Hi
Has anyone got any recommendations for downloading torrents directly through the android browser, or alternative android browsers?
I really want to be able to download torrents on my phone, but there are no reliable apps for this yet. I've noticed that in-browser torrent downloading is a way of downloading on a pc without installing additional software and I had hoped that I'd be able to do it in my android browser but I can't seem to find any that work.
any help is much appreciated
Thanks
Not quite sure what you mean. Are you referring to downloading the ".torrent' file through the browser? Because those files will go into SDCard/Downloads by default, and can be opened by a number of torrent apps like TorrentFu or Trandroid.
If you're wanting to seed/leech a torrent from your phone, itself, this is a bad idea, since torrents open up literally hundreds of simultaneous connections. On a 3G connection, this will likely throw up a red flag for your carrier if you're on a limited data plan, or if they try to charge you for additional services like tethering (even though this technically isn't tethering).
If you want to remotely manage your torrent client running on your PC (like uTorrent on a PC or Transmission on a Mac), then the above apps (TorrentFu and Transdroid) will work just fine for downloading a .torrent file from your phone and sending that wirelessly to your computer remotely, and you can manage your download from the apps.
Not sure if any of this is what you're looking for. Hope it helps!
Swarm is an Android torrent client available on the Market. I use it, and it works quite well. It also integrates with Torrent-Fu, so you can search for torrents with Torrent-Fu, and then download them with Swarm.
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Let me start by saying this: I do realize there are other methods to accomplish this, and that this method will not work for everyone. But for me it's simple to set up, as well as neat and tidy.
I've started combining the use of Dropbox with Wyse PocketCloud for Android. I'm sure everyone is already familiar with Dropbox. Wyse PocketCloud, if you don't already know, is a fantastic RDP client for Android.
With this setup, I'm able to have access to any file on my computer at any time from anywhere, with acceptable levels of security.
Using Wyse, I remote logon (yes, even over 3G) to my desktop at home. I then use Wyse to find the file I need on my desktop, and then copy it onto the Dropbox folder on my desktop. Through Wyse, I've remotely added a file on my home computer to my Dropbox cloud. I can then logoff from Wyse, open up Dropbox on my phone, and download that file to wherever I need it. I've already been saved by this - I was able to obtain a copy of an important PowerPoint for work from my desktop, download it to my SD card, then mass-storage it onto my work computer.
There are other great uses for Wyse, but this is my favorite. I hope and pray they expand the Beta.
Steps:
1. RDP compatible OS (I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate)
2. Download Wyse PocketCloud from Android Market
3. Sign up for Dropbox and install the client to both your home computer and your Android device
4. Enable RDP on your home computer
5. If you're home computer is behind a router or other type of firewall, don't forget you'll need to set up an appropriate port forwarding rule!
This was a fantastic solution for me - I hope it helps others as well. If anyone else can think of creative uses for Wyse, I'd love to hear them.
i use wyse all the time. for the above mentioned use and i run a dlna server on my pc to feed media to other devices in the house, so if i need to share a new folder etc, and i dont want to go to the computer, i just wyse it.
Alternative - e-mail the file to yourself (using Wyse or another RDP Client)
Another alternative is to use an RDP Client to e-mail the file to yourself, and then access the e-mail on your phone.
RDP is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack unless you are using certificates. I've also seen many a winbox hacked via RDP in the past, not really sure if they just used dumb passwords and accounts or what, but in each case the box was owned by a bot. As a result, I don't allow RDP anywhere at any time to any box.
If I want remote access RealVNC with encryption (Only in paid version) but don't think there is a Droid app for that yet, or I use something with an SSH tunnel.
As for files, I have files on a network share which is then mounted via NFS on an internal network to a Unix server which I can then hit with something like AndFTP using an SSH connection to get and put.
This includes access to all MP3, ISO, Movies, data, web etc.. access
This is not limited to use via a smartphone though, any SSH file transfer program will work from any Internet facing box.
I've used dropbox in the past and it is okay, but the above gives me full access to files without pre-planning what I am going to need.
RDP is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack unless you are using certificates. I've also seen many a winbox hacked via RDP in the past, not really sure if they just used dumb passwords and accounts or what, but in each case the box was owned by a bot. As a result, I don't allow RDP anywhere at any time to any box.
If I want remote access RealVNC with encryption (Only in paid version) but don't think there is a Droid app for that yet, or I use something with an SSH tunnel.
As for files, I have files on a network share which is then mounted via NFS on an internal network to a Unix server which I can then hit with something like AndFTP using an SSH connection to get and put.
This includes access to all MP3, ISO, Movies, data, web etc.. access
This is not limited to use via a smartphone though, any SSH file transfer program will work from any Internet facing box.
I've used dropbox in the past and it is okay, but the above gives me full access to files without pre-planning what I am going to need.
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That's really helpful information. It sounds as though there may not be a fully secure method to access your root that way? Wow, even just typing that makes me glad I don't really have sensitive info on that box.
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I cannot download files from my PC i.e. jpgs, vids etc... I subscribe to easynews and when I tether my HTC Hero 2.1 using Wireless Thether v1.60 for root users nothing happens.
I've noticed the same problems when using hotels wifi's where it notices that it's a large file and it stops downloading.
From the phone itself it downloads fine, but when I tether to PC it does nothing. Do I need to proxy somewhere?
thanks
Hmm, I don't know that many others have this problem that you're describing. Try updating your version of Wifi Tether. I believe there's a version 2.0 out, perhaps that could solve your issue.
See here: http://www.appbrain.com/app/android.tether
I think you can also upgrade it directly from the Market.
Sounds like a problem with your PC's wireless device.
