magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Kif Kroker

Since the orig MJ requires an OS to run ( Operating System) the answer ( which has been discussed here before) is no you can not plug the Orig MJ into the USB port of your or any other router..

Technically routers do have an operating system, it's just not Windows XP-7 or OSX which are the only ...

Kif Kroker

No line port = deal killer for me. Otherwise, looks nice.

I think their plan may be to support an FXO port with a USB add on to the 202 (thus the USB port), but only Obi knows for sure.

Price is a little higher than I expected it to be also.

I wonder if they will continue manufacturing the old ...

Kif Kroker

I think mJ may be blocking all anonymous calls currently.

If you are looking for mJ to add the feature to block certain #s from the web portal, you will probably be waiting a long time since they don't seem very concerned with additional features. The only option right now is using magicFeatures ...

Kif Kroker

ddd228 wrote:I'll assume that uses a cell phone carrier signal?

It just uses a different codec that needs less bandwidth.

Dave

Kif Kroker

I think it wold not be a good idea to use mj for 911 if power gos out your out of luck here i keep a old cell for that as here in Canada u can use the cell for 911 even with out service i don't know if that the same in the USA and other contrary?

have a good one

This would be a problem with 911 ...

Kif Kroker

If you are using MJ through Obi, does it mean that you have MJ plus?
BTW how are you satisfied with GV/Obi as far as call quality/reliability ( I know, ISP is the most important factor anyway).

I have the original mJ, its attached to an old IBM Thinkpad notebook (P3, 192MB RAM), I have a phone ...

Kif Kroker

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Disclaimer: I've had two MJ's that worked marginally well for me. I've since let my subscriptions lapse after using them for three years.

Yeah, that's about where I am right now for a number of reasons. While I do not regret having started with MJ way back I do not think it is a good deal any ...

Kif Kroker

I think if you use a debit card, rather than a credit card, they put a hold on the full amount. They probably do this so they can insure the money is available in the account to charge it after 30 days. So in effect they tie up that money in your bank account they day you place an order with a debit ...

Kif Kroker

Dan sure does like to burn bridges. He is his own worst enemy. I feel sorry for the staff and team, now they will have to find new jobs just because Dan can't help being an a-hole. Wonder where Hope and Abby will end up now?

Dave

Kif Kroker

Again, your solution only applies to Magic Jack used in conjunction with a PC. I'm going to assume that, like me, most people paid extra for MagicJack PLUS so they could use it as a standalone. I hope MJ fixes the sound quality and beeping issues!

I think what others are saying is that you should ...

Kif Kroker

mJ does not have any FAX specific functionality. Some have reported some success in FAXing over the mJ but they usually have to drop the data rate and some FAX machines and FAX modems seem to work better than others. But with any VoIP FAX is very hit and miss. And mJ can't do it at all without a FAX ...

Kif Kroker

Well I think that's something that ought to be improved if they want to push the whole "replace your landline with MJ" deal.

I wonder, how much work is required to make the caller ID name work on the MJ system.

CNAME service is not free for phone providers. mJ would probably have to raise their ...

Kif Kroker

I just got off a chat with tech support, explaining that I wanted to know if there was an upgrade. I wasn't sure that my question was really understood at times. However, I was given a link to and exe file that was simply called magicJackSetup.exe, which was about 12.3 MB. The tech told me, that my ...

Kif Kroker

Can purchase the Internet adapter without Magicjack . I do not need two magicjacks. If so where and how much.
Thanks Graham

If you want to move your current mJ subscription to a mJ+ then that is not possible, since mJ doesn't allow that. You can purchase a mJ+ and ADD it to your existing mJ ...

Kif Kroker

mikeps,

While I can't help you with your technical problems since I don't have the mJ+, I can tell you that you will not get your subscription time on your original mJ moved to your mJ+. mJ makes you purchase the time on each device individually, your old mJ will work along with your mJ+ for as ...

Kif Kroker

Bert,

Does your computer recognize more than 1 flash, or external hard, drive plugged into your USB ports? Try plugging in 2 flash or external hard drives without the mJ plugged in and see if they are both recognized.

I had a friend who had an older Dell computer that would not recognize more than ...

