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[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
so... my blox died today... well, just the screen. Literally out of the blue (pun intended). Will be contacting Amazon since the phone was bought less than a month ago. I hope my replacement doesn't get long to ship.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Man, that's the pits. I know when I ordered the BLOX, I got free 2-day or next shipping (can't remember which), maybe the replacement is eligible for that as well?
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Amazon is top notch with their customer service. I know I'd probably get a next day shipping if the item i on stock. I just need to contact them directly.

Bummer for the phone. I really hope I just had a lemon and not that the phone is bad quality overall. I really like the phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Yeah, you'll probably be fine. Amazon rocks when it comes to that! If not, Blu offers support on their site, including returns for up to a year after the purchase (just give them your Amazon order number).

But, what worries me though, is that I have a bug on MY screen that pops up from time to time. When I turn the screen on, it only responds to my touches very briefly, not long enough to put my pattern password in. It would cut off like I lifted my finger off the screen, but I didn't. I'd get this all the time when I used the Leather Sheath case that same with the phone, but now that I've got a plastic case and I disabled Leather Sheath, it happens very rarely now.

I was hoping it was just a software issue, but now I'm wondering about your screen: what exactly happened on it? Is the screen broken, or is it just not registering touches anymore?
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
No touch issues. The screen (LCD) died, literally. I've worked as a computer technician for a few years now, it's a dead LCD. Color bars and random lines everywhere.

BTW already contacted amazon. They promised I'll have my phone by tuesday
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
Oh, I see. Just curious!
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
Interesting, I was the one who commented on that Wiko Fever thread about the fix that was posted earlier and I thought you had the same issue as me. It's not that fastboot reboot doesn't work (because that has *always* worked for me) but instead it's that Vol Up + Power doesn't always enter the recovery the first time.

I'm interested to hear more feedback from others on what's worked or not on their BLU Life One X 2016 and I'll update the OP accordingly.

Give me the links and I'll review what you've written up. As long as it's okay with you I will add notes/guides to the OP.

My purpose for creating this thread is for those of us who own this phone to work together to customize it as we like. As long as nobody bashes me or others' guides I won't complain about stuff getting posted here. :D

Oh, and a random fyi, I am usually pretty busy on the weekends so why I might read this thread I probably won't reply much until Monday.

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] Tha Watcher:
Well, to be honest, your guide is good, except that one thing I mentioned. So what I'd do is after you say, "fastboot reboot", put something in parens like "(This doesn't work for everyone. In this case, unplug the USB cable from your phone. Then hold the Power + Volume Up until the phone shuts off, release both buttons for a second, and then hold Power + Volume Up again until the BLU splash screen appears. Now let go of both buttons.)
[Device Reviews and Information] enaybee:
Thanks for putting this together. Saved me a lot of time by not scrapping information through several threads. My phone is now bootloader unlocked, TWRP recovery equipped and rooted as well. Great job.

Let's hope somebody could port some cool roms (fancy MIUI, CM or AOSP) for this phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
Where's your Google+ page?

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] enaybee:
So lets say Blu keeps their word and release marshmallow before the end of Q1 2016. Obviously with custom recovery and root OTA might not hit our phones or even if it does we won't be able to take the update. Hopefully someone would capture the OTA for us to flash manually. Just putting it out there in case.
[Device Reviews and Information] Bad_MOFO_33:
Does anyone have the stock recovery, if so can you please upload and link to it?
[Device Reviews and Information] ryude:
I imagine we could just flash the wiko fever stock recovery. But if someone could dump the stock recovery that would be better.
[Device Reviews and Information] Bad_MOFO_33:
The Wiki Fever stock recovery failed to boot for me.

Also tried renaming recovery-from-boot.bak back to recovery-from-boot.p but that also failed to restore stock recovery.

