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Succeded!!! Rooted device!

Following [MENTION=6862046]TheDarknessz0rz[/MENTION] initial post, plus some additional help from other posts (I am a noob, needed extra help) I was able to Root my Blu XL Life. Thank you [MENTION=6862046]TheDarknessz0rz[/MENTION] for you post, I took the liberty to expand on it in to make it more "Noob friendly" :

BTW, my Blu Life XL is

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Custom Build Version: BLU_L050U_V13_GENERIC

Android Version: 5.1

This is exactly what I did:

1 - Installed Android SDK on your computer: download the program, extract, Start the "SDK Manager" file and deselect everything except “Android SDK Platform-tools”)

2 - Power off the BLU LIFE XL

3 - Hold down POWER + VOL UP until the phone turns on.

4 - Release POWER button, wait for the android to appear on your screen, it might say "No Command", in that case, just press the POWER button once to pull up the recovery menu.

5 - Use VOL DOWN to navigate down to "Reboot to bootloader" & Press VOL UP

6 - Plug your phone into your computer with a USB cable. Your phone should indicate that the device is connected.

7 - On your computer, Navigate to your android SDK folder , open the "platform-tools" subfolder and Shift+Right Click on an empty area. Choose “Open a Command Prompt Here”

8 - On your computer, On the Command Prompt: Type "fastboot devices" and see if your android device is recognized.

9 - On your computer, On the Command Prompt: Type "fastboot oem unlock"

10 - A menu should appear on your phone screen telling you about unlocking your phone, press VOL UP to unlock your bootloader, or VOL DOWN to cancel.

11 - You should see on your computer´s command prompt "OKAY, Finished total time 20.4345 sec" (approx).

12 - Your phones screen should remain black, with a few rebooting options available. In my case, I had to type on the command prompt "fastboot continue" to make the phone reboot as the "volumen up or down" were not recognized when I pressed them on my phone.

13 - Phone will be hard rebooted. All data errased.

After you have successfully unlocked your Bootloader,

Download the Kingo Root and Root Checker apps

Run Kingo Root (I had to run it two times as the first time it rebooted when at 20% and it failed) and root the device

Run Root Checker to verify the device has been rooted.

CONGRATULATIONS, this is the first step.... read below.

Once your device has been rooted, then you need to:

1) Install Custom Recovery:

I was able to install a custom recovery on my device following a youtube tutorial: search on youtube for "CUSTOM RECOVERY TWRP PARA EL BLU LIFE XL" by Luis Robert (sorry, cannot post external links)

2) Update your SU Binary (you will be told about this when you open either SuperSu or Kingo Super User...

I had massive problems updating the SU Binary, tried 5 different methods but the only one that worked was this youtube tutorial: search for "How to Replace Kinguser KingRoot with SuperSU No PC" by Iron Tech. The tutorial was meant to replace KingoRoot by SuperSU, but in the process it updated my SU Binary (I spent at least a full day trying different methods that did not work for me)

In theory, now you can enjoy all the benefits and options that a rooted device provides...

Hope this helps

Thanks again for the help!

Cheers

Sisafokker