thread Re: Terminal restarts in Payments Troubleshooting

Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:11:57 GMT

We have 2 Terminals and both restart or freeze randomly during a sale? We have tried a factory reset but still happens! Terminals are 2 weeks old and software upto date, does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be? TIA

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:12:08 GMT

Hey @The_Sun_Inn, sorry to hear you are running into this! Have you been able to run through the troubleshooting steps outlined here as well?

If you have and the Terminal continues to freeze, the best thing would be to contact our Support team directly so they can investigate further and help get the diagnostic reports as well.

Re: Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:08:45 GMT

Hi @tranguyen thanks for the reply, yes I've tried the troubleshooting steps and will monitor the problem. We have also had problems with the terminals disconnecting from the 2 printers we have so I was wondering if it was a network issue, so have tried resetting the network and making sure they have enough signal strength, will see how it goes.

Re: Terminal restarts

CB2020 — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 17:38:29 GMT

We are having the same problem with our Terminal over the last 1-2 weeks. It will randomly be unable to process a payment and will require a restart during service. Sometimes more than once. My guess is the most recent software update has introduced this issue.

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:07:17 GMT

Sorry to hear this @CB2020! I know there's currently some issues with the Terminal connection to internet. If you're running into this problem, our team have advised the following troubleshooting steps that will help until we are able to fully resolve the underlying problem.

Navigate to Configure Device Settings > Network or Main Menu > Settings > Hardware > Network
Toggle off the Wi-Fi switch, and then toggle it back on
Once the Terminal is connected to the network again, restart the device immediately by holding down the power button and selecting Restart
After the Terminal is successfully connected to the network
Please try to send a Diagnostic Report immediately after reconnecting to internet. You can do so by going to Main Menu > Support > Troubleshooting > Send Diagnostic Report

Once I have confirmation that the issue has been fully resolved, I'll be sure to follow up and update this thread as well.

Re: Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:59:33 GMT

I have just done this on both terminals today, hopefully there will be a fix soon, also would this be why the printers keep disconnecting? Repeatedly the printers disconnect and don't obviously print the orders, we have to reset them to solve, only happens with the terminals tough and not the registers!

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:11:24 GMT

This is top priority for our team so we are actively working on getting a fix out as soon as possible.

With regards to the printers, would these be ethernet/WiFi printers @The_Sun_Inn? If they are, the network issue would definitely caused the printer to disconnect unfortunately.

If they are USB printers, can you try running through these troubleshooting steps?

Re: Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:32:48 GMT

Yes they are ethernet printers so that will explain it. Thanks 🙂

Re: Terminal restarts

Thj — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:53:02 GMT

I have been having connection issues for the past 4 weeks. I have 3 handheld terminals and 3 I-pads with stands. I've 2 receipt printers connected by ethernet. Several times during the day, the connection drops so receipts aren't printed. We can no longer set up tabs because the terminals don't sync. So on 1 terminal it could show a tab of £20 and on another the same tab could show as £5!! Often card payments won't go through. I've tried everything. I've had 3 BT engineers out to check the Broadband. No one can figure out what the problem is. So is it Square that is the problem??

Re: Terminal restarts

Emma_ — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:57:20 GMT

Hi @Thj, sorry to hear you are running into this! We know that there are some issues with the Terminal connection to the internet. Since both of your printers are connected by ethernet, this might be caused by Square Terminals.

If you tried all the troubleshooting steps outlined here and you are still experiencing issues with your Square Terminals, I suggest you contact our Support team directly so they can investigate and help get the diagnostic reports as well.

Re: Terminal restarts

Thj — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 05:31:46 GMT

Has this issue been fixed by Square yet?

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:49:02 GMT

Hi @Thj, just stepping in for Emma here! From the last update, our team are currently testing a fix to see if it'll help resolve the issue fully. Once the fix is rolled out, I'll be sure to update this thread with more information from our team. This is a top priority from our team so I should be able to share some thing soon.

For now, the troubleshooting steps should still help with the network issues as well.

Re: Terminal restarts

matteusz88 — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 20:25:22 GMT

I'll just jump in and say I've the same issue. Random restarts during mid service. Have tried hard resetting and the Troubleshooting steps mentioned above and pushed to devices last week, but it's made no difference. Open tickets struggle to synchronise, too.

Desparate for a fix!

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:59:59 GMT

Hi everyone, thank you for your patience while we look into this issue on our end! There should be a Critical Update available for your Terminal when you next turn it on. The update should help with the network issue everyone has been experiencing but let me know if you are still running into problems, I can definitely look into this further.

Re: Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:43:14 GMT

Fingers crossed, 🙂

Re: Terminal restarts

Thj — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:43:09 GMT

Nope. It's still playing up. I don't know if the critical update has been installed as it didn't come up with that message when I turned the terminals off and then back on. And I don't know if it's updated automatically overnight.

Re: Terminal restarts

Emma_ — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:28:26 GMT

Hi @Thj,

The update has been rolled out to all Square Terminals now. You should have the latest version 4.33.0085. To check this, please go to Settings > Hardware > General > Scroll down and select About Terminal. In case your Terminal is not yet updated, you will see Update option.

If you continue seeing an error message or experiencing any issue, please feel free to reply with more information and we'll have a look into it.

Re: Terminal restarts

Thj — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:46:55 GMT

Ethernet printers are continually disconnecting from the terminals. When we open tickets they do not sync

Re: Terminal restarts

tranguyen — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:34:42 GMT

Hi @Thj, I'm just stepping in for Emma for a moment here. If all the Terminals have been updated to the latest version of 4.33.0085 and it's still disconnecting from the printers, would you mind trying the troubleshooting steps outlined here one more time?

If the issue still persists, please do contact our Support team directly so they can investigate and help get the diagnostic reports as well.

Re: Terminal restarts

The_Sun_Inn — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 10:17:09 GMT

Hi @tranguyen / @Emma_ we are still having problems with the terminals restarting, we have tried all the troubleshooting steps and also factory reset two or three times. We have noticed that the restarts generally seem to happen when you try to 'Save Ticket' or close the 'Ticket' screen? In the settings there is an option ... Settings > Open Tickets > Open Tickets as Home Screen... regardless of this toggle being in either position the terminals always default to the tickets screen? Not sure if this is maybe somehow linked to the problem or not?