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[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] bullet25:
The bootloader link goes to your post which has the video. I'd rather keep the Index page just a set of link to the instructions instead of detailed steps and videos. If you have any other video tutorials for the phone let me know I'll link them.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tomsgt:
yeah they are coming i am working on the bootloader unlock video now and probably more tomorrow
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
This seems to work, but it seems to disable itself at reboot. Any idea how to fix?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] besweeet:
Not sure. Probably best to wait for the official band 12 + VoLTE update to roll out, assuming BLU won't back out.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I don't want Amazon's **** back either. Getting this working without is preferable.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] besweeet:
How often do you reboot? If it's that much of a bother, perhaps it's possible to make a script or something that does it automatically -- maybe a macro of some sort that remembers specific taps to enable it quicker?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
so i tried this with the ota update after i got really impatient by trying to disable the amazon packages with titanium backup one by one to no avail. I CAN CONFIRM THIS METHOD WORKS TO REMOVE THE AMAZON BLOAT WITH THE OTA UPDATE. Shame i lost 20 gigs of apps and games but no adds is definitely worth it imo. Can i still install the amazon app (for tracking packages and stuff) or will the bloat reinstall itself?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I'm not the primary user of this phone. The "don't reboot" or "do this crazy set of steps after rebooting" approach does not work for the computer-illiterate.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emc2cube:
Yes you can reinstall any app from the google play store or amazon underground. It will reinstall itself as a regular app (not system) that you can delete whenever you want.

Bootloader unlocking also require a full reset of the userdata, so on the long term you will have to erase everything anyway.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
So your saying the Amazon add won't detect the device model and instill the lock screen adds if I install it right? Also like you suggested should I unlock the bootloader now that I reset everything anyway or is root good enough?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] retyre:
To avoid having to format userdata on account of having installed TWRP, can we write back the stock recovery image (posted earlier in this thread), unlock the bootloader, and finally put back the TWRP image?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ss2man44:
You have to format userdata when you unlock no matter what recovery you have. The solution would be to back up your data partition with TWRP and restore it after the unlock.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Agreed. Would take more work but would be better off. The only issue is I have no idea how to make a ROM from source so I won't be able to do anything really. If someone else wants to take on this challenge I fully encourage them to do so.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No need to restore stock recovery. I went ahead and unlocked my bootloader without it. No issues. TWRP was there before, TWRP was there afterwards. No need to mess with it. Bootloader unlock itself (for right now) isn't incredibly useful. It will basically just let you boot/flash images via fastboot, but that's not exactly nesessary, since you've got TWRP booting with the locked bootloader. That said, fastboot is much more convenient and useful (imo) than SPFT, so it's a good idea to go ahead and do it. In the future, unlocking the bootloader could also mean flashing custom ROMs, but I'm not sure. We already can boot modified stock boot images with a locked bootloader (proven by SuperSU systemless root, which works by modifying the boot image), but I don't know if we'll be able to boot AOSP boot images without having it unlocked first. Honestly, I have no idea how this MediaTek bootloader works.

EDIT: Oh, I appear to have misunderstood your post the first time. My bad. No, flashing stock recovery won't stop you from wiping your data. I just took a backup using TWRP, then unlocked, then used TWRP to restore data. Simple enough. The bootloader unlock process wipes data all on it's own, but for some reason, on the Amazon edition, it leaves you with a corrupted data partition instead of a clean one, so you must also manually format userdata after the unlock, or else you'll have a bootloop. There is no way to avoid wiping the userdata when you do a bootloader unlock. This is by design. In theory, it prevents someone from getting root access and using it to harvest sensitive data that may be stored in your apps or data on your device by wiping all that data before allowing anything custom to be booted on the phone. Too bad that there's usually a way around this, either by gaining root access without unlocking the bootloader, or straight up flashing custom recovery and booting custom images without unlocking the bootloader at all, in our particular case. xD
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Oscar_david:
There's nothing (no piece of software) actually checking what version of the phone you have.

What serves up the ads is the Amazon Offers apk, aka Phoenix. But Phoenix has been defeated.

Unless you actively re-install Phoenix (which you can download from Google Play Store), you won't see any lockscreen ads anymore. And even then you have to make it a system app in order for it to run properly. You just get errors if you install it as a user app.

Point being: once ads have been removed, you have to be very proactive to get them back.

