magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Hacks

Darkman90808 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 701

Just out of curiosity, how many of these (MJ Beans) are actually working? I asked to be a beta tester, couldn't get past the registration, so I moved on. Not to disparage the application, but I'm pretty happy with my MJ the way it is since I don't need to block calls, remove voice mail, etc.

sabresfan · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject:

I have magicbeans on two of my computers and it works great. This is a great addition to MJ. I downloaded it on friday morning and have had it running all weekend without a problem. The anonymous call rejection is fantastic as well as the caller id block features. I used my paypal account to pay for magicbeans and the transaction went smoothly both times for me. To imagine this can be done by a private person and not by MJ seems crazy to me. For less than $15 to get these additional features for as long as I have MJ is a steal. Vonage doesn't even offer call blocking yet and that's a shame for the price people pay to use that service.

Darkman90808 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 701

sabresfan... if I understand you correctly, MJ Beans will block calls from specific numbers, not just anonymous call rejection?

I agree, that's a nice feature to have.

What happens to the blocked caller? Does it just continue to ring, busy signal, or what? Thanks for the response.

sabresfan · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

vdot · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

vdot · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Problems with registering???

Alleytom · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 27 Sep 2009 Posts: 5

vdot · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Problems with registering???

joevv · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:05 am Post subject:

I'm thinking about buying Magicbeans but I have a question.
What happens if Magicjack puts out an upgrade and magicbeans stops working?

I'm not a programmer but it seems magicbeans relies on MJ working in a certain way for it to work and if that changes it could make the program obsolete. Is this correct?

vdot · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:23 am Post subject: RE: Possible MB lifespan...

tradewiz50 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 1

I'm sure MJ will come out with an update that matches MB's features sometime in the future.

I tried to register the product and got the same response as many have when installing the app. Not a really good thing to go through when your releaseing a new application to the market.

You should have/do IMO, is offer a 2 week trial then charge your $12.95 after the trial period.

Also, the website looks like a really awful acid trip.

vdot · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

synchron · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject:

Does MB require the MJ dongle and the 2 virtual drives to always be there? Can it do none/some/most/all features with the dongleless "headset/PC mic/speakers" softphone?

What about no softphone, dongle plugged in but run as a service where exe CPU cycles are kept at a minimum?

Synchron Cool

vdot · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject:

VoipDude · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:06 am Post subject:

I have been a beta tester for MagicBeans, and am now using the released version on a Windows 7 install.

MagicBeans is a great addition to the magicJack, and vdot has done a great job of adding features that really serve to enhance it. Many of these features cannot be found on Voip services costing much more.

The download and install went smoothly without a hitch, and the program is working as intended.

I highly recommend MagicBeans to every user of magicJack.

$12.95 is such a small price to pay for the feature set included in MagicBeans.

VoipDude

macman4hire · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:50 am Post subject:

Magic Beans is an excellent software application that has enhanced my MagicJack user experience. The software installation and registration process was a breeze, absolutely nothing to it.

Magic Beans packs many useful features under its hood. The feature that I like the best is the Extend Ring feature. This feature allows my home answering machine to pick up the calls instead of having MagicJacks voice mail intercepting my calls every-time. A second feature that I currently relish is now having the ability to use the Block Calls feature so I can block the telemarketers from wasting my precious time.

Magic Beans is a great deal at the introductory price of $12.99. Think about it, just one month of subscription fees for these great features with a Ma Bell would equal the one time cost of Magic Beans!

steve_togo · MagicJack Expert Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 84

I had a quickie., Can Magic Beans be used with an ATA???

pepsiman · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 15

can magic beans help display the name of the caller on the cid instead of the cid just showing the phone #?

vdot · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:05 am Post subject:

vdot · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:07 am Post subject:

MJ-Rules · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Posts: 2

All MagicJack customers should email the company and explain to them that a 3rd party is profiting by adding a few simple features that are not currently offered. Dan Borislow who is the owner of the company seems to be a pretty shrewd businessperson and would not likely tolerate a 3rd party indirectly profiting at the expense of his customers.

MagicBeans does however provide several needed features but seems to be severely overpriced at $13.00. The $13.00 price tag for MagicBeans is 65% of the cost of MagicJack's yearly renewal rate. Why would MagicJack allow itself and its valued customers to be exploited by this side show Sam.

I will be emailing MagicJack about this situation and hope the rest of you guys and gals will do the same.

c_koby · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject:

The free market is a wonderful thing. You know, build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. I do not use magic beans, but I applaud the ingenuity. Apparently, many find it useful and well worth the price. If you don't think the tools are worth the cost, don't buy it. Others apparently do.

bitstopjoe · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject:

Amen....................Something out current Government needs to remember, the free market!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe Sica

macman4hire · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

Free markets stimulate innovation and provides prosperity for only its worthy participants. If you don't like the product that is being offered simply don't purchase it! If magicJack feels that Magic Beans is a threat to its bottom line, they will adjust their business model accordingly. I seriously doubt this software application will have any negative impact on the magicJacks bottom line. Now go away and commiserate with all your big government entitlement buddies.

bitstopjoe · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

I agree 100% so I assume your reply was not aimed at me but to MJ-Rules, correct??