Kif Kroker

I just installed MJ+.
According to the package advertising I could keep my land line phone number, my main reason getting MJ+ for $73.49 USD.
As I installed MJ+ at no time was I given the opportunity to keep or install my land line phone number. I did see at one point where I could for an added ...

Kif Kroker

Caryc,

Your router should have a page that shows the DHCP leases that are currently being used, one of those will be your mJ+.

Another option is to use something like Angry IP Scanner to scan your whole network for all devices with an IP address.
http://www.angryip.org/w/Home

Dave

Kif Kroker

It gives $69.95 for the device with first year "free," then subsequent years are $19.95. So I guess they will hold that annual fee for awhile, at least. Same 30-day trial as before.

I believe the "$19.95 per year" is only if you purchase the 5 year plan, 1 year of service is $29.95 purchased ...

Kif Kroker

Another possible option to achieve what you want would be if you have an iPhone or Android phone. OBihai provides the OBiON app for both platforms and with it you can use your smartphone to make a data connection to your OBi110 and make calls through any of the services you have configured. I have ...

Kif Kroker

I have my mJ currently hooked up to the line port of my OBi110.

If you have both GV and MV, I think I understand that either will ring on the phone/phones connected to the Obi. But does that take the MJ soft-phone out of play?

I have my mJ running on an old Pentium III laptop. I plug the mJ ...

Kif Kroker

I have my mJ currently hooked up to the line port of my OBi110. The problem I see for you is that, for what you want to do, the OBi110 would need 2 LINE (FXO) ports. One for the mJ and one for the local land line. I believe you could achieve your goal with 2 OBi110s linked together in the COT ...

Kif Kroker

Have you tried using the "Air Card (3G)" setting at the top right of your mJ softphone?

Dave

Kif Kroker

That is what it is supposed to do. You check your voicemail by dialing your own number, you should be able to do this from any phone, whether it is your own phone or someone else's. You should be able to hit the # key and then your PIN to access your voicemail. The default PIN is 1234 I think and ...

Kif Kroker

Your router should have a page that shows the DHCP leases that are currently being used, one of those will be your mJ+.

Another option is to use something like Angry IP Scanner to scan your whole network for all devices with an IP address.
http://www.angryip.org/w/Home

Dave

Kif Kroker

Thanks!! With MJ+, does it employ similar authentication process? I have no intention of buying the MJ+, but already has the older PC based unit and would like to enter the credentials on my OBi110 for SP2. If not, I will abandon MY MJ forever. Free Google Voice calling on OBi110 is much better ...

Kif Kroker

EDIT: Maybe we can get the admin to set up a filter so we don;t have to read your whinny complaints.

I have requested that the admin add the ability to ignore members a few months ago. He said he didn't know if that feature was available but would enable it if it was. I know with phpbb3 you can ...

Kif Kroker

Would YOU pay to run your ATA again?, How much if any would you be willing to pay ( One Time Fee If Any ) It's a strange question and without asking me 40 million questions stick to the MAIN question please!, Plus the spies on this site is atroshish!. I'll keep them on there feet :lol:

Depends on ...

Kif Kroker

I just got the LG Optimus V Android phone this month at Walmart for $150 from Virgin Mobile and signed up for the $25/month unlimited text/data/web and 300 anytime minutes. They do try to trick you when signing up, they show 3 monthly plans the cheapest being $35/month. But if you look at the ...

Kif Kroker

I have a free Inum DID from them. They do seem to be a very good VoIP provider, and they have very reasonable prices compared to the big VoIP companies. You can use the OBi devices with them too as they allow BYOD. I have my Inum account with them on a Grandstream HT502.

And you can port your ...

Kif Kroker

Well, I have never used Nettalk, so I can't say if you made a mistake or not, I doubt either route could be considered a "mistake" anyway. Either option is "probably" an improvement over mJ.

I have had my OBi110 for about 1/2 a year now, and I am pretty impressed with its capabilities, features ...

Kif Kroker

Something I have been looking at is the Virgin Mobile (which uses the Sprint network). They have an unlimited data plan with no phone minutes but if you have an OBi you can just load a softphone on a smart phone and use that for phone service. I am not recommending you jump and do that but maybe ...

