yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gword256:
Bricked my phone now. I can get the phone past the splash screen and into USB debugging and USB storage and setting but nothing more. Not even to the home screen.

I managed to get CWM installed somehow and get into CMW-based recovery v6.0.1.2 and I try to install the stock "BLU_D910a_V01_GENERIC 2012-08-27 11.13.zip" file but keep getting Installation aborted messages.

I'm stuck for tonight.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JorGonHer:
Step by Step instructions How To Flash Blu Vivo 4.3

Hello,

Where can I find the Step by Step instructions on how to install CWM in order to flash my Blue Vivo 4.3 to FeatherLiteEdition][JB][4.2.2]

The original post does not specify this instructions and I don't want to break my phone.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
You can flash with this instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38377684

But your device can have a new version CWM Touch (CWMv6.0.4.4). Download file here and follow that's instructions....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48517830

;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JorGonHer:
You Rock ... Thank You!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IsabellaX:
headphone mic

dont mean to bug u, but i have a quick question i was wondering if u might know the answer to.. i bought my blu vivo 4.3 for $14 ebay because it has a bad mic and thats not a big issue for me cause i use it as a mp3 player and camera but i saw ur pics on here and took mine apart to see if the rubber peice was blocking the mic, it was not the case...

but i was wondering if the mic in the phone goes bad will it not pick up from mics in headphones either?.. i have 3 sets of headphones with mics and none work on it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Can anyone help me?

I downloaded version 13 of the script, double clicked RunMe.bat. typed 1 to choose normal on make a choice, got this message:

Checking if i should run in normal mode or special Sony Mode.

Please connect you device with USB-Debugging enabled now

My mobile is in developer mode, but when I connect to USB nothing happen. I can hear the USB connecting. If I try x) unroot, it gives me error: device not found.

If I click in USB storage I can see the mobile an SD card in local folders. Using Windows 7 64-bit.

Anything I'm doing wrong?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
When you connect your phone to the computer, pull down the system menu, you will have a USB connected option, select it and on this screen check the option for Interim USB debugging, that's all you need to do
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
Just downloaded the app from internet and from SD card hitted the install button, but 'ive got that error message that it wasn't intalled
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Hello Willie,

That didn't work. when I hit Interim USB debugging, I get this message from windows: Device driver software was not successfully installed.

In device manager I see Disk drives: two BLU VIVO 4.3 USB Device. When I hit USB debugging I see the same two VIVO USB DEVICE + Other Devices: BLU VIVO 4.3 without a driver. If I try to update driver it say that window could not find driver software for your device.

You can have a look on the attach images.

Thanks for your help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcarlos1993:
enAcco never

Android SDK is required???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Thanks, that did the trick. After Install Android SDK I updated the driver and everything worked. :laugh:

Hi 00Sv3n,

I'm from Brasil as well, did you manage to change the phone numbers format? If yes can you share?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
Unfortunelly i wasn't able to make this phone recogzine the brazilian phone number format. Have you guys got any progress? I suspect that this will only be achieved if the phone native contact list and dialer is changed for one that is able to recognize such format.

I just sent a questioning to the manufacturer (http://www.bluproducts.com/) about this issue. Let's see if i will get any answer. If you guys do the same i would appreciate.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Need an Android System Recovery Update.zip

I rooted my phone. I installed an audio app from the play store that required root. Worked great, until it updated today - during the installation process there is a reboot, now my phone is a brick. Reset the phone - nothing works, still a brick.

I can access the system recovery via VolUP and Power. Would someone be able to provide me an update from their Blu so I can "update" via system recovery?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
please post the URL fir the file so I can test it on my phone.

Regards.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Hi Larry,

How can I make a update from my BLU Vivo to send you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Blu Vivo update

I believe CWM or Nandroid Backup can create an update.zip. I think both require root access.

I'm relatively new at all this, but I think that's the way to do it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Ok. I will search on this and try to make a backup from my BLU Vivo.

If anyone else know how to back up BLU Vivo please help.

---------- Post added at 01:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

I installed Rom Manager but wasn't able to install ClockworkMod Recovery. I'm trying to install ClockMR manually, but as I'm new to this as well I was not able to do ityet, but will keep trying, this will be good to anyone with BLU Vivo 4.3 to have a back up rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
What is the model that you're using? 910i or 910a?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Mine is 910a.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
Mine too. Are you experiencing any kind of problem about the phone number detection?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Mine is working fine. I get the number and ID (name) of the person calling. But I don't have any city area code (DDD) in front of the number.

