Monday, May 10, 2010

T-Mobile HD2 Logitech Wilife

I recently purchased Wilife, which is a very inexpensive home security system. I won't get into the details about Logitech Wilife, because chances are you already know what it is and that is why you're here... looking for a solution.

I purchased the Master System on Amazon.com for $150.00. Great deal. I purchased an extra camera for $109.00 but accidentally bought the PRO version, which is not really compatible. Now I need to return it or buy the power adapter, which I'm told will definitely work. We'll see.
I bought my mom a T-mobile Dash 3G and Myself a HTC T-Mobile HD2 (Radio Shack had it on sale at $99.00 and came with a free Plantronics Bluetooth headset). I assumed that Wilife would at least work in Relay mode with these devices.
Well to my surprise, the HD2 is NOT supported. Frowny face! What a weird thing to happen since the HD2 is arguably the best WM device as of this post. Anyway....

I searched and Googled (not Binged) for a workaround. Silverlight won't install on the HD2. Opera will allow flash to work on the HD2, but ONLY in Canada and overseas. Bummer.

Then I thought... DUH... try using Internet Explorer (as opposed to Opera) on the HD2 to view the Wilife stream. Nope... didn't work.... UNTIL I put IE's settings in MOBILE VIEWING as opposed to viewing in DESKTOP MODE.
Now I can view my Wilife cameras on my T-Mobile HD2 whenever I want, wherever I please. It worked great over 3G. It did have a 20-30 second delay, but I'm not that picky.

I must warn you to be a little patient, because after you click VIEW MY CAMERA, it takes 20 seconds to load on the Windows Media Player. When your 3:00 minute viewing time is over... it takes about 5 minutes to refresh to watch again.
T0 be safe, I open Task Manager and close WMP after viewing the stream.

Good luck :)