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ph03n!x
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Read the update included in the previous post please!!
I might be overlooking something, but no - the sucker does not work on a different computer when I follow my own steps!
The difference between the two computer is:
Working without dongle:
1) MagicJack was installed with the dongle, and was working in this laptop for a long time (more than a year)
2) I last updated Magicjack in December, which broke the without-dongle feature
3) I followed my own steps to get it work without the dongle by rolling back to Aug update
4) It is a Win7 x64 laptop
Not working without Dongle:
1) MagicJack was never installed on this before
2) When I followed my steps as per the previous post, it failed to load the magicjack.exe
3) When I go through the normal installation, I get an update dated Feb 18th
4) It is a Win7 x86 installation.
I am still trying to figure things out, will keep you posted. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject: Magicjack support, tips, tricks, and hacks |
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ph03n!x
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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The good news is I got it to work...
...the bad news is do not know what I did to make it to work!!!
If you have the magicJack folder copied to your harddisk earlier (when all was fine and the damn thing was working without the dongle for you), KEEP IT SAFE - that is the key.
I am going to summarize all that I did in the past hour and half:
I installed the update, then followed my steps from P15 of this thread.
I did a System Restore, used the Setup1.exe from the mjusbsp\Upgrade folder from the RAR file I have uploaded in Rapidshare - it still was adamant to do the upgrade.
I deleted all mjusb and magicJack entries from my registry, tried opening the without-dongle shortcut.
I deleted all temp files.
At some point the without-dongle MagicJack opened (until now, it will not even open), but still wanted to upgrade
I renamed all files modified today in the magicJack folders (in my HDD as well as on the dongle) to .old - still wants to upgrade when I open mu withou-dongle shortcut
I deleted the magicJack folder I have in my HDD and copied the one that I had in the laptop (where all is fine, and I do not need the dongle)
Bingo, it worked.
If someone can make head / tail out of what I did, and can come up with an easier tutorial, it will be helpful for all here 
BOTTOM LINE FOR TODAY:
You can still make it to work without the dongle using the August upgrade (using my rar from P15), but you might have to experiment a whole lot  |
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simplesimon37
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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I was able to restore operation without the dongle by simply running the 'downgrade'. It appears that the Contact list now being used is the one stored on the dongle/files on hard drive and not downloaded from the net each time!!.
Whenever mJ starts up however, the advert states I will be receiving the 'important' update. The next step will be to try and stop mJ from updating automagically!!! Don't know how to do that other than perhaps setting the mJ directories to "read only" perhaps. |
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ph03n!x
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Did anyone get it to work using the files I had posted??! |
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pcguy760
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Wow this sucks - I just got a new laptop (again) and wanted to install the soft phone to it but no go  - Magicjack is silly for blocking it like because it never use to let you use BOTH the dongle and the softphone on two different computers at the SAME TIME anyways (I tried this a while ago lol)
Anyway, Phoenix could you pm me the password to your file so I can attempt this...thanks. |
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ph03n!x
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I've given the password to a handful already - and none updated if it worked or no!!! |
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karbud
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:41 pm Post subject: HOW TO COPY FOLDER TO HARDDRIVE |
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SORRY I DONT NO ANYTHING ABOUT A PC IM A DISABLED VET THIS IS MY FIRST PC AND I JUST RECENTLY GOT A MAGICJACK I HAVENT HAD A PHONE SERVICE IN 4 YEARS COULDNT AFFORD.I LIKE MAGICJACK BUT DONT LIKE IT STICKING OUT OF MY LAPTOP IM AFRAID IM GOING TO HIT SOMETHING AND TEAR UP MY LAPTOP IM IN A WHEELCHAIR SO IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
THANKS, KEVIN |
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ph03n!x
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: HOW TO COPY FOLDER TO HARDDRIVE |
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| karbud wrote: | SORRY I DONT NO ANYTHING ABOUT A PC IM A DISABLED VET THIS IS MY FIRST PC AND I JUST RECENTLY GOT A MAGICJACK I HAVENT HAD A PHONE SERVICE IN 4 YEARS COULDNT AFFORD.I LIKE MAGICJACK BUT DONT LIKE IT STICKING OUT OF MY LAPTOP IM AFRAID IM GOING TO HIT SOMETHING AND TEAR UP MY LAPTOP IM IN A WHEELCHAIR SO IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
