magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Google just posted a new blog today (June 22nd, 2010) at 10:00 am

"Google Voice for Everyone!"

So the time has finally come, no more invitations. Google Voice is now open to the public!

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Have you tried the TK6000? That looks to me like the best deal around, atm.
A friend of mine just bought one, and they are pretty cool, works great.

100 bucks for lifetime service, unlimited to US and Canada, call waiting, caller id, voicemail, threeway calling, etc.

Not to mention it can either ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

I assume if you wanted a job with magicjack you would have to contact magicjack. You could try contacting Dan himself and asking him or Richard who heads tech support.

I believe that their live chat support is hosted by http://www.liveperson.com/

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Google will now offer priority Google Voice accounts to Students [ 1 ] and active members of the Military Service [ 2 ], according to the company's official blog.

To get an invitation, just visit Googles webpage for Military or Student Priority Invitations and enter an email address that that ...

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From the magicJack® Terms of Service (TOS) :

7. No Resale

Unless expressly authorized in writing by magicJack, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell , trade, resell or exploit for any purposes any portion of the magicJack device or the Software.

8. License

magicJack grants you a ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Make no mistake about it, this is THEFT.
Educational purposes only!

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

That's really cool.
I wish I had a need to tether my MJ to my computer though.
Good concept, but definitely not right for me.
I'd love to hear how this goes *longterm* with you guys (problems that arrise, etc).

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Interesting.
I guess that's what Dan meant by "Phantom Calls"? lol

There is absolutely no way in hell to turn off the music on hold feature (that I know of). Sorry. I know, it's a pain in the butt sometimes.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

I feel your pain. I also changed my number and much to my surprise it kept forwarding. Drove me nuts, it said 30 days but it felt like so much longer then that. I didn't count, though.

All you can do, my friend, is play "the waiting game".
Your old phone number will eventually stop working, just as ...

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Thanx for the link . I was wondering if there,s a way to get MJ to work by using VPN such as such as www.logmein.com ( Hamachi ) or www.hotspotshield.com ??

Hotspotsheild works but audio wasn't very good for me. So VPN's should work. I've heard of success stories with hotspotsheild, etc.

As for ...

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Nope. I suppose you could use magicjacks new conference calling website .

Or get someone to call you (incoming)
then connect the next person by initiating a call from google voice (incoming, google rings your phone then connects you)

That way they are both incoming calls, and thus can be joined ...

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Boy, oh boy!
That's one I've never heard before...
I'm don't know that much about how you would fix something like this but I'm sure there are people on this forum who do.
If this fails, as a last resort, see the magicjack wiki under contacting magicjack

Is your default sound device the magicjack ...

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Please see the magicjack wiki under contacting magicjack

You will find their contact information there, including the head of tech support and Dan (the inventor). If you contact the inventor, you will notice he has several email addresses. I have had much success with these addresses dborislow@aol ...

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I have no clue if you guys noticed or not, but it looks like magicjack has a new website offering free conference calling. It's really weird because I JUST stumbled across it by accident. I'm not sure if it works or not, but I'm going to try it out soon. BOY AM I EXCITED LOL

Sorry if this is old ...

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Been pouring through the forum threads ... boy you guys are a bunch of geeks ...

lol, yep. If you're going to change your MJ number, best to do it ASAP. They automatically forward your old number to your new number for a month (felt like longer for me). There is no way I know of to opt out of ...

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Looks like copyright infringement to me............

Evens sounds like the same person that does the Magic Jack commercials.

Notice how many time they say the word "magic"

I wasn't aware MJ had any copyrights?
I know they have a patent pending, which as far as I know, this device does not ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Sounds like a really cool product, if it lives up to what it promises I will certainly be getting one when my year is up. Getting tired of having to run the computer 24/7 and the softphone. I also like the ability to plug it into a USB port if needed. They don't have very many area codes, that's not ...

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Yes, there are ISP's who do block VOIP. I am not aware of any in the United States or Canada but I know some ISP's in places such as Korea and the UAE do block VOIP traffic.

The question of whether or not they have the right to do it depends completely on your agreement with that company and the ...

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Well, I personally believe (and this is my opinion) that you still should pay for the magicjack device. It only costs 40 bucks and you got a free year for buying the hardware. That's the cost of a monthly phone bill, even if you where inconvenienced you should not get a free year of telephone ...

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vnecaxa wrote: DOH! That was the problem. I did not remember I had enabled that option! Thanks for your replies.

Hahaha.
That's what I figured.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Is it possible that you have call forwarding enabled on 8970?
That could be your problem...

Otherwise, I really don't think there is anything we can do.
It sounds like something only magicjack can help you with.

Please read the Magicjack Wiki regarding "Contacting Magicjack".

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

(I'm a land line dinosaur)
LOOOOL
That makes me laugh really hard for some reason.

