The last days I needed to download a bunch of videos which have been uploaded to RapidShare by other people. I 
already have RapidShare Premium account but the home internet connection is too slow for downloading these files. So I decided to use my iPhone & our university Wi-Fi connection. I know that I can use safari together with safari-download-Plugin but I want to browse the net while downloading files. So the only way is the MobileTerminal & wget linux command! After Googling the net I found some instructions about how to use wget with RapidShare but the instructions is written to be used with Linux so I do some minor changes on it for using on the iPhone!
Prerequisite
- Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch
- Rapidshare Premium account with Direct Download Option enabled
- WiFi or 3G connection
- Some Cydia packages
- wget
- MobileTerminal
- Backgrounder
- OpenSSH (Optional)
Note: iPhone/iPod Touch Autolock feature must be set to NEVER!
The Process
- Open Terminal from Springboard
- Run the following code (Replace USERNAME & PASSWORD with your own)
wget \
--save-cookies ~/.cookies/rapidshare \
--post-data "login=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD" \
-O - \
https://ssl.rapidshare.com/cgi-bin/premiumzone.cgi \
> /dev/null
The above code needs to be run once!
- Navigate somewhere that you want to save files on it using!
- Use the following code to start downloading from rapidshare
wget -c --load-cookies ~/.cookies/rapidshare <URL>
Hold home button to enable backgrounder
Once you see backgrounder message (Backgrounding Enabled) release the home button
You have successfully start downloading from Rapidshare. Now you can surf the net using safari while downloading is in progress! Don’t lock your iPhone/iPod Touch during download process!
Transferring downloaded files to PC/Mac
Now you need to transfer downloaded files into our PC/Mac for doing that I simply use OpenSSH over Wi-Fi connection. You can also use USB cable connection to do so!
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