magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

The caller id is sent in Bellcore format. Based on your description, it should work.

For reference, your modem uses a Conexant chipset and needs the correct AT command "AT +VCID=1\xd\xa" to tell it to report the caller id. Reference http://www.blackice.com/Help/Tools/Voice%20OCX%20webhelp/WebHelp ...

Somewhere in one of Redpepper's posts he gives a pretty complete picture of MJ and CID. Since his outfit has developed so many of the really nifty gadgets for MJ, I'd give it some credence.

Took me about 3 minutes on search http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/the-real-underlying-bug-with-caller-id ...

Another possibility is the voltage that MJ uses could cause the issues. The on-hook voltage is normal, around 47 volts, but ringing voltage is just on the edge of the allowed normal ringing voltage, 60 volts. But here comes the worst part: between the rings voltage drops to pity 22 volts.

I know ...

sabresfan, thank you for replying. I'm already using a 100K Ohm resistor. My home phones (Uniden) display the CID info. It is just this modem that's not displaying the CID for some reason. I have tried connecting it with resistor and without resistor, but it still won't get CID from MJ.

Hello people,


Recently I bought a Rosewill RNX-56USB modem from NewEgg. According to specs and some credible forum feedbacks that I have read, this modem is well capable of getting CID info from calls.


While testing, however, I found that I cannot make this particular modem recognize CIDs coming ...

telltom wrote:offical website says this quarter MJ will work on Linux.

I saw that too. I hope it's true. You know, when next quarter comes by it will still say "this quarter" lol, so this could be a word game, which I hope it's not.

Also, and most importantly, GoogleVoice will be free only in 2010 , i.e 3 months down the road you will have to pay for Google Voice to call even in the US and Canada.

Skype had the same deal. I remember the days when I could call to any phone in the US for free from Skype. Then all the fun ended ...

Good Lord. All I'm saying is that free in 2010, doesn't mean only free in 2010. You can interpret it anyway you want. It doesn't mean that they WILL start to charge in 2011 as you stated. And no, it doesn't mean that they won't. You are assuming they will, I'm assuming nothing. You must be related ...

Not to split hairs, Premudriy, but "free in 2010", doesn't necessarily mean "free ONLY in 2010" as you stated AND highlighted in your first post. It's possible, but not certain. They could be testing it on a year by year basis.

Yes, that's right. There's uncertainty. It doesn't state that "It is ...

Where have you seen that Google Voice will change to a fee based system in 2011?

When you first use Google Voice you have to agree to the terms and that's where it says it. Here is a picture of it:

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Watch, the ...

Also, and most importantly, GoogleVoice will be free only in 2010 , i.e 3 months down the road you will have to pay for Google Voice to call even in the US and Canada.

Skype had the same deal. I remember the days when I could call to any phone in the US for free from Skype. Then all the fun ended ...

People, see if your problem *might* be the same as mine was here: http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/incoming-calls-don-t-work-with-monitor-off-after-last-update-t9847.html

Don't look at the title, it's confusing and not the real cause of the problem. But the problem was very much like yours ...

I thought that my problem with incoming calls was gone, but after a day of testing I found that it still persists. This time, however, I know for sure what the problem is:

I'm using Tomato RAF firmware on my router and recently flashed the latest version 1.28 onto my router. I had to jump though ...

Yep Kevin is right as that program clears on its own. So no need to set it to high..
As far as ram goes ALL programs reside in ram and only use the swap file when enough ram is not there for it. Of course many programs are poorly written and dont always behave well ( like releasing it's ram when ...

KMNugent52 wrote:premudriy,
mjsetup.exe will close after a few minutes. I wouldn't change it's priority.
HTH -Kevin N.

I see, thanks Kevin.

...and please call me Joe.

Joe Sica

Ok, Joe.

I have two more questions:

1) I have setup "magicJack.exe" process to run at high priority using Prio utility. I also see "mjsetup.exe" in the task manager. So, should I give mjsetup.exe high priority as well?

2) Do you know of any utility/program ...

I actually have a spare powered usb hub, so I will replace that MJ cord with a hub. Again, thank you for all your help, Bitstopjoe!

Oh no, maybe one day MJ will be so demanding that I will have to throw away my old trusty P3 laptop and get another one.

Bitstopjoe, you have also mentioned that small extension cord should not be used. I have used it up until now because my laptop gets hot/warm in the area around USB and any ...

Thank you for replying, Bitstopjoe. I actually discovered now (after all night testing, lol) that this problem goes away after I set MJ to run in high priority. So, apparently when incoming calls arrive, MJ can't respond on time and MJ server "thinks" that my device is unplugged and routs incoming ...

Hello everyone,

first of all, I run MJ on a laptop and Windows XP pro 32-bit.

So, we all know about an update to MJ in the past that prevented screensaver from starting and monitor to go to sleep mode. JM since released another update (2.0.3 I guess) and it is possible now to have our monitors ...

People, count me in as one more frustrated MagicJack user. I have an old laptop dedicated to run MJ. I've had it to turn off screen after 1 minute in power settings. Now it's always on :( ...hate the last update. I hope this will get sorted out soon. This "anti-feature" is completely illogical and ...

Thank you, tsmith!

My Uniden phone is strange. The phone is capable of recognizing the CID numbers because I can assign a distinct ringers to contacts. Yet there is no option to show contact name in association with incoming CID. LOL. Why?


Can anyone tell which brands/models of phone are capable of associating phone ...

For reference, the basic magicJack offering also doesn't support any form of call waiting caller id display on your phone.

Yeah... I've found that out as well now :-(

I wonder if the author of MagicFeatures can release separate features for smaller price.

If he/she could sell just CID with ...

Thank you for replying, sabresfan. Unfortunately, it now seems to me that I will never be able to achieve my CID goal.

Turns out my Uniden wirelss phone is a complete crap because even after putting names into handset's memory the phone does not associate CID with phone book entries like other ...

Hello everyone,

I thought that by adding phone numbers to the contact list on the softphone I will get the actual names showing up on physical phone.

Now I found out that it is only possible with MagicFeatures plugin for MagicJack. I do not need all 20+ features. I only need this one thing to work ...

Thank you for your suggestion, notdeadyet, but I am already a happy user of Tomato firmware I'm using the Victek's mod of Tomato ever since I bought the router.

Anyway, thank you very much, tsmith, for your reply. For only $20 a year phone service I can surely re-train my family to use "end" every time.

Hm, this is indeed strange. I remember that phone was automatically hanging up.

Furthermore, I don't know how phone systems work here in the US, but in Ukraine, for example, the phone line is "shorted" for a split second after the other party ends the call. The "short" is initiated by the phone ...

Dear friends,

I have purchased and installed MagicJack just yesterday and like it so far. I have only one problem with it:

If the other party on the line hangs up the phone, then my phone will not hang up. The MagicJack softphone will show that the call is finished, but my physical phone will ...