Kif Kroker

I just tried calling my mJ # with my GV # and it rang the phone attached to my mJ. So it must not be all GV #s are being blocked.

Dave

Kif Kroker

Sorry to say that VoIP My Way did away with the ad supported free service. I tried it out while it was available and it worked quite well.

Dave

Kif Kroker

I appreciate the OP bringing this up. I also think this is a security concern in the mJ software. I run my mJ on an old notebook and don't do much else with that computer, mainly because I didn't want mJ interfering with, or gathering info on, my computer use. I actually do not use my mJ much ...

Kif Kroker

I don't think that message is coming from an operator at mJ or any other provider. I think that message is coming from you phone.

Are you using the short extension cable that came with your mJ? If so try it without it.

Are you plugged into a front or rear USB port on your computer? If it is in ...

Kif Kroker

Make sure you check your spam folder for the email, it could have been moved to their by your email service because they thought it was spam. This sort of thing happens very often with automated email replies from many websites.

Dave

Kif Kroker

Mollyinbc wrote:I have on majic jack and bought another one. I would like to have the second one show the same number as the first, is that possible?

No. mJ does not allow for 2 jacks to have the same number.

Dave

Kif Kroker

mJ can do a limited version of 3-way calling. Both of the other parties must call you and then you can bridge them into a 3-way call with you and them. You cannot dial out the #s yourself and get 3-way calling.

Dave

Kif Kroker

Hi,

I wanted to use magicjack without plugging USB device and followed one of the posts published in this website and I'm unable to locate magicjack folder in magicjack drive. Can you please help?

magicJack had updated their software a few months back so that it is no longer possible to run it ...

Kif Kroker

The problem occurs when I open the .wav file. I'll check out my .wav player and see what I can find, Thanks.

Download and try VLC Media Player, its free and open source and will play most anything. If it plays OK with VLC might have a bad codec in your main player.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc ...

Kif Kroker

That will not work. The mJ software requires the mJ dongle be plugged in to operate, you can not use the mJ software without it anymore. You could get yourself a currently free Google Voice account and have your GV number ring multiple phone numbers you have. But you can't do it with the mJ alone ...

Kif Kroker

No, you can only register 1 number to 1 mJ. You could get a Google Voice # and have it set up to ring your various mJs so that you don't miss a call. Or you could forward you main mJ # to another mJ you have when you are traveling.

Why would it be a problem for you to just take your current mJ ...

Kif Kroker

The MAC address would be the one associated with your computer's network adapter that your mJ is plugged in to, as it is the device with the network connection. That is the MAC you would use in your QoS settings.

Dave

Kif Kroker

Just checked mine and everything is working for me on my GV page and service. Must be limited to some users. I have had the contacts problem that Darkman90808 mentioned once in the past, reported it to Google, but it later started working again on its own. Most likely will be working soon for you ...

Kif Kroker

Hello everyone,

I know this is a year old, but is it still possible to obtain SIP info with the latest MJ firmware?

Thank you.

Yes, you can get SIP credentials, but those credentials do not allow you to use an ATA or another softphone with your mJ account. Apparently mJ is doing some new type ...

Kif Kroker

I'm not sure about GV and 3-way calling, never attempted it, but the mJ can do 3-way calling as long as both of the other callers call into you. mJ can't initiate the calls and do 3-way calling.

Dave

Kif Kroker

I am running DD-WRT Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) mini-usb-ftp on ASUS WL-520GU. I have connected the MagicJack to the USB port and configured the command as follows:
sleep 90
/jffs/mjb/bin/mjproxy 192.168.1.1 5070 proxy01.miami.talk4free.com 5070 PASSWORD

When I top, I see the process ...

Kif Kroker

Thanks for the reply. No, I am not using the extension cable. The MagicJack is plugged directly into a USB port on the back of my desktop computer. It's the same port I have been using for several years with no problems. My computer and MagicJack run 24/7. I never set the USB ports to turn off to ...

Kif Kroker

The 110s are available today with the promotion code. So I picked 1 up for $49.99 shipped.

So next week I'll have something new to play with.

Thanks for the info laserjobs, I really appreciate it.

Dave

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