Yeah I always seem to forget about those darn DSL filters.
Good thing I have one phone jack dedicated to DSL so I don't need the filters anymore. :)

Yay!

I wouldn't use magicjack as my one and only telephone if ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Nope,
I still have a two hour time limit.

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Magicjack does not support 900 numbers. Period.

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Another service that allows you to spoof your Caller ID is "SpoofCard".

It's a paid service, and expensive, which IMHO defeats the purpose of having a magicjack.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Sorry, this isn't going to work the way you want it to.

Your cell phone company will still charge you for every minute you use when someone calls your cell phone, reguardless if you forward it to another telephone. If you forward your cell phone calls to a long distance number, you will be charged ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Unplug your magicjack and plug it back in.
The skin files should just restore themselves.

Yes, you are missing one of the skin files.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

DrPacman wrote:
JohnnyFreightTRAIN wrote:Well, I still got this upgrade and it's working great.
I wish I had a wireless broadband card to try it out lol.
Second update in 2 days... this one is Dated 8/1/2009 Version 1.80.499.2 Hope this one works better that yesterdays...

Yep, just got another update NOW.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Well, I still got this upgrade and it's working great.
I wish I had a wireless broadband card to try it out lol.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Just got this upgrade RIGHT now... At the top left hand corner there is an option for using wireless broadband or regular broadband.

Anyone else got this?
I don't see anything else new, at least not in the way the softphone looks.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Selling Google Voice invitations is a violation of their TOS.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Yeah, it does do that.
Quite irritating.
Sometimes does the same thing with calling a number that doesn't exist and stuff like that.

I find that I do get the busy signal every so often, though.
It goes back to dial tone
then the dial tone immediately stops
and I hear a busy signal.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Really?
I wasn't around for sunrocket...
Sunrocket dongles costed 200.00+ !!!????
Holy crap.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Just bought my second magicjack, the new hardware just showed up today.
Sound quality seems to be 10 billion times better now.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

As far as I know, ooma is not available in Canada or for calling Canada. So it's worthless for me.

I've also heard that after a certain amount of years, they can force you to start paying a certain amount of money a month. I can't confirm that... Apparently the security isn't the greatest, as it ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Please be aware that this program is making use of a service called "Jaduka Labs" which is no longer in existance.

That means, this program should not work at all anymore. If it does work for you, I will be amazed.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

MagicJack owner Dan Borislaw told an audience at CES that the company has moved more than 2 million units in the past 11 months ago and is now selling the device at a clip of 250,000 units a month.

I tend to not believe Dan. Especially when you take into account that fake counter on his website ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Jaduka Labs has now been discontinued.
Sorry, guys.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

HendersonMike wrote:Sorry stroh..... but the only thing I depend on the government for is raping me. and I only depend on them for that because they do such a good job. Besides ........... it's NOT the governments job!

AMEN TO THAT.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Well, I don't have the link to this because I read it A LONG TIME ago, so take this with a grain of salt.

People have asked these questions before, and made these exact accusations about Dan's intentions (especially critics of the magicjack TOS commenting on the "magicpage software" written in the ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

After I bought my magicjack (themagicjack.ca) I recieved a confirmation email for my order. When I got my magicjack and registered it, I got an email to confirm my email address.

I don't recall any welcome email, other than the email confirmation, I believe they also welcomed me in that email...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

I absolutely would not have bought the magicjack if this forum did not exist.
And even after weighing the pros and cons I was still expecting this to be a scam.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Al Gore did not invent the Internet.
But he did invent Global Warming...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Actually, this isn't far off from the truth.

As for Alex Jones, check out his "war of the worlds broadcast" on December 31st 1999 bringing in the millennium where he went completely out of his mind and claimed that Russia had launched intercontinental missiles with multiple warheads at the United ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Very cool service.
I recieved my invitation and it's awesome to say the least.

Unfortunately, I live in Canada and the only US number I have is the magicjack.
I certainly hope they open up to Canada soon, with Canadian numbers.

I had to use a proxy just to accept the invitation, as I was located ...

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

I guess all things must come to an end.
As for google voice, I just got my invitation awhile ago.

So, I hope you signed up for an invite.

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msiam wrote:

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The problem is magicjack being dumb.
The only way I can think of fixing it is contacting tech support over and over until they decide to do something about it, do nothing and hope they will fix it eventually, or contact Dan.

JohnnyFreightTRAIN

Well, there is no way to change the name.

-To change the email, add a new email address and delete the old one (this will also prompt you for a new password).

-To change the address, add a new address (USA only) and delete the old one (if possible)

-You cannot port your existing number, but you ...

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saxman wrote:I know a great solution-try this!
http://www.ooma.com/

Well thanks, a device that costs over a hundred dollars and I can't even call Canada -- WHERE I LIVE!

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