How to: Torrent for Symbian made Simply
June 5, 2007 by Dario Soltani
After a little digging I came up with two different clients that caught my interest. WizBit and SymTorrent.
WizBit is a BitTorrent client for Smartphones written by David Hulbert for his final year project at Exeter University. Eventhough the project isn’t yet complete, David does offer an alpha version for conceptual purposes, which doesn’t download files yet but is able to connect to a tracker and retrieve a list of peers from it. This software will according to my opinion have the best functionality in it’s class, when all the ideas listed on the dev-log are implemented. I’m looking forward to testing the final version around the announced date, 7 of July!
SymTorrent on the other hand is a fully functional and freely available alternative that’s distributed under the GNU GP-License! Now to 3 easy steps on how to download torrents on your symbian device!
- After installing the program, launch it and you’ll meet the following screen. In the ‘Settings’ make sure you have chosen a download directory where you have enough space to download files to. The program by default creates ‘BitTorrent’ folders.
- Now we need to import the torrent file you’ve earlier saved on your Symbian device, in order to download begin the download. Choose ‘Add torrent file’ and pick a desired torrent file.
- Kick back, put on some music and behold the wonders of modern technology! Your file should be downloading now.
While you’re waiting you can check file status or see how the progress bar slowly turns red for segments that are ‘on the way’ and then green when they arrive and are validated. When your downloads are complete you should find them in your assigned ‘BitTorrent’ folder. If you’re wondering about speeds, the highest I got was about 115kB/s download, upload isn’t worth mentioning as my router blocks the upload port.
GOOD
- Very easy to use and configure (didn’t actually need to configure a thing).
- Built in tracker and possibility to create own torrent files.
BAD
- Lacks the possibility of searching sites for torrents.
- Not enough functionality like downloading specific files in a torrent or changing priority on files.
Via Wizbit, Dave1010, Symbian-freak.com
i have a question regarding this. if i’m downloading a ’shady’ torrent which could have the potential virus (written to harm a PC) could this also harm my n95 8gb?
Hi steven. Im no security expert but I would say no, a PC virus can not harm a symbian device, because they work totally different (different OS’s!). Also, a symbian virus would pretty much require you to manually install an application, so the risk is quite low.
thanks for the reply! hopefully no harm will come my way
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hi–
How do you actually get a torrent onto your s60 phone? I’m using an e71 and I’ve downloaded the symtorrent application with no problem; however, whenever I try to download a torrent to my phone it says not supported. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Jon
jon: First you need to download the torrent to your phone memory, then you start the torrent applications mentioned above and load the torrent file with the application itself.
i’m new to the torrent side of things too.. And also having trouble putting the files onto my phone.. Do i have to download to pc then transfer across to my n95 card.. And then use the symtorrent..
Please could some1 advise please