thread Re: Does Square work with Tracfone? in Archived Discussions (Read Only)

Does Square work with Tracfone?

Bruckner — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:12:15 GMT

Hi, I'm with Tracfone, started with a cheap LG phone and moved up to a Samsung Galaxy, the old phone was not compatible, is it Tracfone and not that actual phone that isn't compatible?

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

jjgard — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:07:41 GMT

Square shouldn't/doesn't care how you're getting your internet. You just need a phone running a recent enough version of Android to download/run the Square App from the Google Play Store. You need a devicxe running Android 4.0 or higher.

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

EJ_ — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:20:52 GMT

@jjgard Great response!

@Bruckner So long as your device is compatible with the Square Point of Sale app and you have some form of internet connectivity, you should be good to go!

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

Bruckner — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:46:43 GMT

Thank you! My little LG phone was Android 4.0 but was not compatible (according to Square's compatiblity page). My new phone is a Samsung Galaxy s5 (yup, kinda old, too) and it runs on Android 4.4.2 so I guess I'm confused but that's OK! As long as I can download the Point of Sale App, which I did so hopefully I can make it work!

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

Chad — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:37:40 GMT

@Bruckner glad to hear you were able to download Point of Sale!

If you run into any issues feel free to reply back here. 😀

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

Bruckner — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:52:39 GMT

Thank you! The only question I have is when I ran my own card through to set up the account, it wouldn't read the card when I swiped it, I had to put the numbers in manually and I know there's a bigger fee for that. Any way to remedy this?

Re: Does Square work with Tracfone?

Chad — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:29:15 GMT

@Bruckner we have another thread on the Seller Community about troubleshooting your Square Magstripe Reader. Check it out!😀