Just trying to pull all stock partitions for backup purposes.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tha Watcher:
https://plus.google.com/114871752944668794418/posts/ipqijVV9x6H

It's in the BLU Products Development Team community.
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
I was not able to get it figured out so I am waiting to hear back from [MENTION=4132835]SCrid2000[/MENTION].

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
And, is it okay that I try this on my phone, (re)post the instructions in the OP here, and give you credit? :)

Edit: Done. And I added a few more things to the OP.

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] Tha Watcher:
Awesome! :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] gruiz3:
I just bought the phone from a local on cl. So far i love it, if someone can post instructions to pull the stock recovery ill give it a shot. I haven't done any mods to the phone yet, still as of yet untainted lol. Also i tossed a 128gb msdxc card in it and it said corrupted card, 32gb i had on hand worked fine. Going to try a 64gb at home.
[Device Reviews and Information] Bad_MOFO_33:
On phone be sure USB debugging is enabled.

Connect to PC, be sure to have latest adb

Open command promt or terminal in your adb directory

Commands:

adb shell

dd if=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery of=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img

That should copy the stock recovery to your external SD card

Hopefully it works without root...
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
Thanks for posting this. If someone could try it and make the file available, I could then try writing it back to my phone.

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] gruiz3:
I will try this asap when i get home. If it works or not ill post an update. I have both a windows 10 and 7 machine so ill probably try my luck on the win7 machine.
[Device Reviews and Information] gruiz3:
Blargh!

Permission denied, :eek:
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
I think I had a similar issue. I tried via the SP Flash Tool as well but had no luck. Hopefully someone who's had more experience with MediaTek phones can help.

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] FernandoRocker:
I'm getting extreme battery drain. I did a factory reset yesterday and I didn't install any app so I could test the phone.

I'm draining about 10% per hour, idle. Yes, idle, without using it. And when it reaches 15% it starts dropping about 1% almost every 10 or 15 seconds, so it dies in a few minutes.
[Device Reviews and Information] rogersa2k:
It almost sounds like a faulty battery. Did you get it from Amazon or another retailer to which you can return it?

- Aaron
[Device Reviews and Information] persano:
Hi

I m having a problem compiling my kernel

When i use "make zImage" (without " ") i get an error. It doesnt exist in makefile, so i cant do nothing

I added a governor and one i/o sheduler and some tweaks for testing. All was made correctly
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
So today I received my replacement from Amazon. Around 20 minutes setting it up and updating apps and the phone died. Rebooted. Turned off and no longer works. After a lengthy chat battle with two agents and a few emails with customer service, they finally agreed to send me a 3rd phone (they wanted me to wait until they receive the first and second phones before they'd send another replacement, which would take a few weeks). So it is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. I really, really hope this one comes flawless. Any bugs and I'm asking for a refund and I'll return the one I bought for my wife as well (so far, no problems, but right now I'm already a bit salty about the whole thing). I really hope I just got a lemon or a bad batch, and not that this is what is to be expected of this phone.

I would expect these problems from $50-$80, but certainly not from a $150+ phone
[Device Reviews and Information] pennhaven:
I hope you have better luck this time.

Unfortunately it does appear that there have been a lot of Amazon 1 star review ratings posted recently, suggesting that there has been a bad batch from the factory. In fact the overall percentage of 1 stars is now up to 13%. I know it was a lot lower when I bought mine on March 15, since I usually consider 10% as the cutoff for even considering an item. Hope they quickly get a handle on the issue. It would be a shame for this otherwise good design/value to be saddled with a reputation for poor quality.