THANKS, KEVIN |
Hi Kevin, welcome to the forum. Can you get help from someone who can understand what has been discussed in the last two pages and do it for you in your laptop? We right now do not have a sure shot solution posted here, and my posts are trials that I somehow managed to come out successful with, but not sure how! |
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karbud
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:22 am Post subject: Re: HOW TO COPY FOLDER TO HARDDRIVE |
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[quote="ph03n!x"] | karbud wrote: | SORRY I DONT NO ANYTHING ABOUT A PC IM A DISABLED VET THIS IS MY FIRST PC AND I JUST RECENTLY GOT A MAGICJACK I HAVENT HAD A PHONE SERVICE IN 4 YEARS COULDNT AFFORD.I LIKE MAGICJACK BUT DONT LIKE IT STICKING OUT OF MY LAPTOP IM AFRAID IM GOING TO HIT SOMETHING AND TEAR UP MY LAPTOP IM IN A WHEELCHAIR SO IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
THANKS, KEVIN |
Hi Kevin, welcome to the forum. Can you get help from someone who can understand what has been discussed in the last two pages and do it for you in your laptop? We right now do not have a sure shot solution posted here, and my posts are trials that I somehow managed to come out successful with, but not sure how![/quote
HI, THANK U FOR THE WELCOME. SORRY BUT I LIVE BY MYSELF I HAVE NO HELP BUT IM READING A LOT AND TAKING ALL THE FREE PC CLASSES I CAN. I WILL KEEP TRYING TO TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DESIGNED IM JUST NOT SURE HOW TO COPY MJ TO MY HDD, I CREATED THE SHORT CUT AND I PUT IN THE TARGET AND START IN BUT WHEN I TRY TO APPLY IT SAYS FILE NOT FOUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE A ? IF U CAN ANSWER IF FOR ME, AM I SUPPOSE TO PUT IN THE {"} OR AM I SUPPOSE TO LEAVE THEM OFF. IM AMAZED AT HOW U DESIGNED THAT PROGRAM! I ONLY WISH I CAN GET SMART ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL WHAT U DESIGNED, DONT THINK I WILL EVER BE SMART ENOUGH TO DESIGN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WELCOME AND A SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE REPLY. AND IM SORRY FOR BOTHERING U WITH MY QUESTIONS I WILL CONTINUE MY TRAINING SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO INSTALL YOUR PROGRAM.
] THANKS AGAIN KEVIN |
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ph03n!x
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Kevin 
Btwm I didnt design anything - its a collective effort of a lot of people over here, and I just figured something out after the last update made the MJ without dongle to stop working!
As for the shortcut, It should be something like this (including quotes and all)-
"D:\MagicJack\mjusbsp\magicJack.exe" /foreground /scf _magicJackPersonalDataRoot "D:\MagicJack\magicJack"
The first bold text is the path to the folder where you have copied the mjusbsp folder, which contains the magicjack.exe file (in my computer, it is D:\MagicJack\mjusbsp)
The second bold text is the path to the location where you copied the magicJack folder that is in the MagicJack USB dongle.
Hope this makes sense... |
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sweetraskels
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject: hi, mj without dongle not working |
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hi,
i tried this and
when i double click on the mj icon
i get an error saying
warning
magic jack could not start
click here for help...
how would i fix it |
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bubamarkus
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:41 pm Post subject: Same issues |
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| Same issues with the latest update. I guess they check if the dongle is physically present. Is there any way around it? |
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sabresfan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: Same issues |
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| bubamarkus wrote: | | Same issues with the latest update. I guess they check if the dongle is physically present. Is there any way around it? |
If you are unable to run dongleless now get your sip credentials and run MJ with xlite and MJMD5. Setup xlite with your headset and mic and your good to go. You may also find the call quality a bit better this way. |
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bubamarkus
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:10 am Post subject: Encrypted SIP password |
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| With the latest update 1.92 there is no way yet to retrieve sip credentials automatically. Password is encrypted now. |
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luckyj
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: can start with no dongle using -ph03n!x- phone#0000000 |
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-ph03n!x- files worked. but only to start up the mj and got phone number stuck at 000-000-0000. if the dongle present at anytime (with Internet), the program will update itself.
with the lastest dongle, noway I can see All the files that are in the "phone" drive. even tried it with a Mac osX 10.5.8. Just the .autorun.ico and the .inf files.
Anyone has anyluck exacting sip info with the latest dongle? Please share.
Thanks! |
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