magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

My wife claims to have tried it when we had a problem here and she said it didn't work. She had a dial tone, called 911 and nothing happened. Since I wasn't here I can't vouch for it and I intend to perform a test of 911 on MJ and my other VOIP phone system sometime when I can arrange it with the ...

I created a batch file call Standby.bat along with a desktop icon for it. The batch file contains the following 2 statements:
taskkill /f /im magicjack.exe
%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

When I'm done for the day, I double-click the icon to shutdown MagicJack and put ...

Another service to use when you have access to the internet is dukaDIAL
http://labs.jaduka.com/dukadial
That's COMPLETELY free, all you have to do is register. It works the same way as the one you just posted, except you enter your phone number and the phone number you want to call. Then your ...

I ran across this service today and thought that someone else might be interested. If your current cell phone plan includes free incoming calls, then this service can give you unlimited LD calling from your cell phone to USA and Canada for $25 per month.

www.getfreeairtime.com

Looks like our armed forces may be forced to stop using MagicJacks.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2206&tag=nl.e589

Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable ...

The same thing happened to me when I didn't change anything. I spent hours with them trying all sorts of changes without any luck. Then went to Level 2 and they wanted me to make the exact same changes that failed before! Ultimately, the MJ started working again and they said they had just ...

Several days ago I was getting Error 4, please connect to the internet. I accessed tech support chat and went thru all the various incantations and gyrations without luck. Finally Nicole "refreshed my account", I reset MJ and it worked, until the next morning when the error returned. Not wanting to ...

If you don't like it, then don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to use it. Jeez, we're talking $20 (or less) per YEAR for unlimited phone calls! MagicJack works just fine for many users, myself included, and we're very happy with it. Sure we've had problems at one time or another, but it works ...

Thanks for the replies. It looks like we're returning the MJ. The Mac refused to recognize it and running the dmg file didn't work either. The Mac is Power PC based, not Intel, but we thought we'd try it anyway. I got on Tech Support chat and RAIN insisted that we needed an Intel based Mac. When we ...

What exactly do you do with the .dmg Mac upgrade file? I downloaded it to my desktop, but can't run it. I downloaded it to the MJ F: drive, but nno change there. When I went thru MagicFix it said it was trying to run the upgrade, but it couldn't access the MJ. MJ is plugged in and working just fine ...

I know what you mean about Wisconsin, it pisses me off too. I guess they just don't like us poor folk that live "Behind the Cheddar Curtain".

If you have echo, try Tigerjet's Echo Cancellation Utility. Works for me.
http://www.tjnet.com/software/index.htm

I know that MJ says the Mac upgrade is for Intel based Macs only, but has anyone tried it on systems with Power PC chips? My Dad ordered a MJ before he noticed the Intel Only note. He's running OS/X 10.4.xxx. Thanks.

We gave up trying and are returning the MJ. No luck on this Mac.

HolmanGT,

No problem. There are a TON of USB Bluetooth adapters out there and the D200 sounds like a nice choice. I'm just cheap and bought the cheapest one I could find on Ebay that had 300m range (which I'm starting to doubt since it usally works only when I'm in the same room). Mine doesn't have ...

I have a USB Bluetooth dongle using Blue Soleil software that I plug into my Dell laptop. I then paired up my Motorola bluetooth earpiece that I use with my cell phone to the dongle and it set itself up with the bluetooth headset service. Once I did that, I went into softphone and selected the ...

I can periodically get a fax to send using MJ. On the other hand, I can consistantly send perfect faxes over my other VOIP system, Phone Power, using either my Brother all-in-one printer/fax or my computer's fax modem. I can't receive faxes on either line so I use a free service from www.k7.net to ...

I hesitate to post this cuz I may end up jinxing myself, but my MagicJack has been running great for about two weeks now. Before that, it would croak a couple of times a day or the sound quality would be choppy/terrible. It was next to unusable and my wife was getting irritated with me. But for now ...

After changing several settings on my Brother MFC 420 CN all-in-one printer, I was able to send excellent faxes thru my Phone Power voip phone system, but MagicJack refused to cooperate and didn't work. I can't receive faxes on either of them. My fax modem using Mighty Fax works on Phone Power but ...

Thanks Gary, I'll check out those free macro programs sometime. For now, I just created a batch program Standby.bat that contains 2 lines.

taskkill /f /im magicjack.exe
%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

Then I created a desktop icon for it. At night I just double click ...

I got Phone Power about a month ago after dumping Teleblend (post SunRocket) and researching all the other VOIP providers. Those reviews you mentioned sealed the deal for me. I'm very happy with it so far. With a few changed settings on my fax machine, I can now send great faxes over VOIP which I ...

Hey Gary, sounds like something I could use. Can you post the macros and instructions so I don't have to keep doing this manually? Thanks in advance.

If they can get their act together and improve the service, I'll gladly sign up for another year. But if they keep causing me grief and croaking every darn day, then it may not be worth the aggravation. Especially when you need to spend the money to keep a PC running 24/7. Once you manage to get the ...

The spoofer is working fine for me too. I have it sending my GC #. Inbound callerID is another matter. Number and name are the same, not the real caller's name at this point which is aggravating. My audio was choppy too until I did the MagicJack dance and got it running again.

Here we go again. MagicJack wasn't working today and now tonight the choppy audio is back. I'm just getting so sick of this crap! Almost every day there's a problem and I'm getting tired of doing the MagicJack dance... unplug, end the process, plug back in, no success, now yank it back out, reboot ...

Same thing happened to me all day Tuesday on every call and is still happening this morning. Dial tone sounds fine, but when it rings it's choppy/broken and gets worse when the person answers. Conveniently happens when there's nobody home at MagicJack to call/chat with Hopefully it will get fixed ...