So far mine has been reliable, despite already dropping it on the pavement which did significantly scuff one of the corners - quite a bit more than similar drops did to my earlier major brand phones. However, no damage to the screen or elsewhere apparently. I do have a silicone case on it now though, which based on how easily the phone was marred I suggest for everyone.
[Device Reviews and Information] scohut:
I ordered one of these for my gf from Amazon and she just started using it yesterday, it sat for a week before being ported over and gave me time to set it up. I'm not really seeing any of the problems that are being told on Amazon, (not trying to imply anything toward elbastardo1 though, I'm sure you know what's what and are just having crappy luck). This phone did not need any updates upon checking. Some of the reviewers on Amazon I can tell lack knowledge though (especially not knowing how to trim the fat and run lighter), so I'm thinking the bad review count should be quite lower. Just hoping none of the buttons fall off, if people say that happens it is what it is. I think the battery life seems quite good (so far) and I don't even really see anything unreasonable about how long it takes to charge. I sure as hell wouldn't want to drop this thing though, I think a case is a good idea. Also, if you set the audio the right way it's not quiet either. It is a little weird with the speaker on the back cause if you change your hand position around while holding it the audio will sound altered on and off. Another thing I could say about the audio is if using headphones/buds there's more static than I would care to have when the audio processor is in use, that you can hear after a track ends for a bit, and then a pop. Great phone though! I wish I had one, I'm jealous. Would be tits if ResurectionRemix was ported for it, that's what I have on my Moto E!
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
First one I bough didn't have problems for almost 4 weeks. Second one I bought (my girlfriend's) so far 3 weeks and is working flawless. No issues at all. As pennhaven said, when I bough these a month ago the bad reviews were not hat present and the online reviews were marvelous. Right now probably is a bad batch. But amazon seriously needs to correct this, as well as BLU. Otherwise it will hurt their reputation. If the one that arrives tomorrow fails as well, I'm considering returning both and get two Huawei Honor 5X. Although it has half the reviews the BLOX has, the negative ones are just at 4% and the price difference it's just $50
[Device Reviews and Information] scohut:
I considered the Honor for her but read it's highly skinned. I just liked the idea of straight Android. I put Nova on it and it's not too junked up besides. Honor definately good besides though. I wish ya luck, I might have got one from a good batch, fingers crossed the following weeks, months.
[Device Reviews and Information] manther:
My blu is just stuck at 32% charging, and won't move past it. I have disabled about every app you possibly can and still have a functioning phone, and I wiped the cache partition. Phones only 2 days old. Worked good first day.
[Device Reviews and Information] manther:
Did a factory reset, still wouldn't charge past 32%. Used it for a while got it down to like 25%, plugged it in went to bed. 100% this morning. Should note that on the first night plugged it in at something low like 15%, and woke up to it in the morning still only at 50%. So at least it fully charged last night.

Disabled or uninstalled everything.

Only things running are

Android system

Messaging

Android Keyboard.

Lost 9% in the 15 minutes it took to disable everything. Will see, how it goes with a phone that basically does nothing but call and text. No play store no google app, nothing.
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
Weird. I'd let it run down to 0 and then charge it again.
[Device Reviews and Information] manther:
Yeah. Since I took all that stuff off, it's been draining normally. only down to 80% and I've used it about as much as I'd expect for a 20% drain.

I may starting tomorrow add back one thing at a time, and report back which app(s) I think are causing the problem.
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
Do we have a list of pre-installed apps that are safe to remove/disable on this device?

I have been looking, but haven't found one yet...
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Most apps don't need root to uninstall (mcafee, amazon, etc). The touchpal keyboard as well as Opera browser and other apps do need root access since these are system apps. I left all gapps, but removed touchpal and opera. No problems
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
I was able to disable touchpal and opera without root... thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
I'm sorry, I can't be of much help. But, were you able to get this issue figured out?
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
TWRP 3.0.2-1, ported from Ulefone Power version posted at http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-8/

Changed the device name on me, looks for backups for device named 0123456789abcdef instead of BLU_LIFE_ONE_X in the TWRP folder. Weird.

