Poll - Did you use the 100K mod to fix your caller-ID issue?

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Does snafu2's 100K Resistor caller-ID fix work for your MagicJack device?

Poll ended at Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:30 am

1. Yes, it works!
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2. No, it didn't help!
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LikeMagic
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Poll - Did you use the 100K mod to fix your caller-ID issue?

Post by LikeMagic »

If you had problem with caller-ID not showing up on your phone and you used snafu2's 100K resistor fix, does the fix work?

The 100K resistor Caller-ID fix provided by snafu2 is discussed here:
http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/inbo ... -t108.html
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Post by LikeMagic »

Only 4 people who tried the Caller-ID mod? :lol:
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Post by LikeMagic »

Update:

9 people use the caller-ID mod and still 100% successful rate :idea: :idea: :lol:
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Post by LikeMagic »

Is this poll still active? Please vote.
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Post by shampooguy »

Worked for me
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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

Post by magikhands »

Works for me like Magic :D
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Post by mphixson »

didn't have to, just bought a cheap GE cordless, it worked fine!
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Post by kumar »

Wow 100% LOL.... i didn't try the hack and i just deal with the issue:-p Nice to know it works for everyone who tried it (that did the poll)
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Post by sli23 »

worked for me and my uniden phone .
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Post by HendersonMike »

MY cheap RatShack phone don't have no caller ID winder so, I ain't tried the fix.
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Post by Cadstar »

Hi all, new MagicJack user here. This is my first post.

I picked up a 3-station cordless phone at WallyWorld for $60 and found callerid not working with MJ. I just picked up a couple resisitors today at my local 'shack. I'll solder one up tonight and post my results. Thanks for idea of popping it into an RJ-11 coupler! That saves me from hacking up the cable and having it look like crap after I tape it all back up again! I made up a small pigtail so I could pop the coupler in-line right next to the MJ (it's nice to have cable, RJ-11 plugs and a crimper laying around in the bottom of my toolbox).

I setup an older P4 Sony laptop with WinXP to dedicate to MJ untill the linux port comes out. :roll:
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Post by Cadstar »

Great results here, adding a 100k ohm resistor in parallel across the phone line fixed my callerid issue. Now all 3 cordless phones display caller info as they should.
Now all I need is linux support for the MJ so I get get to work on creating a plugin for MythTV!

http://www.mythtv.org

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MJ caller id fix

Post by Jcwilbu »

Thanks goes out to Taken83oveR for his dsl filter addition between the mj and your phone wiring i now have number id on both of my phones.
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Post by pxj69 »

The resistor trick worked for me. Uniden cordless. Thanks for the post.
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Worked for me

Post by Pathfinder »

I also have a Uniden cordless works fine.
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Post by DrStrange »

My caller ID worked before the 12/17 upgrade [after which it stopped], so I used a 220k resistor, just to be cautious and so as to minimize any possible effect on audio quality. The resistor mod restored caller ID function.
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Post by mcole44 »

The resistor mod worked great for me until the upgrade. I will try the 220k fix. Hopefully that will work.
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Post by mcole44 »

Just tried the 220k fix. Still doesn't work. Worked fine before the upgrade, but doesn't work now. Anyone else having trouble with the update?
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Post by DrStrange »

Sorry if I didn't explain clearly the first time:

My caller ID was working without the resistor mod before the 12/17 update. Since the original post about the resistor mod mentioned trying several different values of resistance, I used a higher resistance [in order to preserve audio quality; back in my 2-way radio days, putting a resistor across the transmitter audio line could get rid of feedback noises, etc, but it would make the audio tinny].

If your caller ID was working before 12/17 but not after, you'd theoretically need a lower value resistor. I think I'll leave it up to the person who invented the modification to suggest what value to use, unless you have a lot of junk resistors lying around and you want to try incrementing downward [use 92K, then 85K, etc.].
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Post by JigoLigo »

CID works well with my cheap GE phone without any 100k modification.
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Post by mthrun »

worked for me!!!
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YES!!!

Post by PennWritre »

:D Yes, this also worked for me.
A simple solution, rather than solder the resistor in between the wires was to install the resistor between the screw terminals inside the wall jack. I am using line 2 so I used Yellow and Black, as opposed to red and green for line 1.
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Post by severly »

This worked for me also. Not a bad solution for 99 cents, and I have 4 extra resistors :D
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Post by gwguruman »

Worked for me also.
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Post by mdima »

I see CID on my phones, but only the incoming number, not the name. Will resistor fix help here?
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Re: Poll - Did you use the 100K mod to fix your caller-ID is

Post by smalcom »

LikeMagic wrote:If you had problem with caller-ID not showing up on your phone and you used snafu2's 100K resistor fix, does the fix work?

