yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
I'm not sure that Android's battery usage is going to be properly calibrated in a new phone.

I believe the only thing that can be measured is voltage and until a unit has cycled a few times the voltage to %usage calibration may be in flux.

Some third party apps may do a better job and allow voltage monitoring. For example:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.smalltech.battery.free
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Maybe not out of the box... May need some tinkering. We may have to follow a similar procedure that was made for making the Verizon Moto E work with GSM. Taken from the Moto E post:

Perhaps with that "settings put" ADB command, we can also get the Enable OEM Unlocking option visible.

It seems to be calibrated in other peoples' phones, he's one of the few that has an issue.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] utka:
Thanks for starting the thread, hoping for a root soon! [emoji106]
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] besweeet:
You can apparently enable band 12 LTE by using something like Activity Launcher to open MediaTek's engineering mode app.

The "AMR-WB on/off" option was already enabled for UMTS. This refers to HD Voice calls, right? If so, they still aren't working for my T-Mobile UMTS calls like they do from other, more optimized devices. Minor issue given the price of the device.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Great find! I'd give a thanks but I ran out for the day
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] cefaas:
This phone have a MT6735 SOC, is it possible to activate the LTE Band 3 and WCDMA Band 8 in engineering mode?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] besweeet:
Credit goes to /u/ErichW3 on reddit.

Unfortunately, no. Only the ones in bold can be toggled.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
New Device Forum Request

I couldn't find a New Device Forum Request, so I made one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=67778033
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Mention we've already figured out how to enable Band 12 for T-Mobile. That technically counts as hacking, so we've already hacked the phone and need more room for further development.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] besweeet:
Update: A little more than 5 hours later, and it's still stuck at 16% with an estimated 1hr32mi left. This is also after several restarts.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Reminds me of my photon that I keep making references to. It would go down real quick to 1%, then stay at 1% for about an hour.

Try a battery calibration app. Charge to 100%, open the app and clear battery stats, then leave on and let it discharge to 0%, then when it is off charge it once more all the way to 100% without turning it on.

EDIT: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] JShan:
Yes. This. Love the app. The lockscreen is beautiful, and the ad is still present, but buried as a notification that is hidden from view.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
That app and any attempt to get at the battery stats directly requires root.

Here's a procedure that forces the system to recalibrate:

http://techtrickz.com/how-to/recalibrate-your-android-phones-battery-without-root/

Li-ion batteries do not like to be fully discharged too often, so this shouldn't be done frequently. If it doesn't fix the problem, then the battery is probably defective.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
And if it's defective, spare the future regret and send it back for repair.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
dumb question

why does the amazon lockscreen come on after i installed next (lockscreen), is there anyway to stop the phone from using the other lockscreen after next?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
If they make up more excuses, I really am going to take them to court. You're supposed to have it available from day one but I was nice enough to give them a month.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ariesgodofwar:
[MENTION=7143715]triggerlord[/MENTION] They seem to reply pretty quick to negative reviews on the Amazon.com site. Perhaps mentioning something there and call them out publicly would motivate them?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
ill do this, 1 star and what should i write
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Oh you aren't bluffing like I was. Open a funding page and I'll see what I can donate for the cause.

"Great Phone, Horrible Support" as a title. Then in the review start talking about the product/phone being a solid purchase for the money. Then jump into BLU's support and obedience of the law, or lack thereof.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Let's see how they respond to the latest email first.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Just remember, zero tolerance. They had a month to do this. Any excuse at all is enough.

That is, assuming they even reply to your email. They didn't reply to mine. Over the phone is the only place you'll likely get one, as it's real-time and they're forced to at least give you something.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Shawn_Everson:
There are little slots all the way around the outside of the back plate. I used a flat blade screwdriver to gently pry the plate up. The plate snaps into the frame, and this released the tabs.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
"Dear Colton,

Stop it you meanie.

Yours truly, BLU"

No matter how hard I would pry, the darn thing wouldn't come out. I stopped because I thought I'd snap the frame. Maybe they glued mine a little too much.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Shawn_Everson:
Are you sure that you got all of the screws out. My back plate came out pretty easily. There wasn't any glue on my back plate other than the sticker over the battery.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
5 on top 5 on the bottom right?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Shawn_Everson:
Yup, 5 above the battery, and 5 below it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
You should make a teardown guide. Make it a new thread under general.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Got a response from Blu.