Once again, appears to work but has not been extensively tested. Use at your own risk.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636006844
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
Hey is there any difference between this twrp and the twrp 3.0 that was posted a little while ago?
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
Not really. Most of the changes are at https://twrp.me/site/update/2016/04/01/twrp-3.0.1-0-released.html
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
I really want to do the rom port but now i cant find a proper tutorial, I am about to just use a generic guide just to test, I would like if you could contact me on hangouts or facebook messenger so i can keep you updated (as well as anyone else who would like to do extensive testing)
[Device Reviews and Information] persano:
I have the same problem. I cant compile the kernel following the existing guides because they arent for 64Bits mediatek
[Device Reviews and Information] zaksimmermon:
Yeah neither can I. I've been at it for awhile now. Even creating a flashable zip for this phone has been a pain for me. I'm working on the meta-inf folder since using ones from different roms doesn't work for me. I'm almost done with the updater-script so once I'm done with that I'll try one of the guides claimed to work with mt6753 64bit soc from here or the facebook link posted here a few pages back. I've been following them and they have been posting ported Roms for the cool note 3 left and right.
[Device Reviews and Information] persano:
No. I cant find a guide for compiling a 64 bits mediatek kernel.

The old guides use "make zImage" and this new phones dont support it!
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoTR2:
That's the pits. I wish I could be of some help beyond testing. Not much coding experience :/ I mainly asked to bump your question, to get some attention on it.
[Device Reviews and Information] persano:
Getting this error
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Does anyone knows of an app that can actually control the front facing flash? Much like torch controls the back facing camera flash to be used as a flashlight.
[Device Reviews and Information] scohut:
I haven't read every post in this thread but does Xposed and Gravity Box at least work on this phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
It works very well on mine

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[Device Reviews and Information] 0dd_ch1ld:
I unlocked the bootloader but it wouldn't install the stupid recovery so I just downloaded king root and it worked then downloaded flashify stole the recovery file flashed it and it was all successful
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
IMO it makes it a bit laggy, but so far it works.
[Device Reviews and Information] yourrealking:
When I first bought this phone, I tested that. I forgot the name, but a camera app on the Store could turn on/off the front flash.

Besides that, I tested that programmatically. It was very easy. I just got the regular code to turn the flash on/off from the internet, and changed the camera index. I think you can make an app for that easily.
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
Kingroot v4.90 works.

So I did Kingroot, then used SuperSU-me ($4 on Google Play) to replace KingUser and the other King Apps with SuperSU. Then uninstalled Kingroot stuff... Nice, clean, easy... and only cost me 10 minutes and $4
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
Without open bootloader?

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[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
Yes, I was waiting for a simple method, and I have used Kingroot and SuperSU-me before, so once I heard that Kingroot v4.90 works, I jumped on it. FYI - DO NOT USE "Kingo-root" use Kingroot (http://www.kingroot.net/)
[Device Reviews and Information] elbastardo1:
Has anyone backed up the seccfg partition before unlocking the bootloader? Apparently there is the reset count for the warranty bit

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I did the same with KingRoot (using a PC, the apk didn't work), but I used the instructions found here http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html. Probably took more time but hey, it was free. :D
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
The main reason I went with the paid app was because I saw a few horror stories online about the zip file for that method not working with 5.0+ and bricking phones... plus the app will be updated over time and the purchase is good for this and all future versions so I can use it wit future phones, etc.
[Device Reviews and Information] elix9000:
Changing Boot Sound

Hey i dislike the boot and shutdown sound, if i swap the mp3 file do you think it would play those sounds?
[Device Reviews and Information] frydaddy07:
I done messed up

I'm having many issues. It started with trying to spoof a mac address using

ipconfig

and

ip link

, but somehow resulted in my wifi not turning on when I press the on button in settings or quick settings. I tried

svc wifi enable

, but it still wouldn't work. I rebooted many times, I did a hard reset. I then tried reflashing my Rom but couldn't get it to work. I kept getting .zip failed errors, and after getting fed up I tried wiping System, Cache, Dalvik, Data, and Internal Storage. Obviously that means I can no longer boot (yeah, great Idea) and the roms are still not installing. I just downloaded The V12 ROM from Android File Host which worked previously. It is the same rom I tried flashing unsuccessfully before, so I am hoping the first copy got corrupted some how. Any suggestions? Blu support told me to do a hard reset... so not much help there.

