Transmission on the iPad
Transmission is the default torrent client for most Linux distros. It has fast download speed and requires minimal system resources. Now the iPad 2 has been jailbroken, you can download torrent directly to your iPad by installing Transmission in Cydia. However, as the following screenshot shows, this app doesn’t have an app icon once it is installed.
In order to access the app, just open Safari on the iPad and type localhost:9091.
But there is one issue. Because this app is a daemon, it’s same as a service in Mac/Windows, meaning that the app won’t run until the next time iPad is started, you need to restart your iPad by pressing the sleep button, swipe to power off the device, wait a moment, and press the sleep button again to start the device.
Once the iPad is restarted, open Safari and go to localhost:9091. Then you can start to download torrent by tapping the Open button and paste in the torrent URL.
If you don’t think you can remember this URL or don’t want to type this URL every time you want to download or check the torrent, you can bookmark this URL.
Or if you want more quick way to access the app, the ideal solution is to place an icon on the SpringBoard (or Home Screen) by tapping the ‘Add to Home Screen’ button.
This way you can access the app directly on the Springboard with an added bonus of removing the address bar.
One more thing to remember is that you can view the torrent details (including where the files are downloaded to) by tapping the Inspector button.
After the download is completed, you can either use an iPad app to view the files or transfer to Mac/PC depending on their usages.
