I came across a useful app whilst trawling the internet over the weekend looking for something interesting to post on N97 fanatics. I sometimes use bit torrent applications on my pc. I use sites like Mininova and btjunkie to find what I’m looking for.
It was actually late Friday that I came across an app that would let me do this on my mobile. This I thought was quite impressive and thought I’d give it a try. I downloaded the app from Symbian Freak. There is a version for both S60 3rd edition and 5th edition. It works exactly like it does on a PC.
DOWNLOADING
You search for your file using a programme like Mininova as mentioned previously and, then hit the download button and the Symtorrent application automatically starts up on your phone. Next you need to select the downloaded torrent file and choose options and hit start download.
Now I’ve tried this with a WLAN network and it worked fine (this would be my suggested method of download due to data charges that may apply) although this will also work over a 3G network.
Next you’ll need to hit the arrow next to the file button to get to the status screen as pictured below. From here you’ll be able to start the download. When you instruct the programme to start it will ask what connection it should use. Choose wisely or you could end up with data charges even if you have a unlimited download contract as these are often subject to a fair usage policy. The programme will then search for a connection and then start to locate peers. Once the programme has located the peers the download will begin.
FILE DOWNLOADED
Once the download is complete you can close the application down. The file should have been stored to the E:/Bitorrent file it created on installation but this can be changed to another location within the software settings of the app. I’m not encouraging anyone to illegally download any material but it is a great little app.
Download SymTorrent
Click here to download SymTorrent for the N97.
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