I have never had previous difficulty with Square POS and contactless reader. I use predominantly my Iphone 6plusS and to a lesser extent my IPAD Pro. My devices are updated immediately whenever available.There was no Apple update when my trouble began. This has nothing to do with Apple.

There was, however, an update for the POS app. I cannot tell you how long it had been sitting there but I suddenly realized I was being asked to update it and so I did. First came the locations i had to enter. The first screen suddenly had a ton more options on it, rather than the straightforwardness of the predecessors. And I was being given a walkthrough of how to use it!

From that moment, my contactless reader would not connect to the POS app on my Iphone. I only had the option to manually enter the card. My Ipad, however, did not have the affliction yet, so that worked. Unfortunately, this week, my Ipad also fell into the category of “no contact”.

I have since deleted the app, reinstalled it and no change. I “forgot this device” in my Bluetooth settings and my Iphone won’t find the Reader at all. Now, my Ipad did but the POS app is not recognizing it at all anyway. In fact, the app itself looks weird on my Ipad. Its kinda gray. It only looks normal when I press on it.

I do not understand what happened. A  case of trying to do too much? The thing that set you apart was 1) simple 2) reliable. Now it is not. I hope its only temporary.