If I put the area code (DDD) in front of the number, the name of the person calling don't show, just the number.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
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Which are the carriers that you're using? I'm using Vivo and Tim. The Vivo sim card automatically mounts the area code (ddd) when someone is calling you and when receiving SMSs as well, so the phone doesn't show the name of the contact, just the number.

I've read in other forums(gsm arena) that people from other countries are having the same problems
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
I'm using Vivo and Tim as well.You are right, I just made a test with Vivo and they put 011 in front of the number. One way to work around this is to duplicate your phone contact list and put 011 in front of the duplicated numbers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Sv3n:
Three times: 0xxNUMBER for calls, +55xxNUMBER for SMSs and there are times that this carrier displays the number as 015xxNUMBER.

Any idea about solving this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Mine is the 910a. If anyone can help me out with a system restore update, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

---------- Post added at 01:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 AM ----------

I have AT&T in the 3G slot and T-mobile in the 2G slot. I had problems with the phone identifying the caller depending on which SIM they called. The T-mobile line would prepend a 1 to all US phone numbers. When I lived overseas, I had +1's in front of people's numbers for international dialing. If the entry had a +1, then the phone could match the number. HOWEVER, when the same person would call on the AT&T line, it would not match it up. I found that I had to add the phone number to a person's contact information, but I have noticed that it does not duplicate it in my Google contacts. It's one of the quirks I've noticed with this phone.

Here's another quirk: When I would receive an MMS on my 2G card, I lost data connectivity on 3G and the 3G would never reconnect unless I rebooted the phone. Anyone else see this?

Oh yeah, I'm sure I've mentioned it already - I really need some help with getting a system recovery update. My phone is bricked at the moment, and I've reverted to my overseas dual sim card which results in my data all being EDGE....zoiks! it's painfully slow. Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Sorry, wasn't able to manually install ClockworkMod Recovery to back up my ROM. Like I said, I'm new to this and all the methods that I tried to install didn't work. But will keeping trying to install Clockwork. If anyone can help us with that it would be much appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
As far as I know, there is no CWM for this phone, and that's what we need to make a full rom backup. I'l investigate if there is another way to get a backup
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toninsc:
guys, i´m brazilian and i was interested in buying the phone, i gave up because the difficulties in root and cwm etc.... but, i think to put cwm on vivo 4.3 it´s need to know if bootloader is unlocked, i say that because i´ve had many android phones, like sony, samsung and, in all phones that i´ve had, the bootloader unlocked is the rule to put the clockworkmod...

good look for you...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxtremist:
hi guys,

i was also thinking about rooting mine, but couldn't get the phone connected/recognised.

USB debugging is enabled and Android SDK installed (4.1.2, 4.0.3, Google USB Driver)

Whats missing? Does anybody of u havs a separete device driver?

And what was that with bricking after an update? Was it an app update or android -update?

hope i can contribute a little bit more in the future, besides asking ; )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Plug your mobile in USB and select Interim USB debugging. Go to Device Manager, find the BLU VIVO driver that is not installed, right click on it, go to update driver software. Choose click my computer for driver software, then do a search on C:\ (click include subfolders). If you have Android SDK on your PC it will install Android Composite ADB Interface on the driver. That's is how worked on mine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxtremist:
I thought that too.

i searched for android_winusb.inf wich i found in \User\...\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver

but still it won't install. will try it on another PC as well

Edit: Okay don't no what went wrong, but after installing the "Google Nexus 7 Toolkit" it worked.

-> mi vivo is rooted :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Thanks I appreciate it. I'm hoping not to have to dole out for another phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullbr:
Try to install the ClockworkMod on your phone. Even if we can get a backup from our Vivo you will need to have it installed to flash the ROM.

I will only be able to work on my phone this weekend, I was searching on how to install manually, the Clocwwork 5.0.2.0 is the one that may be more compatible with all phones. But I still hope that there is another way to backup the room without CWM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
btw, what audio app did you install?

I Installed Beats Audio driver, and after a reboot, my phone end like yours.

I have done a very detail search and now I have CMW for Vivo 4.3, I'll post the file and information on Monday, sorry guys, but I have to leave for the weekend right now. I'll be back with all details and how to's
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Yeah, Beats Audio driver is what bricked my phone. Please let me know what version of CWM you used when you get back.

