Step By Step Tutorial for how to use LibreTorrent

in utopian-io •  7 years ago 

LibreTorrent is a Free as in Freedom torrent client for Android 4 and later, based on libtorrent. Download and share files directly on your device. It is offered by Proninyaroslav. It is an Open-source torrent client.

Implemented features:

  1. DHT, PeX, encryption, LSD, UPnP, NAT-PMP, µTP
  2. IP filtering (eMule dat and PeerGuardian)
  3. Ability to fine tune (network settings, power management, battery control, UI settings, etc.)
  4. Supports torrents with large number of files and big files
  5. HTTP\S and magnet links support
  6. Support proxy for trackers and peers
  7. Ability to move files while downloading
  8. Ability to automatic movement of files to another directory or to an external drive at the end of download
  9. Ability to specify file and folder priorities
  10. Ability to select which files to download
  11. Ability to download sequentially
  12. Material Design
  13. Tablet optimized UI
    Let's start the tutorial
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-05-33-548_com.android.vending.png
    Go to Google Playstore and search for LibreTorrent and just tap on it.
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-05-45-700_com.android.vending.png
    After finding the application on the interface we must install it by hitting the install button.
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-05-59-237_com.android.vending.png
    You must remember to enable mobile data or stay connected with WiFi for installation.
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-06-16-646_com.android.vending.png
    After installation is Complete we open the application by hitting open button.
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-08-14-413_com.google.android.packageinstaller.png
    As we try to open the application it asks for permissions, we must allow it for it to be functional.
    Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-08-23-929_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png

Now the LibreTorrent has started and we can start.
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-08-39-891_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png.
We hit the '+' button to add torrents. We have two options we can directly add the link of the torrent file or choose a file from storage. Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-08-55-845_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png

On clicking add link we get the following box.
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-13-22-544_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png
We can just paste the torrent link here to start the download.
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On starting few downloads, we will get the status of all the torrents on the screen.
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On clicking on the downloaded file we get the relative information, we can change the name of the file and the storage destination too, it tells us about the size, date and time too. We upload files to the destination desired. Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-14-36-337_com.android.vending.png

The files which we download through torrent can be found here after the download process in a bifercated manner.
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-15-12-748_com.android.vending.png
To check the speed of the download and the data that has to be downloaded, we can go to state and see how our connection is doing and how much time will the download take. We get the uplink downlink speed here, we can check seeds and pieces too. Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-15-27-328_com.android.vending.png
Pieces Map gives us an idea of how much the process is done.
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-15-39-614_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png

The three dots on the top are for more options
Settings
Sorting
About
Shutdown
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-15-48-062_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png
Here we can change above mentioned Settings, like appearance of the application and storage of data through the application, the network that we have been using. Limitations and behaviour.
Screenshot_2017-12-23-08-16-12-734_org.proninyaroslav.libretorrent.png
This is on clicking sorting, we can sort our additions in ascending and descending form.
For turning off of the LibreTorrent we must simply click Shutdown option.

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To know about the size and data of the application simply go to Installed apps in Settings and search for LibreTorrent and click on it, above window will be visible.
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For clearing data just hit the clear data button, incase you want to remove the app, hit unistall button.
That's all from this tutorial
Keep downloading.



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