How to download torrent using an ipad 2 - without jailbreak

I am sure there are many ways out there to download torrents ( and I have tried some), but for me though my way is slightly complicated (once you know, it is simple). This way is also great if you live a country like Malaysia, where the so called broadband is as slow as a dial-up. Coming back from Russia (where I can dowload torrent up to 700-900kbps) it is frustating to see downloads in Malaysia (a maximum of 15kbps). I thanked the Malaysia government which campaigned 1 house 1 broadband but allowing a government company to monopolize the market, making it non competitive.

1st step (you can use an ipad/ computer in this part)
You need to sign up with torrific (which is free). Just go to www.torrific.com and sign up. It is important to give an actual email because the will send email notification to this email. Then verify the email and log in. Don't close this tab

2nd step (ipad/computer)
Open a new tab and go to your favourite torrent site. Mine is www.isohunt.com . Find the torrent you want, click on it, where it say "download .torrent" right click (or if you use ipad touch it until a popup comes out) and copy the link.

3rd step (ipad/computer)
Open back the torrific tab, and go to home. Immediately you will see a place to paste your link (look like a search column) and click "get". Then a page appear asking you to "initiate bittorent transmission". Click it, and depend on the size of the file, you have to wait a few minute for the file to be downloaded into the server. When it is finished, it will send a notification to your email. While waiting you can do step 4.







4th step (ipad only)
Download an app called Filer which you get from appstore / installous.

5th step (ipad only)
Once there is an email notification saying your torrent have been downloaded, click it (and if needed log in). It will show the torrent that you have downloaded, pick the one you want and it will open another page. You will see the torrent already downloaded (basicly a file with .wmv,.avi,.mp4), touch it for a while until a popup comes on your ipad and pick copy. Paste on the filer and press enter and it will start downloading

6th step - watch the movie you have downloaded. So, if you have downloaded a file which ipad have not supported, at the upper right corner of the ipad there is a button to transfer your file to another app (how cool is that?), so I use AVplayerHD

So if I download torrent directly, in any other country it will be faster but in malaysia I suggest you use this method.Because malaysia has limit the speed of torrennt, so direct downloading is the choice. I get an average of 110kbps (not as fast as russia but 10x better than using a microtorrent)

That's my way... if you have other method please share
sigh, I pity the ones who read my blog

Top 10 ipad 2 apps

I have received my ipad 2 for a couple of month now, and I can say it have replaced my stone age laptop (with few accessories and apps of course). Although many malaysian are still waiting in line to buy an ipad from an apple reseller, I bought mine at ebay. I still can't forget what happened to my friend. He was frustated after so long waiting in line for an ipad, he still failed to get one. So he followed the "wise" advise from a salesperson an bought an ipad online (he also bought a camera connection kit). So after 2 days, he received a parcel. Apparently apple has a send anything avaiilable send first. So all he got was a connection kit. haha. Sorry for the detour. So we will start our countdown.

(I do not hold rights to any of the app I mention below and I am not affiliatd with any of them)

10. Yahoo! messenger
Well, I guess every malaysian have a yahoo account. This app is basicly my lifeline for a social relationship... The best thing about ym that I love is the ability to be invisible to everyone else yet able to stalk other people status.

9. Blogpress
For any blogger out there blogging, without this app, how else can I write all this c***.

8. MobileRSS
I sincerely hate this app. It has made me addicted to read other people's c***. haha. (warning! installing this app may cause laziness, addiction to reading blog,decrease productivity).

7. MyQuran
I am not being pretencious, but how can you be a muslim without a Quran.

6. MyPad
This is another app that has cause me to sit 2-3 hours a day in front of my ipad. With its cool design, smart interface it is a must have for ipad. Stalk, update status with ease,

5. Atomic web
True multiple tab browsing (which apple has promised in iOS5), you may also download through it, save and open it later. (I have forgotten where I hide my safari app after installing this app).

4. Readdledocs
If you are a bookworm or just a medical student like me, how else would you open your downloaded books, powerpoint presentation, word document? why readdle docs of course. It actually opens any format and it even opens picture rich pdf format (for ex: my dermatology atlas which is 300 mb in size)

3. Filer
Download almost anything from the internet (I will show you how to download torrent in your ipad ;P)

2. AVplayerHD
So I admit I am a movie buff. So with this app, you do not need to convert any movie anymore. Just drag and drop any movie through iTunes or through wifi or from an ext hard drive (yes, ipad now can be attached to an external harddrive) or open a movie that you have downloaded through filer. If you like to watch movies, then without this your ipad is a piece of rock.

1. Death rally
Yes, the moment which we have waited for... Death rally. So you can't have an ipad without having a game. Right? This game is a result of fornication between racing game, FPS, and killing people. Basicly you have a car equipped with weapons that you can use to kill people.

So, that's my top 10 ipad apps. what is yours?



sigh, I pity the ones who read my blog