Have a safe trip. Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
I'm back from my weekend trip. So here's the deal. This is the recovery image, this is not a generic CMW, I had to create it for this phone, my phone is a 910a, so I don't know if this will work on 910i

http://www.mediafire.com/?e2mghpwdg0wmmj5

password for the rar file is:

williegomeztforxda

You will need Mediatek Smartphone Fash Tool

http://www.mediafire.com/?qwf1452te1s3lxs

You need to extract the Smartphone Flash tool on your hard drive. on the extract folder you will see a Driver folder, run the InstallDriver.exe and install drivers, the you need to open the Flash_tool.exe file

On the main screen, you will have to click on "Scattter-loading" file that you extract from my .rar file (MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt)

You will then have to check the RECOVERY box, if in locations there is no file, double click on RECOvery and you will be asked for a file, you have to select the recovery.img file extracted from my file. With the phone disconnected from the PC, you click on the DOWNLOAD button, you will get a warning windows that says "not ALL images are correctly loaded, which may cause boot up issue! Do you still want to go on downloading anyway?" you click on YES.

NOW you connect the Vivo 910a WITHOUT BATTERY, just the phone, your computer will recognize the phone and you will see a bar at the bottom of the program, wait until you get the DOWNLOAD OK window.

Now you have to disconnect from the PC, put the battery on the phone and press VOL UP+POWER button and you will boot into CMW.

Now, since my phone is soft bricked, We need someone with a 910a to install CMW and create a Full backup and upload it so we could restore our phones.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Dude! Your instructions are impeccable. I have CWM on my phone after following your instructions - now hopefully someone to be able to get us an image. Thanks. One step closer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcfigueroa:
User with D910a

Hello!

I'm from Colombia. I was reading the entire thread in order to root my new BLU Vivo 4.3 (D910a). I just did the process 4 hours ago. I had to install the Android SDK and also the Nexus 7 drivers (Both explained in this thread). I have Win 7 64 bits.

I have not installed any app after I rooted my phone. I never have installed the CWM. Tell me if I can help you with your issue. Please tell me how to proceed. I'm a computer engineer but absolutely new in Android.

UPDATE: I already have a lot of personal info in my phone (Email accounts, saved passwords, etc). Will this full backup process also send that data to you? There is a process to avoid to send that data? Maybe a current backup / factory reset / backup for you / restore the current status?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
Yes, the backup will send all the data in the phone, like email, password, etc, so the way to proceed is: do a full backup of your phone, just to make sure, copy the back up to your PC, to a factory reset on your phone, delete cache, and then do a full back up again, copy this new backup to your PC and upload this to media fire or another hosting solution, then restore your full back on your phone.

Hope you can help us restoring our phone.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
One thing, once you install CMW, for a backup, on CMS menu, go to "Backup and restore", then "Choose backup format" and select "tar", and then the first option "backup".

On the SD card you will then have a folder named: clockworkmod\backup\

then a folder with the date & time of the backup, you need to .rar or .zip this folder and upload it so we could restore our phones
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
Can you run this file on the CMW (copy the .zip file to the sdcard, on CMW select "Install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from sdcard" and then select the file) , then wipe cache and under advanced options wipe dalvik cache and check if the phone boot again?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
So, I tried it - twice. I still have a bricked phone. Bummer. Did it work for you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
No, it didn't worked for me, but I did make a lot of changes before installing CMW. so I was hoping this work on your phone.

So I still waiting for someone to provide the nandroid back up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
We can use the Mediatek Flash tool to dump the ROM without using CMW, if someone is willing to help, please contact me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcfigueroa:
Hello,

In the weekend I will have time for this. Please tell me how to proceed with the Mediatek Flash tool
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
I have made some test and I think the best way is for you to install CMW, just use my instructions on the other post, then create the backup from CWM. Why I recommend this way, because this way (doing it the way I told you on the other post, backup.factory reset-backup-restore your original backup) we can be sure we won't get any of your private data you have on your phone. Also, the resulting backup will be around 300 mb and with the Mediatek Flash Tool the result file is around 900 mb.

Let me know if you are willing to install CMW.

Also, I have the original recovery image extracted from the phone, in case you then want to restore it, which I don't see a reason for that, but just in case.

Regards and thank you for your help. If you need more information, you can send me a private message, and since you're from Colombia it can be in spanish if you want)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Any luck getting an image? Just wondering.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
No luck yet, still waiting for someone's help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 599600:
hi all, am from singapore n is doing the cwm backup now. will update again once done. cheers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
Thank you. I'm waiting for the backup. Regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacGyver1138:
So I made backups. The files are:

Directory of F:\clockworkmod\backup\2012-01-01.00.06.10

01/01/2012 12:06 AM <DIR> .

01/01/2012 12:06 AM <DIR> ..

