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[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
I'm pretty sure there's only a red and green LED, which is why only red and green work.

1. No problems.

2. No data was lost, because I knew that unlocking the bootloader would wipe the data partition. AFAIK, this is the case with every android device.

3. WIndows 10, but it really doesn't matter what the host OS is as long as adb and fastboot are installed. Windows is probably easier.

4. See above.

I haven't heard anyone report having that problem. I'm personally using TWRP and have had no issues with it.
[Device Reviews and Information] ZamZing:
1) fastboot reboot reverted to stock recovery. Had to do the volume up thing first to make TWRP stick.

2) As warned, phone did a factory reset when unlocked so make a full backup of your data first.

3) I used Arch Linux and had no problems. Did not have to mess with phone drivers, just plain 'ol adb.

4) Cannot do OTA updates without restoring original recovery.

Good luck!
[Device Reviews and Information] wickid_d:
I'm on Win7Ultimate 64bit - not much after a clean install. That might work for SP Flash, but you said you got MTK Droid Tools to work? That's the part I'm more interested in as I'd like to do a full back up of the phone so that I can test roms without worry, as they become available. Thanks for the response man! :)

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1) As for CWM or TWRP, CWM recognized the external sd where this version of TWRP didn't. Other than that, no problems.

2) This is ONLY on unlocking the bootloader. If you use the stock recovery before installing one of the custom ones, do a backup of user data, unlock it, then restore user data. Easy peazy, just takes a while..

3) Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. No problems using the OP guide. I'm just more advanced than most and want to get a full stock backup of this, so I'm currently working on getting the drivers to work right for MTK Droid Tools.

4) Be careful when using Viper - if you put it on expert mode, you may set settings that you won't like and try to revert to beginner, or moderate mode, and it won't revert the settings unless you go back in expert mode and undo what you did. I learned this the hard way. I'd stick to beginner or moderate - moderate got me the best sound quality without having to know what EVERY setting meant like expert mode. It takes slightly longer to boot the phone. I would imagine this is because of the XPosed framework being installed, or the custom recovery (which in my experience, it has been that instead..)(XPosed is totally optional btw.. You should be able to use Viper without as long as you followed the rest for root - it does require root to operate properly) - One last thing, DON'T update SuperSU through the Play Store, or you'll lose root. I made that mistake as well, and had to reinstall per the OP instructions for that part.

Hope that helps! :)
[Device Reviews and Information] mrmazak:
I don't know if this issue is isolated to just me or to Blu phones or even just to lollipop but here goes. My paired Bluetooth devices will randomly fail to reconnect and gets a pairing code error. Then i need to "forget" the device and pair it again.

My phone is unlocked, rooted, twrp, exposed framework with gravity box installed.

If anybody has a workaround or a suggestion please post
[Device Reviews and Information] kerdelgreen767:
i disagree with the part about SuperSU....

i update thru playstore currently running SuperSU Free v2.65 and i still ave root.

OP version is 2.52
[Device Reviews and Information] wickid_d:
Hmmm.. I may give it another shot hearing of a successful update..TY! off to try again.. lol

Edit: why yes, yes it did take this time.. weird.. maybe a bad download.. thx for the update! :)
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Anyone else get rapid battery drop after 15% or so? Once mine reaches 15 it will basically drop right out and shut down.

When I plug it in to charge at that point it shows 0-1% .

Possible dead cell in the battery?

Should I even bother to try and complain to Amazon? Been a couple months now since purchase.
[Device Reviews and Information] kwkbnk:
I've had mine for about 3 months now, and having no problems with battery. Seems to drop normally all the way from 100% down to the lowest I've had it is 5%.
[Device Reviews and Information] frydaddy07:
I have the same issue sometimes. But I get really good battery life regardless. I think this may just be the phone getting confused, and because the drop is consistent I can account for it (like computers which die at 7% or something similar)

On a different note:

The folding case lockscreen features a clock and music player. Can the content of this screen be modified? or, rather, has anyone tried or managed to do so? I haven't found anyone trying anywhere, and I seeing as this is my primary device I don't want to test anything yet. But has anyone, or maybe just thought about how it can be done?
[Device Reviews and Information] zaksimmermon:
Any word on this?
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
Sorry, I have been really busy and haven't touched my computer in a bit, I'm trying to build up a stock rom as well so people can recover if they somehow forget to back up
[Device Reviews and Information] zaksimmermon:
no need to be sorry. I was just curious because I came across an extra Blu Life One X. So I figured before I try to get rid of it I could try using it for this.
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
Great, you would be the perfect tester, I can't give an eta but I'll say soon
[Device Reviews and Information] ryude:
I also have an unused blu life one x. Don't care if it bricks, I'm using another phone now. But I wouldn't mind going back if there's something to play with.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
If you need one more tester, count me in! I have a backup phone I can use, just in case, but I'm pretty good about keeping backups and Roms on hand in case something goes awry.
[Device Reviews and Information] ToucanRask:
Anybody know anything about the Marshmallow update coming to this phone? I remember we were promised it before the end of Q1 2016.
[Device Reviews and Information] kwmike:
Has anybody used/tested the tethering feature? Needed for my dd use.
[Device Reviews and Information] mswguitar:
If you're talking about wifi tethering, I use it all the time, and it works great. Once you set it up, there's a toggle on notification pull down to easily turn it on/off. I'm on T-Mobile and haven't had any issues.