The 100K resistor Caller-ID fix provided by snafu2 is discussed here:
http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/inbo ... -t108.html
Worked for me on my Uniden TRU9466 2-line phone.
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It Works!!

Post by slycat63 »

Caller ID works w/ 100k resistor
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Post by Gear-Monkey »

I just picked up a new MJ the other day from Radio Shack. Sometime my CID works and other times it doesn't work. Would this mod fix the issue? wiki said that this fix doesnt work anymore:
Note: The 12/17/2008 upgrade seemed to cause this fix to stop working for some people. It was later reported that experimenting with different resisters helped, and one person reported a 220k-ohm resister worked. Also one report that the USB device's case may contribute to this problem, and that wrapping electrical tape around the device's case helped.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/ ... ller_ID.3F

Any suggestions?
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Post by Gear-Monkey »

I tried this:

>Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager>Scroll to Universal Serial Bus Controllers and expand>Right click on each USB Root Hub and select Properties>Select Power Management tab>Make sure the to uncheck the box next to "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

And it didn't work right away. So I swapped out the 6ft phone cord (cord that goes from phone to MagicJack) with a heavier, higher quality and it worked. Of course I'll need to give it a few days to see if it actually fixed it.

EDIT: Nevermind, didnt fix it
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Post by str8shooter »

I have sold about 40 100k "do-dad's" and have had only one complaint.
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Post by Gear-Monkey »

str8shooter wrote:I have sold about 40 100k "do-dad's" and have had only one complaint.
I made a do-dad thing (100k resistor) today and it seems to be working fine now.
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Resistor

Post by dhart94 »

This 100K resistor worked great for me. Thanks for the info, saved me
lots of trouble. I was getting prepared to rewire the phone cables in the house.
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Post by Alpman »

By popular demand, I've just listed the solderless Y-adapter version of this fix on ebay . I'm calling it the CIDJak Mini. Priced at under $7 plus actual shipping, it's a bargain. Check it out HERE. I'm not trying to make a killing on this product, just recoup some costs and cover a little of my time while providing a solution for some of you that don't have the means to build this handy little device themselves.
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100k ohm Magic fix

Post by V-Man »

Just wanted to add my Thank You's to snafu2 for coming up with the 100k ohm resistor Caller ID display fix. :idea: I suspected inner wiring capacitance was the issue but due to lack of experiment time, I just went out and bought a cordless base that supports multiple phones. I tried your fix just now and TA-DA! Now my whole house is supported INCLUDING the DirecTV receiver's Caller ID display. The magicJack Tech Support (I use the term "support" extremely loosely) told me specifically that it would never, quote "NEVER" work on my satellite receiver. I'm tempted to go rub it in their faces but my jabs would fall on deaf ears, I'm sure. I mean, they MUST be deaf, right? Snafu2 came up with this fix over two years ago and they're still telling their customers the same old incorrect BS?

At any rate, Snafu2, You are Truly Da MAN! :D

Gonna go download the PCPhoneSoft software now. Hope my luck holds.

Later MJ fans.
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CID Fix

Post by mgvet »

Thank you snafu2 for coming up with the 100k ohm resistor CID fix. It worked great. :wink:
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Post by shardman1 »

Works fine with my Uniden also.
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Still works!

Post by tahwos »

I know this an old poll, but this fix still works. Just did it with a $15 vTech from Wal-Mart, and a MagicJack that I bought in February 2010. Crimped the resistor into an RJ11 connector and plugged it into a line splitter. It also worked plugging it into an empty phone jack, in the same room.

EDIT: For the sake of not bumping an old thread - my caller ID has never worked at any stage of upgrade, until today, when I added the resistor. I am currently on MagicJack 2.0.1, USB 2.0, directly into the back of my tower.
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I don't need it anymore...

Post by shardman1 »

Since the last upgrade, I no longer need the fix to get caller ID to come through. I am running two MJ and noticed that the caller ID started working on the one that I did not have the resistor on, so I took it off the other one too. Works just fine. Thanks MJ!
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