This is now the 2nd day of MJ not working. That would be the cost of keeping my US identity with banks, credit cards, US gov't. So I'd be spending about $540/year (plus something like 20 cents/text, and 20 cents/minute for voice calls) vs. everything except phone dealings with US banks/cc's/etc. Meanwhile I have a spare (2nd) phone, and would use that with a Thai SIM for local Thai calling, data, etc.
Magicjack my account verification#
And I would use that just to receive the verification texts and on the occasions when I have to call a bank/cc in the US, or if they need to call me. Unfortunately, I just called and the cheapest plan would be including tax about $45 per month. I'm thinking now of keeping my USA phone # active - it's with a major US carrier. The big advantage of MagicJack is that I had a (usually) working USA phone # that could receive texts and could make and receive USA phone calls from anywhere for $45 USD/year total.Įven if I can find a working app, this could happen in the future to any of them. I'm realizing that if this had happened while I was abroad, it could be very difficult to resolve and bank accounts could end up frozen as it would appear suspicious understandably.
Magicjack my account code#
The big issue is that it's unfortunately become common for financial companies not to use email to send verification codes any more for logging in or making account changes, but to insist on sending a texted code to one's phone number. I need a USA phone number with my USA area code that can receive texts, and that can receive US phone calls. This is very alarming, and I'm wondering if anyone has any phone app or other method that is working that they recommend. Yesterday, it was 83 people ahead of me, and 90 minute wait. I looked at Play Store, and from the reviews everyone posting there is having this problem.Īlso, it's usually about a 15 - 20 minute wait to get on the Live Chat. Since then, I have the direct to voicemail problem, but this time cs could not fix it. Two days ago I woke up, and was logged out of the app which is not normal. I'd have to chat with cs, and it would get resolved by refreshing on their end, or they deactivating/reactivating it. When that occurred, texts would not arrive. Then a periodic issue began where phone calls would go direct to voicemail.
Periodically the MJ app would not work, but uninstall/reinstall would usually resolve it.
Magicjack my account plus#
The MJ is an app on that phone so it's one phone with it's own number plus the MJ app with its own number on the same phone. I also pay a US carrier for one of their phone numbers, which I use for everything else including all my calls. Thanks to a helpful person in these forums, I started using MagicJack's phone app, which gives me a US VOIP phone number.Ĭurrently and for the last few years that is the phone number I use with all my accounts including especially financial and government. Living abroad but keeping an identity in one's home country.
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