I haven't tried/used any sort of USB tethering on this phone so I can't speak to that.
[Device Reviews and Information] shaxs:
Hi Guys. Would you recommend this as a guy phone for my parents first android phone? They mostly just text, call, take pictures, and surf the web. Their windows phones are missing some apps they need like their banks app ect. They currently have Lumia 640s.
[Device Reviews and Information] friedgizmo:
It's a great phone for a first time user in my opinion. For light use this phone does everything you need, has a decent camera, and great battery life. Plus it is near stock Andriod so the learning curve is minimal.

My wife had one thing that has ever come across was using the keyboard and entering I when texting would be a _ instead. That was solved by deleting the stock keyboard and replacing it with the Google keyboard from the Play Store.
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
Hopefully it will be out soon. That's all the word anyone has AFAIK.
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Ports

there have been already few ports for MT6753 devices "

https://www.facebook.com/groups/571344343015573/?fref=nf

"

You check that out too

might get bost or lucky ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] zaksimmermon:
Most of them are using coolpad note 3. There is a list on the site of the phones with the same SoC's and the BLOX is listed. Can I use the roms on there...?
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Yes You can Port by same SoC and might get lucky
[Device Reviews and Information] zaksimmermon:
You mean MAYBE I'll still have a working phone.... ?? maybe I'll go see what happens...
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
My build is gonna be a bit delayed because i had to wipe my whole drive and reinstall windows. Also I wanna make a a group hangouts chat for everyone that wants to test the Rom
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO5:
Hey guys, hows your phones battery life? My LOX gets about 4.5 hours of screen on time at medium brightness off a single charge. I am writing this post with the phone and currently it's at 17% with 4 hours of SoT so far.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Sounds about right to me. Though, does your battery drain rapidly once it hits 15%? I encounter that issue, plus rapid drain as soon as I unplug the device after a full charge. It helps to reboot after charging to 100%, just to eke a little more life out of your battery.
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO2:
no, it drains pretty normally after 15%. I do notice that battery hangs for quite long at 1% before turning off tho. For example, battery usually drops 1% for every four minute from 15% to 1% when running geekbench battery test. then it just hangs at 1% for 10 minutes before the device finally ran out of juice and switched off.

Also, the system automatically dims screen brightness to lowest at 15% . I wasn't able to switch it back to medium. Now its at 3% with 4 hours and 45 minutes of screen on time. I dont experience any drop after unplugging the phone from charger. The phone battery actually drops slower when it is at 90%+. I do experience annoying wakelock sometimes after unplugging tho. There is some bug causing the kernel to wake lock it seems. Reboot helps. I tried to find out the cause of it but neither better battery stats nor the wakelock detector detected anything.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Ah. It seems our batteries have different quirks. I hope the Marshmallow OTA fixes these issues, should we ever actually receive it.
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
You think its a software issue? I'm not so sure.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
I'm not really sure. I know (at least, I've been told) that the rapid drain after a full charge was a kernel bug. I guess I assumed it was the same with the rapid drain at 15% and below. If it's a defective battery, I'm screwed :( The return window is closed, and I can't afford to pick up another phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] :
if you have rom dump or backup means you can always go to normal stage without any hisitation
[Device Reviews and Information] shaxs:
Thanks for the feedback. I will probably get it for them.

Does anyone on T-Mobile use this phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Have you tried contacting BLU? Even if return window is over, they may still offer some info/help.

I reached out to Amazon and got a partial refund over the issue and they also said that BLU may still offer to help as well. I haven't contacted them yet but plan to.
[Device Reviews and Information] ZamZing:
Not exactly T-Mobile, but an MVNO, Ting. Works well, including LTE.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
I use T-Mobile. It works great!

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I just contacted BLU for some advice, or at least a return. I also have another issue with this phone that I reached out to them about: sometimes, when I turn the screen on, the touchscreen is unresponsive. I can drag my finger, but it only responds for a little bit at a time, not long enough to put my pattern in. I have to turn the screen off and back on to fix it. Does anyone else have this issue, or is my phone just jacked up?
[Device Reviews and Information] shaxs:
Great! Band 12 and all works well too? And I believe I read that wifi hotspot is enabled? Can the Tmobile visual voicemail app be added to the phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
The phone itself supports GSM Band 12, but we don't know if it is T-Mobile certified, so it might not work. As for visual voicemail, it never worked right for me, so I don't use it. I'd say you might wanna check the Play Store.

