So I got a MagicJack awhile back.It worked as advertised…until it broke. Fortunately I had grabbed the login etc. information from the MagicJack software before this happened, so I could plug it into a softphone (MagicJack uses the industry-standard SIP system for their network). Which I’ve done.
If you want to grab your MagicJack login info, assuming you have the device, this site had more info.
Once you have that info, there are a few softphones that you can try. I would have loved to get the thing working on mycell phone (hey, it’s Windows Mobile, it should be able to handle it) but the SJPhone software didn’t work for long, and I don’t want to use the speakerphone to make and receive calls. Probably just a configuration issue but anyhow…
The first client I tried was Telephone. It’s ultra-minimalist and Mac-only but it works well. To set up the MagicJack account, I used [email protected] ([email protected] in my case) for the SIP address, proxy1.denver.talk4free.com as the proxy server (denver can be replaced with any number of US cities…more on this in a minute). User Name is the same as ProxyUserName and Password is ProxyUserPassword. On the advanced tab, check the Connect using proxy box and put your proxy server in there. The port is 5070.
The other client I tried, which is “heavier” and more cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) was QuteCom. There, the login/username is the ProxyUserName, the Password is ProxyUserPassword, the SIP Domain/Realm is talk4free.com, the Server and Proxy are respectively the IP and the name of the proxy you’re using, and the port for the Proxy is 5070.
So about the proxy deal, choose yours carefully. Check out this list, then traceroute to all of ’em. The one in your city, or near it, may not have the lowest latency. For example, Denver’s proxy rings up at around 70ms, whereas the one in LA, where Comcast traffic hops off to XO, is a mere 40. If you’re wondering who XO is, it’s a second-rate internet backbone that MagicJack for whatever reason is connected to for their servers. On the other hand, Qwest gets the lowest latency to Dallas, weighing in at about 65ms. Decent considering that 45ms of that is between me and the Qwest DSLAM. Moral of the story: if you’re on Comcast and are in the western half of the US, use LA as your proxy. If you’re on Qwest, try Dallas.
If you have any more questions about MagicJack, I might be able to answer them. You never know unless you comment…
#1 by Nehal on May 2, 2009 - 12:49 pm
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i have ben tryin to make magicjack work on windows mobile ……….. any idea how to do it, i need to knw badly … whn i hack n get the SIP details i get everythin xcept the proxy server name (proxy1.denver,talk4free.com) in tht case …. plz help out in this matter , hav tried sjphone and i m gettin prob with fring on htc touch hd so probably suggest me sum more sip clients … thnks in advance …
#2 by Ian Littman on May 2, 2009 - 1:02 pm
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Try SJPhone and see if it works. Didn’t quite work for me, at least for very long, but it might for you. Just keep in mind that you’ll be on speakerphone the whole time.
#3 by JackTheMan18 on May 26, 2009 - 7:53 am
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I just wanted you to know that I got FRING to work on a windows mobile phone (HTC Kaiser).
It seems to work no problem over WIFI, I haven’t tried it on a 3G or EDGE network.
There seems to be some configuration files available on xda developers website to get MJ
working natively on windows mobile. I’m still working on that.
#4 by Guillermo on May 27, 2009 - 2:37 pm
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I was able to port my SIP data from the MJ to a Grandstream HT503, using MJ Suite.
When I call out all goes well, however when someone calls in to my MJ phone number, they cannot hear me, although I hear them perfectly and even have Caller Id working.
anybody has any clues as to what parameter I have left out or set incorrectly in the SIP protocol that is affecting my getting the audio from the calling party?
Help Please !
#5 by z on June 3, 2009 - 7:01 pm
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Thats because u might be behind the router and the grandstream phone is able to route the outgoing voice packets but the router is dropping all the incoming packets.
#6 by charles on June 14, 2009 - 12:30 pm
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hi i just want to know how did you enter the credentials on fring windows mobile . thanks.
#7 by Shreya on June 26, 2009 - 12:40 pm
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Did anybody get this resolved. I am also having the same problem. Any help is highly appreciated…
Thanks in advance…