magicJack and MagicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Hacks

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slceso · MagicJack User Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 40

Red,

I'm big fan of your work and a paying customer. This new tool will fix my biggest hardspot with the design of (or limitation imposed by) my MJ service.

Can you talk about what it actually does to kill the VM? I don't want to compromise whatever you've developed, just curious. I have an unfounded theory that Big Brother MJ trolls this site and incorporates kills for third party work arounds and bug-fixes into their updates.

In that vein, will an update pushed my MJ cause me to have to reuse the tool? Is it absolutely required to hard cycle the dongle? I would like to automate this tool to run along with a daily restart of MJ on my thinclient in case an update gets pushed and I don't catch it (my hope is that that my MJ doesn't need more babysitting than my two toddlers).

Thanks and keep up the good work!

redpepper · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:46 am Post subject:

TOOL SYNOPSIS
MagicRingForever creatively allows you to enable/disable the standard voice mail timeout that occurs after 24 seconds to allow continuous ringing. This is accomplished by setting up a call forwarding infinite loop. This allows your phone to ring continuously by re-forwarding it back to itself instead of forwarding to voice mail.

NOTES
This particular tool is provided on an "as is" FREE courtesy "no expectations / no disappointments" basis only. While our plugin products and plugin tools have been intentionally designed from scratch to be within our control, MagicRingForever is completely different in that it is a separate standalone tool that makes use of "hidden" capabilities inside the magicJack dialer. You can now enjoy this popular "hack" as similarly used by other 3rd party software for FREE as long as magicJack continue to support these "hidden" capabilities in the magicJack dialer that make it possible.

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
For clarification, here are the exact steps you need to follow to use the MagicRingForever tool:

1. Download and Install it.

2. Run it. The MagicRingForever window will open.

3. You will see the prompt "Do you want to ENABLE or DISABLE the MJ Voice Mail Timeout? [E/D]?". Type E for enable and hit the enter/return key.

4. You will then see the prompt "Enter your 10 digit MJ phone number (i.e. 2125551212):". Type your 10 digit MJ phone number in the form xxxxxxxxxx without any spaces or special characters and hit the enter/return key.

5. You will then see the statement "FINISHED. UNPLUG YOUR MJ AND PLUG IT BACK IN AGAIN (TO RESTART THE MJ DIALER)". Follow those instructions and unplug your MJ dongle and plug it back it again.

6. You are now finished !!! Close the MagicRingForever tool window.

FunkyBoss · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 19

Instead of physically unplugging the MJ, can I reboot the machine, or restart the MJ dialer service to get this to work?

I have my thin client buried under a desk and it's a little hard to get at.

redpepper · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:38 am Post subject:

The initial release of MagicRingForever ONLY supports Windows XP/Vista/7.

Support for XPe (XP Embedded) for thin clients will be provided in the next release. I will be able to give you an accurate answer to your question about unplugging and plugging back in the dongle when the next release that also supports XPe is available.

redpepper · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:45 am Post subject:

Release 1.01 of MagicRingForever that includes support for thin clients running XPe (XP Embedded) is now ready for download at http://tools.pcphonesoft.com .

When the tool has finished, just unplug magicJack dongle and plug it back in again (or simply restart the magicJack dialer).

tsmith · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

redpepper, good job. It works flawlessly.
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redpepper · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks. Your encouragement is appreciated.

joevv · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject:

will this solution log a a missed call for every 4 rings? e.g. phone rings 12 times call log will show 3 missed calls from that number.

redpepper · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:03 pm Post subject:

Yes - of course it will since your phone is re-forwarding back to itself every 3-4 rings instead of forwarding to voice mail. Every re-forward represents a new incoming call arriving. I know you are pretty familiar with the solution used.

MagicRingForever is just a very simple tool put together to help out a few Google Voice fans that requested it. There are definitely no plans to enhance it in any way especially since we cannot control it's destiny as it uses "hidden" magicJack dialer features.

redpepper · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject:

Release 1.04 has been released and is posted at http://tools.pcphonesoft.com or http://www.magicsilence.com .

When you see the initial user prompt "Do you want to Enable or Disable continuous ringing?" Double check and make sure you enter "E" or "Enable". When the tool has finished running, be sure to unplug your magicJack USB dongle and then plug it back in again.

If you run into any challenges, unplug your magicJack USB dongle and then run the MagicRingForever tool. Plug the magicJack USB dongle back in when the tool has finished.

tsmith · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:09 pm Post subject:

redpepper, there is an alternate procedure mentioned in that same line, that you could just restart MJ (from the desktop) instead of physically unplugging the dongle. Is that still viable?
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redpepper · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:39 am Post subject:

FunkyBoss · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 19

I initially didn't install this because I was getting lucky that my MJ voicemail wasn't picking up, and instead Google Voice was when missing calls. But about a month or so ago, I started getting more and more calls falling into MJ voicemil before GV. So I decided to give it a try.

Happy to say over the last couple weeks, I have no longer had any calls go to my MJ voicemail. All have gone through GV. Bravo redpepper! Smile

P.S. I am also a MagicFeatures customer and it works fine with that installed too. All running on one of Alpman's thin clients.

judgeandjury · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 01 Jan 2010 Posts: 5

MagicRingForever is a free solution for turning off your MagicJack's voicemail. I have been using this application for about 2 months now and it has performed flawlessly. By having ability to turn off MagicJack's voicemail I have decided to buy another year of MagicJack service. Turning off MagicJack's voicemail using MagicRingForever is great! http://tools.pcphonesoft.com

This developer also sells a great MagicJack application called MagicfeaturesPlugin which has several awesome features that MagicJack forgot. http://www.pcphonesoft.com