Cheers.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emc2cube:
I did not pay attention to that. They took the time to add their crapware to google play to be sure it's updated, but the actually useful apps, such as the Prime Videos player, require to go through their own app store with manual install and untrusted sources on...
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ss2man44:
I'm afraid to commit to anything, but I'll definitely be taking a look at it if we get kernel source. I've helped with this sort of thing before, but I couldn't handle it on my own, especially after classes start again.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Was thinking of starting a Telegram group for all of us R1 users. If interested in joining, post a username I can add.

I'm going to try to place a call tomorrow. Remember, by GPL terms they are required to share their source. If I contact them and am refused source (expect this to happen), let's make this a team effort. All you guys pitch in and bug them for it as well, either by phone or email.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ss2man44:
I'd be more likely to participate if it were a Discord server. I hardly use Telegram anymore.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Woah. You can actually download Amazon Offers through the Play Store... That's a little freaky. xD Why would anyone ever do that? I'm guessing Amazon put this stuff on the Play Store for easy updating (like HTC's stock apps) as opposed to implementing a custom way to do it (like LG's stock apps). That said, why didn't they host it on their own appstore? The Amazon Underground app can do automatic installs when it's integrated into the system like it is on our phones, so I can't imagine why they didn't just toss it on there and have it update that way. Hm... I guess it doesn't really matter in the end. :P

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Untrusted sources aren't required if Amazon Underground is integrated into the system ROM (like it is out of the box on the Prime R1 HD). I have even integrated it into the system ROM on purpose on my family's phones to avoid them having to go through the Android package installer.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
I'm sure they were all sitting in Amazon Labs discussing how to further implement and embed Amazon apps into the system. While one participant was browsing Reddit memes, instead of doing what he was supposed to be doing and laying attention, he came across the page stating the R1 had been rooted. Upon hearing this, everyone then threw their papers in the air and welp'd down to the local pub.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emc2cube:
True, but if you install it on a regular non-rooted android you have to. Would be easier to have it on the store too as Prime Music or Alexa.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Amazon has lots of deals with various carriers and manufacturers to include the Amazon app on phones now. If you go down to the local phone store and pick out a phone, there's at least a 50/50 chance that the phone has Amazon Underground baked into the system ROM (100% chance if you go to a Verizon store).

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Lol. I hope so.

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I would join a Telegram group. :) My username is [MENTION=5355478]ColtonDRG[/MENTION]

EDIT: I would also be happy to harass them for source. Give me an email/number/place where I can find those things. :P

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I would join a Discord server too. Let me know if anyone creates a server. :)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ss2man44:
Blu has given out kernel source in the past. I'd try emailing them.

service@bluproducts.com
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Just emailed them. Made a request for kernel source for both variants.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Just sent an email. Will report back soon. :)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
ok so im really stupid and left my twrp backup on my sd card and didn't realize that unlocking the bootloader would wipe the sd card as well, not just the internal storage. Don't make the mistake i did guys, rip music collection.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Oscar_david:
I did this for my Life One X.

It took them a few days to respond, but they eventually sent me intrusions on logging onto their ftp to download the source. I was all excited. But when I logged on, it turned out the only sources they have up are for a few of their older --no longer available, and outdated-- devices. I think the newest one was a phone originally released in 2014.

So we might get source for this phone sometime in 2019, 2020...... MAYBE. ;)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
I wonder if going forward after unlocking the bootloader/rooting, if the OTA updates will still work in the future, or if they will undo what has been done on the phone. Any guesses?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Sorakun_skyboy:
Hmmm... You would think somewhere in the entire state of Wisconsin or this city walking around downtown and on campus would display I was on LTE. It actually says LTE by the bar as well for others, correct? (Well, in the phone stats it only ever says HSPA/HSPA+, which I'm assuming means my suspicions are correct)

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue or not. I may try the other sim card dock and/or to bug the people in town and/or reformat it/get it returned and see if that fixes anything. I'm going to assume most people on AT&T aren't having this issue? (Would be great to get that confirmed lol)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Oscar_david:
I believe this has already been tested and ota updates won't run after root. They'll still download, so to avoid the hassle you'd have to disable the update app, which I still have to do myself... But then again, still not sure I want to unlock the boot loader until there's a ROM available that if want to check out. Really the only thing I want is expanded desktop, which I can get in Xposed/gravitybox

... So I might end up not unlocking it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
As an AT&T user, I have yet for my phone to display anything other than 4G, despite being in the coverage area for it, so im *assuming* that means im not on LTE. Not sure why that is, so its not just you.