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 6,291,456 boot.img

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 6,291,456 recovery.img

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 0 system.ext4.tar

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 401,179,648 system.ext4.tar.a

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 0 data.ext4.tar

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 42,814,464 data.ext4.tar.a

01/01/2012 12:06 AM 0 .android_secure.vfat.tar

01/01/2012 12:07 AM 301,573,632 .android_secure.vfat.tar.a

01/01/2012 12:07 AM 0 cache.ext4.tar

01/01/2012 12:07 AM 80,384 cache.ext4.tar.a

01/01/2012 12:07 AM 510 nandroid.md5

12 File(s) 758,231,550 bytes

This look about right?

The about screen says:

BLU_D910a_V01_GENERIC 2012-08-27 11:13

ANDROID 4.0.4

KERNEL 3.0.13

MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V1.P1,2012/07/14 18:05

I did a full factory reset and then made the backup, I have yet to root it, so this is about as clean as you can get.

You msg me an FTP or something, and I'll send it. I don't use mediafire or share4 or whatever, so you tell me how you want it, it's 491mb?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
That is perfect. if you could ZIP or RAR the files it will be great, if not, there is no problem , just upload the files to the FTP I sent on a PM.

Thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryboy96:
Can you compress it and share it via Google Drive?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacGyver1138:
I just got mine today, and figured I'd help you guys out before it got loaded with too much personal crap. I was a little worried about joining your brick club by installing CMW, but it went perfectly

I hope the files help you guys recover, I hope it can also lead to a Cyanogenmod release for us too.

If I had any idea where to start, I'd try to port CM 10 to this model. (btw the MicroMax A90S is a clone of this phone supposedly,so we should watch for that too)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
Thank you very much again MacGyver1138, I got my phone working again with this backup
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
Congratulation

Williegomezt Hello, I'm from Brazil and would like to congratulate you for the excellent work in BLU 4.3. I have a BLU 910i, and also participate in a community on Orkut and we all follow the backup process. This is because we have visual problems and type in phone numbers. If you can tell us if this backup will run in the 910a or 910i for hardware differences or model, and it can also be done to restore the 910i with the same process as doing this, we would be grateful to help. We do not have much experience, however we already have BLU in Root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwel:
battery life

Hello all,

any experience on battery life? Is it decent? Is there already anyone who has cleaned up the original ROM and notices improvement on battery life?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 599600:
great to know that. thank you for ur advice n instructions.

believed we will enjoy this phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacGyver1138:
Well I rooted it, removed the GO launcher and installed an old alpha of Trebuchet for 4.0.1, removed most of the bloatware apps (frozen), setup Android Task Killer to kill most things automatically and I have had it on all day so far (5 hours), made 2 five minute phone calls, and played Temple Run for about five minutes and I have 91% remaining.

I'll have to get back to you on how it performs on a normal day. (Today is it's first day)

It might be an amalgamation of Android software bits, but it's as close to stock ICS I could get. I'm a little weird, I either want my phone to run CM10 or be stock (right now it a crappy mix of both). I just wish that the BLU shipped it with a completely vanilla ICS (exception for the Dual-SIM dialer).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
I'm out of town and I'll return home next monday. I'll work with you next week to have at least a backup of 910i and then work on your issue.

Regards.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr_utd:
can any body confirm the presnce of arabic language? in menu and keyboard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
Yes, there is an option of this language on the phone, but will have to download them both to and for the keyboard and menu system android.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
HOPE

Thank's Williegomezt. Thanks for help and time to leave us. The world needs more people with this vision. If you want to check more carefully in orkut please enter in orkut - Blu Vivo 4.3 - "Unboxing" , Review PT-BR e Convite
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
I sent you a PM. Please check it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
ROOT OK!! Necesito más instrucciones para lo que quieres hacer copia de seguridad. Puede hacer cuando se puede, paso a paso doc o txt si no estamos online e enviar a mi email.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
RECOVERY BLU VIVO D910i

Everything went well. Process CMW and made ​​backup folder "clockworkmod\backup\"

Copy to my PC. Something else to do? Or is it just that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
BACKUP BLU VIVO D910i

You will see that I returned to the factory mode to leave the smallest possible recovery, clean. Do not pulled any native app. The size of the file is around 439MB (461MB).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williegomezt:
That's all. You now have a D910i Nandroid Backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopestom:
THANKS very much.........

That's right! I've done the test today by CWM and restored as before. Thanks again for everything and for your time. If you need and I can help in any way, tell me.:laugh: