magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

mphixson

nailgunner wrote: One would think I, and others, would have been receiving tele-marketing calls out the wazoo on our GV numbers..

I get telemarketing calls on google voice at least twice a week.. last one was for a security system..

mphixson

thanks, i picked up one, waiting for delivery. my original mj expires next year and i won't pay 29.99 for a year of original magicjack.

hope this works out. I just give out my googlevoice number so there won't be any change in my number, just the backend on google forwarding the calls to nettalk ...

mphixson

have you tried to call your magicjack number since the change?

I just tried to call it from SKYPE..
i get the message about trying magictalk, and then i get this message:
'your call cannot be completed as dialed, your caller id is blocked , please call your carrier to unblock your number.'

Looks ...

mphixson

same issue for me as well. started yesterday. something changed on their end, but naturally they still don't have a status page to inform you of any upgrades or service outages...
let's hope they solve the issue soon.

mphixson

doesn't it require an intel chip to use on a mac?
it won't work on a powerpc chip.

mphixson

Told me it was coming soon back in 2007..

good luck!!

mphixson

see if at&t has 'measured local service'. I have this from Verizon. it's 17.53 a month (including all those taxes), and they charge you for any outgoing calls, (it's like 1 cent a call). We don't make any outgoing calls on that line, (other than alarm) but keep an answering machine on it, and ...

mphixson

jbat wrote: If you don't have your DSL modem set to high security then it should work out of the box, but you may have more problems with Trojans and the like.

No actually by setting the westel as a bridge connection, the security is in the netgear wireless router.. but good try...

mphixson

mine worked out of the box when i got it a couple years ago.
note I am verizon as well with westel modem. I run the modem as bridge connection and use netgear wireless as the router.
I didn't have to open any ports or anything as you described.

mphixson

In the beginning of magicjack i had an issue where the internet would drop and reconnect, but it was because of the following:
1. magicjack plugged into the front USB port
2. netgear USB wireless dongle plugged into the front USB port.
Seemed both were really on the same hub.
Solution was to move ...

mphixson

still works for me and i downloaded it today to another PC, just to see if I could..

mphixson

Hmmm, probably a catch 22 for you. With Paypal, you need a credit card to generate a disposable credit card. Maybe you can open a Paypal account with a debit card? Do a search to find out.

See http://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/24/use-paypals-free-disposable-credit-card-number-to-manage-recurring ...

mphixson

you could use paypal and generate a one time credit card number for your paypal account.

mphixson

i had to do this as well, but only one day, about a week after i renewed for the third year.

mphixson

I have run magicjack on a celeron 566 mhz with 512 mb of memory with xp pro.
it worked.
it was a laptop.
it was hardwired to my router.

mphixson

check to see if you can isolate your magicjack on one controller/hub. i had a similiar problem. when magicjack was plugged into the front USB and my wireless usb controller was also plugged into the front, the wireless would disconnect every minute of so. To fix, i plugged the magicjack into the ...

mphixson

It's a problem with any USB device that makes a fake cd-rom to autostart. if you plug in a sandisk U3 device you will have the same issue. It is because roxio tries to access the fake cd-rom.

I have the same problem with nero. I just shutdown nero when i am using magicjack, and shutdown magicjack ...

mphixson

mine has been doing this for at least a year.
from what i can tell usually it is the first call of the day.
example: i boot my pc, bring up magicjack, and the first call received goes directly to voice mail.
i have been getting around this by calling my magicjack number from my land line when i ...

mphixson

it's a fake cd-rom drive for the simple fact that they can put autorun.inf out there to automatically startup the program. since the op sys thinks it is a cd-rom it will run autorun.inf, which says run the program when you push in the USB stick.
that's why they do it, just like a U3 USB drive from ...

mphixson

you can use nero, you just have to unplug magicjack when you want to use it. i use nero to burn ISO..
works for me. after done, i just shutdown nero and plug magicjack back in..

mphixson

I'm really surprised you can dial 7 digits, we haven't been able to do that for at least five years in Massachusetts, 10 digits are required for all calls including local.. yes, when i call my neighbor i have to include the area code..

magicjack will often have all circuits are busy or a fast busy ...

mphixson

yes, 2.4 ghz phone works fine with my netgear wireless G. if you have issues just change the broadcast channel on the wireless router.

mphixson

i hate to state the obvious but...
even if your PC is off, calls go to voicemail, so when you come home you can check your voicemail to see who called.
also they usually email the voicemail to you, so you could have the pc off and if someone called and left a message, it could be forwarded to ...

mphixson

all magicjack will do is display the phone number of the caller on your phone, it won't display name.
works fine on my GE 2.4 Ghz cordless, you can pick up one anywhere, I think i got mine at walgreens, it's about 10 bucks or less. so it could be your phone.

otherwise you can try a powered HUB.

do ...

mphixson

who would have thought they would be found here..

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4310733

so far it's up to 21 bucks for a TWO pack..

mphixson

sounds like BS to me, I'm running a Netgear Wireless Router WGR614.

magicjack connected to amd x2 5200 (xp pro and vista ultimate) , directly hard wired, works fine.

magicjack connected to amd x4 9750 (vista ultimate) hardwired works fine.