Try uninstalling it from device manager (I'm assuming Windows operating system), then reboot your computer, let it reinistall the hardware and try it again.
No, it's not the PC... I tried it with three different ones. It's something SPRINT does from preventing downloads of big videos and sound files. If I use a datacard on the PC it works fine. The problem is when I tether. I have noticed that when I use a proxy site and then go to easynews.com I then can download without a problem.
It seems like Sprint might put some type of restriction on certain sites... can that be true and is there a way around it?
thanks for any info
Solved problem by installing PaperBus "you can use paperbus to access blocked web sites and bypass internet filters and such."
Now when I tether I can access easynews. Like I said, it seems that Sprint blocks downloads from this and perhaps other newsgroup services.
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Solved problem by installing PaperBus "you can use paperbus to access blocked web sites and bypass internet filters and such."
Now when I tether I can access easynews. Like I said, it seems that Sprint blocks downloads from this and perhaps other newsgroup services.
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No... they do not
If an ISP where to be blocking a particular set of information from any site - you wouldn't believe the hell that would be unleashed upon them by the FCC and nerds alike.
I have a home server (Windows Home Server) with tons of stuff on it. When I am traveling, I have tried to access and download epub format ebooks, and the browser gives me an error message that the download failed because that file type is not supported by my phone device. (Aldiko didn't help with this)
I have noticed this with other file types also.
Is there a way to download ANY file type from my home sever, even ones "not supported" by the phone? This would be very useful thing to be able to do.
The home server is accessed via a web browser (https).
stock Dell Streak Froyo.
setup ftp server on your home server
open a port on your router and do port forwarding to ftp port on your server
WAN port like 44444 -> serverip:21
then use a filemanger or FTP client (I use EStrongs file manager, but there are several others) to connect to the external IP of your router at port 44444 (or whatever port you chose above)
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setup ftp server on your home server
open a port on your router and do port forwarding to ftp port on your server
WAN port like 44444 -> serverip:21
then use a filemanger or FTP client (I use EStrongs file manager, but there are several others) to connect to the external IP of your router at port 44444 (or whatever port you chose above)
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I'll have to study up a bit to do something like that. I was hoping there was just some way to allow android to download any file type through the web (http).
The FTP server solution is one way to go. Have you tried a different browser??
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The FTP server solution is one way to go. Have you tried a different browser??
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I have tried different browsers and apps such as crutch and download buddy. Some of those do let me download the file, but when I try to open the file, it won't. Yet, if I transfer the file by USB or Dropbox, it works fine.
Very frustrating...
Don't know that I want to go through the trouble of setting up an ftp server for something that seems so obvious... can't believe it's not part of the android OS to allow such web based file transfers within the browser???
why not use dropbox? its free, and 2gig will store a lot of epub format ebooks
https://www.dropbox.com
I use Download all files.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/download-all-files/com.hwkrbbt.downloadall
I use a VPN setup. i think it's the most powerful, albeit a bit tricky to setup. should you need help configuring it dont hesitate to ask. however, whatever your solution, remember a couple of limitations:
- you can access mapped net shares (smb) using almost any file explorer (i use astro), you can copy your files to the sd, but you cannot run remote files. that's because generally no app is able to deal with the smb protocol.
- to circumvent this limitation, you must be root. i don't exactly know the passages but the general method is to create a mount point to your net share (something like \mnt\network1 or whatever), so the system (and most important the apps) will be tricked to think they are dealing with local files. if you are not root, upon reboot the mount point will be forgotten. I read about this somewhere around here.
@ stoney73: I do use Dropbox, but would like to be able to access anything on my server while I am traveling.
@tenorntex: I just ran across that app and will likely give it a try.
@crashDebug: sounds interesting. I would have to do a bit of research and educate myself before I could attempt what you're describing.
Thanks all. It will be solved eventually.
I want to share files with an iphone user and a pc.
Is there an app that creates an ad-hoc network and create a web file server to do this?
I know there are apps for both these things separately, but I don't need to tether and I wanted a single button to do all (and I don't even know if combining apps would allow me to do this).
As an added bonus, if the created web server allows uploading files it would also allow to get files from iOS and pc.
Is there an app for this?
The easiest method that comes to mind is that you can turn most Android devices into a Samba file sharing server, which would be easily accessible from Windows, and most likely in iOS too provided you have the proper client app installed. The only problem is that to set up a Samba server in Android, you need to root your device first. Samba Filesharing in the Market will help you set it up once you're rooted. I don't have an iOS device so I've never been able to try it, but I've read that NetPortal on iOS is a good app for accessing CIFS/SMB shares.
Setting up a Samba server doesn't necessarily create an ad hoc network as well, though. That's something you'll need to configure separately, usually via another third party app, like Wireless Tether.
I use file expert, it creates an ftp server, it's very handy to use....
on my htc magic I use "remote web desktop" but it doesn't work on my transformer...
Dropbox. Everyone should have it, use it, love it
Seriously I use it all the time to keep everything sync'd up on 4 PC's and 2 mobile devices, as hosting for all the things I post online and to share / sync folders with friends (shared collection of ebooks ftw).
I know its not quite 'on the fly' as you were after but its an option
I would have suggested Dropbox, but cloud storage is still much slower than a local server, and is fairly limited in maximum storage. With Samba or FTP, you can use massive external hard drives to host your content, which I'm assuming the OP plans on doing.
I have tried multiple clients (most recently tTorrent and aDownloader) and I am getting the torrents from demonoid and they download on my home computer just fine. However, the tablet will not start the download. My connection is good and i can do other things just fine, the torrent just will not d/l.
i had the exact same issue i think the tablet cant understand the file that pc downloads for torrent thats why atorrent only allows you to search but you can pick and choose between sites using the setting