IF it was aimed at me, then you misunderstood my reply to c-koby.

TRUST me I am NO Michael Moore!!!!! UGH...............If he really believed what he preached he would not be charging for his movie!! Right?? He tells everyone they can't make it, yet he did, what an asswipe he is..........
again, UGH........

Joe Sica

macman4hire · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:28 pm Post subject:

Joe, my reply was indeed for MJ-Rules!

bitstopjoe · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject:

Just as I thunk Smile

Joe Sica

Nano · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Posts: 2 Location: PR

masterblaster69 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 1

Magic beans hacks the hell the out my magicjack! Now I can access the features I need. The home phone answering machine now gets my magicjack calls by using the extended ring setup in magic beans. Now my girlfriend can shut up about not getting her messages from the gossip whores she calls friends. Thanks magic beans for saving me the aggravation of listening to her constantly complaining.

Vinny

Cablespider · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 28

VoipDude · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject:

Darkman90808 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 701

vdot · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: advert?

joe123 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

Hi. First time posting.

Can the MagicBeans software be setup to NOT ring the phone if the call is from a Telemarketer - like from a 800 / 888 number?

I know you can set it up to block those calls, but will the phone ring at all? Or does it have to ring once to get the Caller ID info in order to block the call?

By phone ringing, I mean my real phone attached to the MagicJack dongle.

Thanks,
Joe

vdot · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject:

joe123 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

Thank you very much. Great software by the way!

Two quick questions:

If I change MagicJack phone number, do I have to buy another MagicBean license?

Do you know of any dongle or hardware / software that will prevent the 1st ring (or x number of first rings) from ringing a phone line?

Thanks again,
Joe

vdot · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject:

joe123 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

Hi. I installed the product and it blocks anonymous call really nice, I don't get to hear a ring on my phone Very Happy

Suggestion for future add-on:

Give the user the ability to pick a wav file for specific callers - A built in answering machine that only plays. Recording can be done later on on version 2.0 Very Happy

Being able to play a wav file for specific numbers can be very handy when you want to leave a message intended only for certain people calling you.

rattfan · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 12

Do these magic beans work with your pc turned off? I have a program I downloaded for free but it does not work if I have my computer shut off. If I block my crazy mother from calling, then turn off my computer, would she still be able to call me? if you say no she would be forever blocked, I would pay 12 dollars for the beans. My mother needs to stop leaving 19 messages on my phone in one day. LOL..The program I have now if my computer is on will ring a few times because I set the number of rings, then after that, the voice mail is turned off, as long as I do not hit the accept call button. However if I turn my computer off I get sent to voice mail. My mom will call at 6 in the morning to leave 10 minute messages, this is why I want it to work with the computer off.

Thanks.

bitstopjoe · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

Dude if your PC is OFF your MJ cant ring your phone and your calls are automatically sent to voice mail, Magic beans or not!!
No program ON YOUR PC can run IF YOUR PC IS OFF. Kinda sounds like common sense to me, but then what do I know.

Joe Sica

crackerjack · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 784

bitstopjoe · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

Nah just an idiot with no common sense...

Joe Sica

joe123 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

Vdot, any chance of creating a MagicBean software for the TK6000? Very Happy

Not sure if it can be done and I realize that I would have to have my PC up to run your software.

Thanks,
Joe

rattfan · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 12

bitstopjoe · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject:

One suggestion then, change your MJ# and don't give it to her. Problem solved.
Beans ONLY affects your voicemail IF your PC is on, as I said no program will work WITHOUT your PC being on.

Also you can always forward your MJ# prior to turning off your PC to say a local sex line or the like. Heck even an old boyfriend of hers. ANYTHING you can think of. That MIGHT give your mom some pause in her phone calls to you. Maybe get a friend to leave your greeting message on your voicemail so she thinks she dialed the wrong #.

Just a few suggestions

Joe Sica

rattfan · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 12

I did change my MJ number but the calls from my old number will still forward for 30 days. I guess there is nothing I can do about it, until the old number stops working. If I forward my MJ number to my cell phone my mom has that number as well. If I said I had a sex line, that would make her very mad, then I would get about 30 messages a day. I only have one cell phone and she has that number. Thanks for the tips but I really do not see anyway to keep my mom from calling. I will have to wait, until the old number stops working and no my mom does not have my new MJ number. I got that number free as it was my first time changing it. My mom can also call my cell phone.. I am going to have to pay to get that number changed as well.

bitstopjoe · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

Sounds to me there are MUCH more serious issues going on here other than your #.
WAY to personal for me to make any further comments as my name is not Dr. Phil

Good luck...

Joe Sica

rattfan · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 12

joe123 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 19

Why not leave your computer on all the time, install MagicBeans and you can custome tailor a message specially for her number?

Or forward your number to her number?

The ideas as endless Very Happy