What I do know for sure is that hotspot works well, I use it pretty often. You gotta dig for it under Wireless>More, but once you enable it, it hangs out in your quick settings. It's pretty nifty, and fast!

EDIT: Visual Voicemail does work! You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.vvm.application
[Device Reviews and Information] amarryat:
It supports T-Mobile band 12 for data. No VoLTE though, so no calls on band 12. In other words, you won't be able to make calls if you're in a band 12 only area or if the other signals are too weak
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO5:
It's definitely a software issue. I happen to found a way to fix it. Sometimes thanks to the wakelock, my screen on time is limited to 3 hours and a half. Then I wonder if modifying CPU would help like disabling some cores and killing frequency when screen off.

I rooted and installed CPU tuner.(there is also set CPU but that's paid.) What I did was, with that app, set three CPU governors. One for performance using the performance governor, one for normal usgae using interactive, then the last for screen off with battery saving governor that has 4 cores disabled.

For prfiles I created performance profile with performance governor set at max frequency, balanced profile with interactive at default frequency, then screen off profile with battery saving governor at minimal frequency. I set wifi, data to disable for screen off profile and wifi+data enable for balance profile. Lastly, I set a trigger to have the phone used performance profile while charging,balance while on battery, and screen off while the screen is off.

Afterward, wakelock STOPPED COMPLETELY. I left the phone idle at 30% power. 3 hours later, it is still at 30%. Battery life is fantastic. The usual phone idle percentage drops significantly and screen is now the biggest battery user :)

Im not sure why it works. I believe there is a bug in the kernel that handles CPU. Modifying the CPU reset it I guess... HM.
[Device Reviews and Information] aksthem1:
So I already installed CWM, rooted and installed Xposed. Went ahead and tried out Snapprefs, but for some reason it keeps freezing when enabled. Snapchat will work when it's not enabled of course. Did anyone else have this problem?

Mainly rooted for this and since any nightime snaps on this phone are just atrocious. Stupid of them to use the camera "viewfinder" for pictures.
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO2:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/207672

This is my geekbench battery result. As you can see, no strange battery drop at the beginning or sharp drop at 15% and under. Battery drains about 1% for every 5 minute. The last 1% hanged for quite long thong. As long as the kernel wakelock bug doesnt come back, I have great battery life.
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Thanks for sharing this info!

Why do you want no data/wifi when screen off? Will miss sync and email notification then I think? Also, why have full performance mode while charging?
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
I'm able to get data over band 12. Wifi Hotspot works. Visual voicemail app works.
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO5:
Set performance because of preference. i carry a small 3200 mAh external battery with me. When phone runs low, i plug it in and continue to use it. Since the phone lacks quick charge, i often use my phone while its plugged into my external battery. I might as well mas have the phone on high performance because by that time, usually im on my way home from school or work.

I disabled wifi because... why would i need wifi when screen is off? My normal profile automatically turn my wifi on when the screen is on. I dont use sync because the email app on my phone displays tons of junk mails like those from youtube and G+. I'd rather check email on my phone's browser.
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
I didn't set mine up exactly like your profiles but I did try this and my phone still jumps off the cliff at ~15%.

Glad you got your issue fixed though.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Wow, this did wonders for my battery life! I unplugged my phone at 7:30am, got to work at 8:00am, listened to downloaded videos on YouTube Red with the screen off (with Viper4Android) for about 6 hours out of the 8 hour day. Left work at 4pm with 47% battery. The battery died at 0% at around 9pm, after miscellaneous texting, calling, and music online through Spotify. No charging whatsoever! It seemed to help a little with the rapid drain after 15%, lasting about an hour now. It's way better than what I was getting!

I just have one question: my phone idle usage was still much higher than my screen usage (about 2.5 hrs S-oT). I listened to downloaded YouTube videos with the screen off for hours, and the YouTube usage percentage was at 2%, whereas idle was in the 30%'s. In this case would the audio count as idle usage, since the screen was off, and no video was playing?
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Just throwing out a FYI out there in case some smart cookie can make a suggestion for me;

As well as the battery dive at 15%, I also today finally noticed that when charging, my battery will jump from 85% immediately to 100% ...there must be some correlation to this misbehaving 15% but I can't seem to find a fix!?
[Device Reviews and Information] GAO5:
yes, any wakelock after screen off count as phone idle. If you are listening to music, it should come up as audio mix wakelock which adds to phone idle time. Idle shouldnt be higher than screen though

Compare to other phones, Idle is still higher than normal, we need to wait for blu to give us mashmarrow to fix that i guess.

