THL W100: The noLED workaround

The THL W100 phone does not have any notification LED for missed phone calls and text messages.

A simple software solution exists if your phone is rooted.




This solution for smartphones without notification LED was  released some time ago on forum.xda-developers.com and consist in a small app that hacks either the power LED or the back-light of the soft buttons to give a visual indication of missed calls.

It works perfectly on the THL W100.

After the installation of the noLED.apk app, the setup will try to locate the files to tweak.


Off the 3 locations detected, two are actually usable:

The first one, will hack the power LED for notifications...





... and the third option will use the back-light of the soft buttons.

Once tested from the app, the ButtonLED feature can be enabled from the Accessibility section of the system menu.

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Shortcuts to some IP Camera functions

The following is a selection of CGI functions that can be used with Foscam ip cameras. They are issued through the URL line of a browser and can be used as convenient shortcuts to features that are not ideally accessible in the original UI, like the network activity led, which is located on a page that requires a reboot while the function itself could be activated instantly.


http://[ipcam]/set_misc.cgi?led_mode=2
this will turn off the green activity led instantly.
The valid values are as follow:
led_mode=0 - the green led blinks only once connected.
led_mode=1 - the green led blinks while searching for a connection and when connected.
led_mode=2 - the green led is always off.

See here for the meaning of the different blinking rates.

http://[ipcam]/set_misc.cgi?ptz_center_onstart=0
the camera won't auto-rotate any more when restarting, so you won't need to re-position it any longer upon rebooting.
 
http://[ipcam]/set_misc.cgi?ptz_auto_patrol_interval=30
This function is currently not implemented in the user interface and  instructs the camera  to start a patrol at a defined interval, here 30 seconds.
The patrol type is defined by this other command: 
http://[ipcam]/set_misc.cgi?ptz_auto_patrol_type=1
Possible values: 0: None; 1: horizontal; 2: vertical; 3: Horizontal + Vertical

http://[ipcam]/set_misc.cgi?ptz_patrol_rate= 20
The value provided will defined how fast the camera will rotate on patrol, here 20 is the default.
Fastest speed = 0. Slowest speed = 100.

http://[ipcam]/get_misc.cgi
Returns all the current values  for the functions above.

http://[ipcam]/get_log.cgi
Displays the visits log

http://[ipcam]/get_params.cgi
Returns the complete configuration of the camera.

All the commands can be chained in the same url by using & as separator.




(complete documentation can be found on this page)

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