magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Looks like they're forcing the upgrade if you have an older version (mine is v1.73.4153.2910, dated 21-Dec-07)

I have the 0.0.0.0 upgrade.talk4free.com line in my hosts file to prevent the upgrade, but that causes [error 4] failure and the "upgrade within next 60 seconds" message in the mJ ad panel ...

Yup, looks like they're forcing the upgrade if you have an older version (mine is v1.73.4153.2910, dated 21-Dec-07)

There goes my ability to spoof my land-line#, which provides Name Caller ID. Now people will see "Outside Area" as the name, a strange #, and not pick up. (Or maybe they'll be more ...

Mike,

I don't think it's the upgrade that's to blame. I haven't had the upgrade performed, but for the last couple days have had flakiness from the 911 initialization. Sometimes it works, & sometimes I get the "Not connected, No 911 info available." MJ startup is slower however, & phone service ...

If you look at the Device Manager Properties\Policies Tab for the YMAX Disk drive, the chosen Radio Button is "Optimize for quick removal - This setting disables write caching on the disk and in Windows, so you can disconnect this device without using the Safe Removal icon." I believe this flash ...

After reading a post by Stewart, I tried using the XP Device Manager to Disable the YMAX "fake" CD-ROM drive. This immediately stopped the USB issues I had whenever reconnecting the MJ to the USB port.

I don't know why I would need the YMAX drive since I also bypass the annoying MJ Splash Screen by ...

It seems that many magicJack users have USB-related issues. Often marginal power-supplies or a borderline USB system are blamed. Suggested solutions are to try a different port, or maybe a (DC Adapter) powered USB hub. While of course it works for many, there seem to be too high a percentage of USB ...

Nothing to do with Canada, but very similar otherwise: Recently my local area code calls completely stopped spoofing when dialing 10 digits (non-local were still fine.) 7 digit dialing to my local area numbers caused the spoofing to succeed again. Unfortunately, today I noticed that even the 7 digit ...

Yes, I think Verizon got smart and fixed the issue....

jeffnyc,

Try removing the area code from local calls. I saw that tip from Stewart & it works for me when calling my cell & POTS #s (both Verizon accounts in the same metro area as you), & also works for calling my own MJ# (which never had ...

Stewart,

Thanks for the tip about 7 versus 10-digit dialing. I had been using 10 digits for everything, including local. The spoofer worked for everything except when calling my own MagicJack# (with area code local to me.) After about a week all local area calls stopped spoofing, although the long ...

jeffnyc,

I'm in the same metro region as you, and while the spoofer still works to the various CallerID test numbers, it has stopped working to my Verizon cell service & Verizon POTS line as well - they now show my MJ#, as you're experiencing. These all worked fine until sometime in the last few ...