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i never experience deep drop at 15%, Not when the phone was fresh out of the box and not now either after the update. How fast is the drop? 1% every 4-5 minutes when idling with screen on is normal. 1% per 2-3 minutes when playing intensive games is also normal.
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Ahh, our issues are not the same then.

My phone drops out in about 1 minute once reaching 15%. I can watch it tick down until it shuts off.

The jump from 85 to 100% when charging was interesting to see as well. It just snapped from 85 directly to 100.
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Boot Recovery

I tried to boot into recovery before flashing it (much like I do on my Amazon Fire 20015) to test it and do a full stock backup, but I keep getting a "unknown command" error, even after unlocking the bootloader.

I've seen many other guides that state you can boot via "fastboot boot recovery.img" command into the recovery image you download without installing it. My phone just arrived today. Don''t know if it came with an update that's preventing this.
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
That fastboot command doesn't work anymore. You have to actually flash the image now.
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
I just dumped the recovery. Haven't flashed it back though. But since I'm new here, I cannot post links yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Same problem here. Using Snapchat 9.21.1 with snappfrefs 1.6.5

had to deactivate the module
[Device Reviews and Information] shaxs:
Its basically coming down to the LG K7 T-Mobile phone http://www.bestbuy.com/site/t-mobil...ne-titan/4984401.p?id=bb4984401&skuId=4984401 vs the One Life X. I think the One Life X is better in almost every way, but for half the price this might be a good choice for my parents. I am still not convinced of BLUs quality of worksmanship vs a heavy hitter life LG.

Thoughts?
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
Specs all point to the Life One X.

The LG is cheaper but probably a little better fit if your parents aren't tech/phone savvy. I like the LOX, and replaced my GS4 with it and haven't looked back. The build quality is nice and it does not feel cheap at all like the other small-brand android phones I have played with.

If they want a more capable device, I would go with the LOX. If they want a "set it and forget it" device that just works and has all the features of a smartphone most people need/want, then save some money and get the LG.

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Have you tried going into recovery and wiping the cache partition. Solved all of my battery issues... no more wakelocks, phone sleeps great, screen-on time matches awake time perfectly, and when in sleep mode I lost only 2% over 8 hours overnight.
[Device Reviews and Information] feegus:
Thanks for the suggestion. yes, I did indeed do that.

No changes. Battery drops out at ~15% and also jump charges from 85 right up 100%

....other than that though, the battery life isn't terrible. My Phone Idle percentage is always MUCH higher in battery usage than Screen though, but I blame Google Now for that I think.
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
We actually got it quite a while ago, but any new blood here is welcome :)
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Ohh.. cool.. sorry then! xD

Anyone knows if gravity box is compatible?
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
Yes it is

Enviado desde mi BLU LIFE ONE X mediante Tapatalk

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Yes, tempered doesn't fit with this model screen, not even screen protector

Enviado desde mi BLU LIFE ONE X mediante Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Jorge_007:
Info

Here is some info/tips for anyone having issues with the CPU not entering deep sleep. Do Not power on/reboot the phone while the charger is connected. In my tests I've found that the CPU gets locked in "charging mode" even though it's unplugged from the AC adapter. Normal behavior while charging is to lock the CPU at about 1 GHz, so if you reboot/power on the phone while it's connected to the charger it will trigger the bug and prevent the CPU from entering "battery" mode. A reboot/power off and on while disconnected from the charger will let the CPU enter deep sleep. Use CPU Spy from the play store to monitor if deep sleep is working. If the phone does not enter deep sleep within 3-5 minutes while the screen is off then reboot and try again, although it should work the first time. This also assumes all of your apps work correctly and do not cause wake-locks.

Also, the Power Saving toggle in the status bar saves power by reducing the max brightness of the display. It's easier to notice at night to see the effect it has on the phone since it's easy to notice brightness at night.

There is definitely battery charging issues as of March 23, 2016. I've had the phone charge rapidly from ~10% to 83% in 1 hour. I was thinking maybe it's a bug but I let the phone stream music and keep the display on at max brightness while on LTE expecting the phone to die quickly and it lasted 3 hours. :confused: Normally it takes 4-5 hours! to charge. :eek: I'm hoping the marshmallow update will fix all the bugs. That's if we get it.
[Device Reviews and Information] Locorama123:
Phone wont go past the boot screen

My phone stays at the boot screen. I have never rooted nor unlocked the bootloader. I also cleared cache and reset user data but it still wont go past the boot screen.

Sincerely sorry I cannot post an image since I am still a new member.
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Try booting into recovery if you haven't and perform a factory reset. If you already did, or after you do you are still stuck, claim warranty. Blu offers 6-12 months of warranty depending on the issue.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ausche:
Hey guys,

Really simple question, but I'm developing an app using Android Studio and wanted to use my phone instead of the emulators for testing. I need a USB driver for the phone though and can't seem to find a legit download. If anyone has a link, that'd be awesome.