What to do, what to do...
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Shawn_Everson:
In my copious amount of free time ;)

When I get a chance I'll take some pictures. BTW, I used a WiHa 260 flat blade screw driver to release the tabs. You could also give the back plate a slight bend from the loose top that you have to help release the tabs and pull up at the same time. Perhaps you are being too paranoid about breaking it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Depends on how much you want to fund a lawsuit. They could be lying, as none of us got a response like this before (it was just "we're working on it"). So after a month of not releasing the kernel, you all of a sudden decide you're going to implement a new platform to release it? Why couldn't you tell us this before? Didn't someone before say they had FTP access to all the kernel sources? Wouldn't a link to that FTP address be enough of a platform where everyone can access the source?

Either way, it was supposed to be released on day 1, and it's been nearly a month now. You could certainly give them a chance and wait a little bit longer, considering you got a different answer that looks somewhat convincing/promising... assuming that what they said is true. Your call. We believe in you.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Yeah, I really don't see why I have to wait for them to build a new platform. Just give me a direct link to the source.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ariesgodofwar:
Just realized that they responded to [MENTION=5355478]ColtonDRG[/MENTION] that the "platform" your email references is now complete and kernel available.

Reading their response, it sounds like they are saying that all someone has to do right now is send them an email or call, and their techs will provide a copy. Sounds to me like they are saying that their "platform" is now complete, and they will supply it upon demand now...... anyone tried?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
It says right in the email that they're still working on it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ariesgodofwar:
See my post revision, [MENTION=5355478]ColtonDRG[/MENTION] posted on Amazon and received a different reply
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Wtf, it says they're still working on it and have completed it at the same time. Also, I got that email like an hour ago. What the hell is going on over at Blu?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ariesgodofwar:
Maybe they said "Oh &^%^, quick, get it on the FTP site"....... That reply to him was 55min ago. Hard to reconcile the two responses, though it may be that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.....
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I swear if I send another email and hear "we're still working on it".
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I just emailed another request to them with that screen cap attached.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jimgreco:
I sent an email as well! Hopefully they pull through for us.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
They're honeydicking us. Email support still says it's unavailable.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
ok i left a review ****ting on them https://www.amazon.com/BLU-R1-HD-Ex...=avp_only_reviews&pageNumber=1#R1UJSTEX705EDJ
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I just updated my review as well detailing this whole mess.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jimberkas:
this this is the latest reply by BLU on the amazon reviews:

BLU "Be Bold"44 minutes ago

Hey Matthew,

We actually, currently have the Kernel on an FTP, and advised our Customer Service department earlier today! Depending on the time you called, it simply may not have been communicated with all our extended teams, however, you should be able to request it already!

Matthew Hay47 minutes ago

BLU "Be Bold" - When Customer Service is contacted as you suggest below, they are advising that the Platform is not yet complete and that the kernel is still unavailable, which runs contrary to your reply. While a standardized platform for dissemination is great, I would hope if it is ready, someone advise Customer Service, and if not, that the kernel in the interim be placed on an FTP to make it available if for nothing more than GPL compliance in the interim, until the distribution platform is complete. We love your phone and we love Android, but Open Source is open source, and by the community not being able to review the code, could be placing mobile security at risk.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Calling to get it now.

EDIT: Use Filezilla for this:

EDIT2: Some people are having issues connecting. I left my PC to download the source in the background, when I get home I'll mirror it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Just downloaded source. With es file explorer from the phone. Use ftps and the user name posted above

Edit 1:

Can't seem to open the zip. Right now getting divide by zero error. .......update when solved.

Edit 2. OK used androzip to open it and looks to be here. I'm not the one who has experience with compiling but it looks like source to me™. Has the Mk files fireware hex, ........
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Once someone confirms it works and the file is the source we should update our reviews accordingly.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Do update reviews, but remember, it took them a month and a whole lot of bickering on our part. Be realistic.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Just downloaded it. Looks like the real deal. You have to open the file with 7zip. Window's built in zip tool won't open it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Here's a mirror in case they take down the FTP
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Open it with 7zip.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
AMAZING! We have kernel sources. BLU's FTP is very slow though. I will be mirroring it on my server as soon as possible for everyone! :)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
Bad reviews worked, nice
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Where'd they go? I can't find them on the product page anymore
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I already changed mine back to five stars. Although I left a note about the whole situation.