Magicjack connected to amd 2000+ (xp pro) via microsoft ...

mphixson

it's on sale now..
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=3382475
thanksgiving day..

mphixson

no problem here either. never heard of online armor though, i'm using microsoft onecare on 3 pc's, panda on another 2 and zone alarm on the final pc.

I'd run msconfig and see what else you have loading at startup. maybe you have a trojan or a virus running out of your temp file area.

as far as ...

mphixson

for a couple weeks now..calling from a cell phone (at&t) we get 'Call Failed' to magicjack in 508, about every 3rd call.

just fyi. guess we are still not ready for primetime. luckily they can still call skype-in with no problems from the cell phones...

mphixson

Here is the fix I used. It wasn't easy. I had to apply this fix, i.e. registry change on my Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H and my Gigabyte GAM55plus-SG3. One machine I couldn't figure out the port using magicjack so I did all the ports.. i believe one has 12 ports the other has eight.

But it worked on BOTH ...

mphixson

i had this problem using a wireless usb, until i moved magicjack to another usb port, (back of machine) and wirelss usb to the front of machine.

are you using wireless or hardwired to your router?

mphixson

try searching the forums...

here is the fix I used, but it's not for the faint of heart..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928631/en-us

mphixson

[thanks, I will try that. also I chatted with MJ's live tech support. And they said MJ is not compatible with AMD chip. My new laptop has AMD Turion X2. Do you think this could be the problem? but the funny thing is I bought the same computer about a month ago, and it worked well with MJ then. but ...

mphixson

welcome to magicjack...
it must be the weekend, as maintenance is often performed on the weekends with no advance notice..
usually it works again on monday.
voice mail out in 508...

mphixson

I'm pretty sure there were issues with SP3, in fact that little ad panel in the softphone told us NOT to install SP3..

Did you have this problem on SP2?

that's funny though as many of my devices still worked without the fix on vista, i.e. printer and thumb drives. just the magicjack and some ...

mphixson

What OS? There is a known issue with Vista, where upon returning from sleep some USB devices do not respond without plugging them in again.
The fix was to modify the registry and add a key to it, something like FORCEDETECTIONON = 1. I can't remember the exact wording as it's on my Quad box and I'm ...

mphixson

yes, it is wicked annoying, but just unplug the thing while you are making your DVD, (that works for Nero..)...
we posted that back in Aug 2007.

mphixson

my relatives can use a at&t prepaid calling card to call my number, i.e. from oregon to massachusetts, so maybe it depends on the calling card?

mphixson · working again at 12:35 PM EST.

working again at 12:35 PM EST.

mphixson

anyone able to use the voicemail button to connect today? since 6 AM EST

hit the vmail button immediately dies, with a dial tone.

thanks

mphixson

we did that back in July, do a search.
pretty much anything that requires a cd-rom or dvd-rom, because the programs do not like magicjack's making a fake cd-rom.
examples: roxio, nero, etc..

mphixson

that's true, it does hold your registration information and usage, and contacts on the usb drive, but it loads a lot of stuff on every pc you plug it into.

in hidden directories in xp you can find all this downloaded stuff in the directory C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data ...

mphixson

I don't really follow your post, but I will try to answer.

Magicjack downloads software to the PC everytime you plug it into another pc, so in your scenario.
1. register at a friends - it downloads the software to run in on friends pc.
2. then take to work - it downloads the software to run it on ...

mphixson

yes, all circuits are busy about once every 3 weeks since last november from a cell phone that i get a call from once a day.
but i have a cell for emergencies, (pay as you go). never expected it to be that reliable for 20 bucks a year. basically use it to replace long distance outgoing calls.

mphixson

i had that problem on a desktop. wireless usb and magicjack plugged in the same hub. Moved the magicjack to the USB jacks in back of the machine, and the wireless usb adapter to the front USB jacks and the problem disappeared.
looks like it was competing resources. it was a microsoft usb wireless ...

mphixson

no they don't have a status page and the servers go down quite often.
usually on the weekends from what i can tell.

that's why i keep my measured service landline as a backup, (or a cell phone)
try searching for magicjack down..

mphixson

Anyone think a status page on magicjack would be helpful?
It could report things like:
The voicemail is experiencing a problem and will be fixed by next week
The server in Dallas is down, calls are being redirected, you may experience a delay
the registration server is being upgraded from 12 to 3 ...

mphixson

the voice saying to leave a message doesn't always come on and sometimes when it does come on there is a time delay that most callers will hang up thinking something is wrong with the call.

Yes, you are right, I have noticed this for about a year now, hopefully someday it will be more reliable ...

mphixson

you could always switch to measured service until magicjack is stable. i've had MJ for almost a year now and sometimes on their servers go down and then no calls. unfortunately they don't have a status page (like skype) to let you know if the system is having trouble.

mphixson

magicjack numbers aren't listed, so you can't connect a name with a number from a reverse lookup directory.

But who said *67 works with magicjack anyways? (they could still call you back..)

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