Actually, I do seed. Shit apps don't want to upload anything tho. I leave stuff seeding on my phone but nothing uploads. Nothing I can do to fix it. But I'm glad you want to point out something that has nothing to do with my comment, nor this thread. Once again, thanks for the help and proving me right
Here are some things to consider if you want to improve your ratio.
Do not seed from a phone. Seed from a landline using a PC or laptop,
A landline will give you a more reliable connection, so more real seeding time.
If you seed from a phone then you probably will not be able to receive incoming internet connections.
This will reduce the number of people who can download from you.
From what I have read, PC torrent clients are generally much better than phone apps, especially for seeding.
Use a popular torrent client such as qBittorrent or uTorrent. They are popular because they work well and there is plenty of support for them.
If you must use a different client then make sure that it a proper client and not a general purpose downloader app with some torrent capability tacked on.
Having a torrent loaded into your torrent client for a month is not the same as seeding for a month.
If your client is not actually running then it can't be seeding.
To maximise seeding time you should configure your torrent client to start automatically when your OS starts.
- If you are using qBittorrent then the option to enable is "Start qBittorrent on Windows start up".
- If you are using uTorrent then the option to enable is "Start uTorrent on system start up".
People often claim that they are seeding when in fact they are not.
This image shows you what to look at in your torrent client to find out if you are REALLY seeding.
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The most important thing is that the tracker is shown as "Working". If you do not see that then you are not seeding.
To maximise the number of other torrent clients you can connect to, configure your client to prefer encrypted connections, but not to insist on them.
- In qBittorrent, set "Encryption mode" to "Allow encryption".
- In uTorrent, set Protocol Encryption "Outgoing" to "Enabled" and enable "Allow incoming legacy connections".
If your system goes to sleep then seeding will stop. To prevent this, you may want to inhibit sleep whilst seeding.
- In qBittorrent, enable the "Inhibit sleep when torrents are seeding" option.
- In uTorrent, enable the "Prevent standby if there are active torrents" option.
Do not enable super seeding mode for any torrent. It's purpose is to minimise the amount of data that you upload.
Super seeding is designed primarily for use on initial uploads, not for seeding back after downloading.
It makes uploading slower and will usually reduce the amount of upload you see when seeding back your downloads.
Super seeding is configured separately for each torrent. It is not a global setting for all torrents.
- If you are using qBittorrent then the option to disable is "Super seeding mode".
- If you are using uTorrent then the option to disable is "Initial seeding".