Fair enough. I know the last OTA update to 6.4 I *think* enabled baseband 12 for people. Wonder how functionality like that will be added in going forward for those on root?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] PowSniffer0110:
No it didn't. No band 12 yet. LTE works fine on T-Mobile in Utah. You need to have your sim in Sim slot 1 to have correct data. My vibration has gone out tho, and will not come back? I even download a vibration motor test from the app store and am getting no vibration response. Anyone else?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
My baseband version shows 17:12 in the about device menu. Mtk engineering mode shows that I can enable band 12. No idea if the option actually works though.

As for your phone, Amazon gives a 30 day replacement policy, no questions asked. You may want to return it for a new one.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Oscar_david:
As to band 12, you can enable it yourself in engineering mode under telephony/band mode/sim 1. (search the Play Store for mtk engineering mode, you'll have a number of apps, i just picked the top result).

As I haven't had any connectivity issues without it, I can't say what difference it will make for me. But it may improve others.

Cheers.

Edit: worth noting that if you have installed Xposed/ gravitybox will give you access to engineering mode, no need to download another app.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Sorakun_skyboy:
Oh thank goodness it's not just me! haha. I wonder if that's /everyone/ using AT&T right now?

I was looking at some other people who weren't able to get LTE with AT&T in the past with other devices. I poked around and saw that in my AT&T account it's currently just showing up as "Device" on the website. And people mentioned that sometimes the hold-up is on their end regarding this stuff... Either way, if I don't get LTE I'm going to be really annoyed. The speeds on 4G are awful here.

Edit:

At least in the past year or so, you may need to call AT&T and ask them to update the IMEI to another phone that shows up as an LTE phone. Problem is my last one is busted up pretty bad and I don't think I can get that information very easily.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tomsgt:
i am working on making the ota updates work if you only have a unlocked bootloader. so basically working on a fully restore file which i almost have now
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] lordmorphous:
I have AT&T and LTE shows up for me. I didn't do anything special. The sim I used did come from a galaxy s5, so an LTE phone.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
Settings/More/Cellular networks/Preferred network type

Make sure this is set to: 2G/3G/4G LTE

With a Ting sim, the 2G/3G/4G setting limits the connection to HSPA+.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Sorakun_skyboy:
Eureka!

Here's the deal: I had a nano sim so had to get a new sim for this. I registered the real IMEI at the store while they popped it in and did their stuff. It currently shows up in their system as "Unknown Device" which automagically defaults to non-LTE. I spoke with a wonderful woman allegedly named Michelle through the AT&T chat and gave a "dummy" IMEI of my old Nexus 5 that I've been too lazy to recycle, and I got LTE activated in a jiffy. I told her I was being deceitful to see if it would work, and asked if they can override it themselves for this model so others wouldn't have to have a dummy IMEI that, and she said yes they can do that on their end.

I had mentioned that this seems to be becoming a more and more popular phone so it may be happening a bit more often, and she mentioned she will be sending out a "mass email and make sure it is added for our database as well to make sure this does not happen again. :)".

So here's hoping this'll just clear up naturally, but for those not getting LTE because you registered your real IMEI and didn't just pop a sim in, here you go!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I have my nano sim in my R1 HD. Lol.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
Interesting. I have both root and an unlocked bootloader for my Prime R1 HD. Will the Remove Root option in SuperSU be enough? or can root exist on the phone for this?

Like you I went into the shop and got a new SIM to fit my phone, yet only had 4G. Good to know the cause of why I'm not receiving LTE. Hopefully this resolves on its own in the near future.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
That's a big maybe. I know OTA checks /system for mods, but this is systemless root that modifies the boot image and /data I believe. Root may survive, but I'm not sure about bootloader unlock. Generally on other phones (obvious exceptions being things like Nexus and OnePlus line) the bootloader will relock with OTA.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
I was afraid of that. Guess we shall see how the next OTA goes I suppose. Hopefully none of the updates in the future have anything worthwhile in them.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
If Amazon doesn't live under a rock, I PROMISE you they will.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No, the 6.4 update doesn't enable band 12 on T-Mobile. (Not sure about AT&T, but I don't think they've deployed any band 12 LTE anyway)