Edit: I have a friend that has this phone and might be able to create a flashable zip of the system... if someone can point me toward a tutorial
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
In previews comments there are link of stock roms

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[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
If you replace the file that it uses at bootup with a different file of the same name, then yes. You can probably also delete the file and it will be silent.
[Device Reviews and Information] SCrid2000:
Yes. I deleted the boot and shutdown mp3s and replaced both animations with the nexus Lollipop boot animation. Just make sure you set the permissions of the new files to 644.
[Device Reviews and Information] juliom99:
4G LTE Bands in Europe on BLU Life One X

I have been stuck with the 4G LTE Bands of US on the BLU Life One X for a while and was only able to get 3G in europe.

Thankfully, I stumbled upon this recent post:

How I turned a bricked BLU Life One X to a working Wiko Fever 4G

www_._npcglib_._org#~stathis#blog#2016#04#13#turned_-_blu_-_life_-_one_-_x_-_wiko_-_fever_-_4g

of this guy turning the Blu Life One X into a Wiko Fever 4G. I applied the method and it worked.

I do have a problem with updating to the newest version of the Wiko Fever 4G update offered, but otherwise the phone works very well and has 4G finally.

I cannot post the link properly because I haven't posted before: replace # with / and _._ with . and _-_ with -

Sorry for this ridiculous link, maybe a moderator can fix.
[Device Reviews and Information] frydaddy07:
I know but those are the ones I refer to as not flashing... Assuming the ones you are referring to are BADMOFO33's on Android File Host.

I am trying this now. No progress bar after 20 min. How long did it take you for it to show up?

Edit: It is going now, I booted and shut down again and it started alarmingly quickly.
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
Here's his link:

How I turned a bricked BLU Life One X to a working Wiko Fever 4G

www.npcglib.org/~stathis/blog/2016/04/13/turned-blu-life-one-x-wiko-fever-4g
[Device Reviews and Information] remus963:
Hey, was wondering if you were able to fix your wifi issue with flashing the wiki fever rom? I also have the wifi problem, where it just won't turn on no matter how many times I reboot/factory reset/rom re-flash etc. It would just immediately turn off as I try and turn it on.
[Device Reviews and Information] frydaddy07:
Crazily enough it did fix the wifi issues. Only problem now is that the LTE bands appear to be different. I think MTK Engineering apps are supposed to allow you to unlock the regular US ones, but I haven't gotten to that yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] juliom99:
According to the blog post the MTK Engineering won't help you. From the blog post:

"BLU Life One X is sold in the US and has LTE Bands 2, 4, 7, 12 and 17 enabled. In contrast, the Wiko Fever 4G has enabled LTE Bands 1, 3, 7 and 20. "
[Device Reviews and Information] frydaddy07:
yeah I just reread that and realized too. I'll have to try flashing the Blu ROM using the same method (I think I just swap the system.img 's)
[Device Reviews and Information] vampir4997:
What is supersu-me??
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
Is an app used for replace kingroot by supersu

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Has anyone achieved dual 3g or guest user profile?

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[Device Reviews and Information] Teblakuda4o4:
Hey Guys, it's been awhile since I've been here and I'm seeing Cm13 and twrp 3.0.1 talks ☺.

Should I be excited?

What's the status of our BLOX?
[Device Reviews and Information] vampir4997:
Playstore link?
[Device Reviews and Information] joeybear23:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=darkslide.com.supersumepro&hl=en
[Device Reviews and Information] vampir4997:
Ty
[Device Reviews and Information] juancollado2003:
[MENTION=6974655]frydaddy07[/MENTION] have you tried flashing with replaced system.img with a BLOX System.img?