frozen tip screen issues, have you exhausted app troubleshooting? Have you ran into any internet issues recently?

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:05:41 GMT

My people are seeing the charge as "pending", then it drops off. I had one customer see two of them because I tried twice. I hope someone sees this and helps us. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I hate the gamble because I don't want to tie up my client's checking account due to a glitch on my end.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:07:07 GMT

I restarted the iPad and it still happened.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:09:08 GMT

Hi, @JustinC. I started there first, and haven't noticed any other wifi issues. Even so, I may restart my wifi just in case...

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

JustinC — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:41:35 GMT

@Swoodsy

Hmm, sounds strange. Usually reinstalling the app fixes most glitchy behavior. If the restart didn't help things, I'd reach out to our Support Team so they can see what's up on the back-end.

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Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:47:24 GMT

Thank you, @JustinC .

I'll keep the thread updated in case someone else runs into this.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

alohakarrie — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 03:34:53 GMT

This is happening to me right now too. Super annoying. I've updated my device, updated the square app, reinstalled the square app and restarted the device and it's still freezing on the tip screen. The wifi in my office works perfectly since my music is hooked up to it and there's no issue with the music or my wifi on my cell phone.

Did you find a remedy for this issue @Swoodsy??

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:29:20 GMT

That issue did eventually stop, but within the last couple of months we bought the Square Register and it has shut down mid-transaction every single day (not every single transaction). I called customer service a couple of times and they sent me a new one. That one is shutting down at a different transaction point now. And it's every single day, but not every single transaction. I don't have time to keep calling customer service because we're a busy salon performing services on customers. I hope they figure something out because this is hurting my attempts to earn and keep my customer's trust.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

krisva — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:38:24 GMT

Something happened with update that turned my tip screen off. I didn’t realize this til a client told me he was not given the option to tip. I then looked back at my other clients transactions and none of them tipped either. Then I looked in settings and saw it switched to off. This lost me money. I’m very annoyed with this. Please fix this bug immediately

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

alohakarrie — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:45:18 GMT

Thanks for the response. What gives? You would think at 2021 this super popular platform would have their **bleep** together. I have a super busy massage practice and it makes me look unprofessional. The whole experience is seamless until I go to collect payment. Freaking annoying.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:48:00 GMT

This happened on our Square Register twice yesterday. We didn't know how to fix it. Both clients ran another transaction for the tip. Then it started working again on its own.

I'm wondering if Square is constantly trying new things and it's causing issues along the way??

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Swoodsy — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:51:02 GMT

I agree. I've been with Square for 5 ish years now and I've been happy with everything as a whole. It's just super annoying when this stuff happens. My business is steadily growing and I really want Square to stop glitching. Being a business owner in the service industry is stressful enough. We need collecting their money to be the easy part.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

porqueno — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:13:02 GMT

This is happening to us as well. The signature screen freezes several times a day, but not every transaction. This results in a lost payment which we have to re-run, and usually results in an additional pending payment for the customer - I know they drop off, but sometimes that takes several days and it's definitely an inconvenience. Square engineering says they're looking into this, but so far no answers. We are fully updated, have uninstalled/reinstalled the app on every device. It's happening on multiple ipads at two different locations, so it's not a wifi issue, as it started happening at both locations around the same time (during the same week, if not on the same day). We really need this fixed.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

porqueno — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:13:38 GMT

I should add that we're running Square of Restaurants on iPads.

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

sayra — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:18:49 GMT

Hello @porqueno,

Sorry to hear you continue to have issues with your customer display screen. Did you receive a case number from the team? Can we please get more details on the troubleshooting steps you have taken so far?

In the meantime, you can take a look at the Display Troubleshooting steps found in this article that may be able to help.

We will be on the lookout for your reply. Have a good day

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Organicity — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:50:05 GMT

Same issue happening to me. Screen freezes at the "approved" message. The whole device is completely stuck, no way to even back out of the app, or reach signature or tip screens. Happens almost every time, and definitely losing money from this...

Re: square stand tip screen freezing

Kassi_ — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:55:56 GMT

Hey there, @Organicity -

Have you tried any of the troubleshooting steps from above? Or are you still seeing this issue?

I will keep an eye out for your reply👀.