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I'm hoping we get custom ROMs soon enough so we don't have to take any OTAs to get cool features. :P
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
This is what I'm hoping. many people have said BLU has been abysmal with releasing any android updates. so I think custom ROM's would be our only shot at Nougat, assuming we can get BLU to stop being lazy and release recent kernel sources.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] nsr4:
Hi, now that I have seen some posts about 4G LTE issue, I wanted to ask if people have played with "data" switch from sim1 to sim2 and vice versa while the phone is on. I have found this function is glitchy and the only way so far for me to fix is to remove one sim which is rather cumbersome. Has anybody played with changing data to another sim and make it work consistently? For instance, if you have something like this:

sim1 - ATT 4G LTE sim

sim2 - TM 4G LTE sim

and if the current data is configured for sim1 and you see 4G LTE fully working, try to change it to sim2 and see if the TM's 4G LTE smoothly comes up. In my case, both sims lose data connections (though I do get voice/txt). I don't seem to be able to recover data until I remove one sim (whether sim1 or sim2) and the sim left in the phone starts working again with that particular sim for data. I would be interested in hearing if anybody else has seen this. Thank you!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tomsgt:
I have fully restored my device to stock and have ota updates working again. I just need to pull all the fills and find a good way to flash them. My bootloader is still unlocked.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emc2cube:
From what I tried so far OTA can be performed from TWRP.

We need to keep a copy of boot and tee as they seems to be patched, maybe edit the script to perform a dd backup/restore before and after the process, and remove md5 check on amazon bloatware as it's removed and the process will fail. But except that it should mostly work.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
Adapters like this work fine:

https://smile.amazon.com/CARD-ADAPTER-3-Pack-Total-Adapters/dp/B00M9P5RT8/

Many carriers include them with new sims.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] londonandlawson:
What is stand by battery life supposed to be like? I have one with no sim in it, on wifi and it will drain from 100% to 0 in about a day
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ericpeacock79:
jesus tittie effing christ, i love XDA devs!

thank you SO much for this!

I bought the Amazon version specifically with the hopes that some XDA ppl would be able to root and BL-unlock it.

gamble = paid off.

bring on the ROMS! lol

(also, fixed the URL for you. lol)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] yaconsult:
Isn't one thing many people are likely to want the promised band 12 update? There's more to it than just enabling the band in settings - there are also codecs involved and logic to seamlessly switch between volte and voice.

It would have been much better for us if the phone shipped with volte. But maybe people who have rooted will be able to use the non-amazon version of the update when/if it finally comes out? What are peoples' thoughts on this?

The official website says:

BLU R1 HD comes with 4G LTE bands 2(1900 MHz), 4(1700 MHz), 7(2600 MHz) and 17(2100MHz) and 3G bands 850/1700/1900/2100. 4G LTE band 12(700 MHz) will be available via OTA (Over-the-air) update shortly after launch.​

http://bluproducts.com/r1-hd/
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
That's about what I'm getting, mainly on wifi, two sims installed.

"Standby intelligent power saving" has been off. I'll turn it on and do this again in a couple of days.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] bullet25:
Encryption seems a tad wonky when the phone boots, I've never used android encryption before can somebody else test, who's used encryption before on other phones, and see if it's acting like it should or not?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
I used encryption on here before, seemed normal to me. But that was before root, bootloader unlock, etc.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] londonandlawson:
That seems pretty crappy and I have that turned on
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] bullet25:
Okay, maybe its fine, Like I said I've never used Android Encryption before. For me its booting to a screen to enter the pin, then after entering the screen goes black and I have to press the power button and it looks like it reboots again normally.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] waingro808:
It's supposed to be amazing. I get 3 days with 4 hours of screen time using Dual SIM and wifi on all the time. Sounds like a radio bug when there is no SIM. Put the phone in Airplane mode, then turn on wifi.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jimberkas:
guess there is hope

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4uobie/team_mad_mediatek_android_developers_brings_cm/
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Oh yeah that's not normal. It's supposed to turn on right away after entering pin.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Sorakun_skyboy:
If you don't want to wait (oh my lord everything is so much better with LTE on today), just hop into AT&T chat and let them know the situation, it only took me a few minutes when I started asking/saying the right things.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ase1590:
Already done. Apparently I overlooked the SIM was not an LTE SIM. AT&T changed something on the card over chat to register it as one, and enabled LTE so things are working now!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] bullet25:
Weird. I thought it didn't seem right. At the moment I'm not going to worry about it but I'm going to have to look in to it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
The fact that AT&T customers even have to deal with this just confirms what I already know about AT&T: They suck. Really glad I have T-Mobile. :D
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
At&t doesn't suck. They easily have the BEST prepaid service in the US.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] yumcax:
So what does ota 6.4 bring to the table? I'm rooted and don't feel like re doing the process if I don't have to...
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I'm not looking to turn this into a flame war, but I have to disagree with you. I don't know if you're talking about monthly prepaid plans or the kind where you have minutes and you have to buy cards to refill them. If it's the former, I hold my ground that AT&T sucks. If it's the latter, I don't really know or care. What I do know is this: AT&T's postpaid service is a scam and it sucks.