Also, can someone post over on /r/Android that we have kernel source now? It might attract some devs.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Here's a (very basic) field strip of the R1. Finally got the back cover off. They key is to get a credit card or pry tool to lift the plate around the top of the battery off before working your way down the sides. It might be hard to get the part around the sides up. As long as you're under it with a pry tool or credit card (in my case an Amazon card), don't be afraid to give it some force.

[IMG="Bad photo 1"]http://oi63.tinypic.com/33bh1md.jpg[/IMG]

I apologize for the bad quality, I had to use my webcam because I couldn't find my L90. Below are closer views of the top and bottom of the motherboard.

[IMG="*There's supposed to be an image here*"]http://oi67.tinypic.com/2hqcc4o.jpg[/IMG]

There's a date on the bottom, looks like it says 20151228. Looks like they started developing this last year and never thought to change the date on the motherboard for the final model.

[IMG="*There's supposed to be an image here too*"]http://oi65.tinypic.com/1y48c5.jpg[/IMG]

One last note, good job to all you guys who were involved with harassing BLU to give us the source. Also, one more shout-out to everyone that's contributed to modding the device's software up to this point. I have 235% confidence that together we can make this phone something great.

The R1's slogan is "The Rebel In You". They should've thought twice about that, huh?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] RainofOranges:
Now with the kernel sources released, what's the process for porting something like CyanogenMod? I like the stock ROM on this but I want Cyanogen too.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] goldblot:
Does anybody else have problems accessing the internet whenever just "4G" is available? I'm never able to access the internet with 4G (not LTE) for some reason. 3G (H+) and 4G LTE works though.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] kal250:
So I just ran Malwarebytes on my converted Prime to non prime and it found this. Anyone else experience this??
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ariesgodofwar:
That is their OTA updater..... if you have custom recovery or root, just do ahead and remove fota. Probably designated as Malware because it serves ads.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
+1. Whenever it's 4g only it's either extremely slow or unresponsive.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
I would but last time I made a post about the bootloader a mod deleted it, idk why I was early..
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Were you the one with Hitler in it
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
My thread about it was more popular. But I've been banned from /r/Android for calling someone a retard for calling someone a retard.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
Yeah lol
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
So how exactly do we use this kernel source now? How does one go implementing it in the source if another AOSP Android build?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] onlykhaz:
We need to attract devs..

jason, I choose you :cool::good::fingers-crossed:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I've complied the Linux kernel to many times to count but I don't have the slightest idea how to build an Android ROM. Lol. There's probably a guide on XDA somewhere.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] goldblot:
I would love to attempt to help even though I'm sure I'll be of no use at all.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
The guides are barely helpful. One guide called "Build AOSP from source" literally only tells you how to sync repos with git. Another one kinda tells you but it says to sync with a CM or other ROM repo where a ROM was already built for your device. I can't find one on XDA that says how to do it with no other repos available and a kernel source file.

There was one on a CM wiki but it only says how to build CWM recovery and finishes off with "there's no way to tell you in one article how to port a ROM for sure" even though the title of the article was how to port Android from source. I'll keep looking but my hopes are down.

If you can find an article on how to port AOSP or some sort of AOSP based ROM (even CM will do) with nothing but kernel source that would be a major help. If the article tells me what to take from the kernel and where to put it in the ROM source id be willing to put in the time to do this. The article from the CM wiki seemed to do a good job of this, but at the end when it really got down to it it seemed to just cut off and say "you're on your own now kiddo" and I don't have coding experience to know what to do from there.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] goldblot:
WELL, this seems to be straightforward http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/getting-started-building-android-from-source but I'm unsure. I think I'll start to tinker with it and see how far I can get but no promises.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
This is the one that assumes there's a tree for your device already out there.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Loche89:
Root worked...but...

TWRP recovery didn't stick. I fastbooted it like the instructions said and was able to successfully root my device, but once I tried to reboot back to TWRP on my phone without the computer, I find myself staring at Stock recovery! WTF did I do wrong??
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Nothing. These directions were to "boot" the twrp not "flash" it, so you did correct. If you want to keep recover on the phone follow along again but use "fastboot flash recovery (location of your recovery IMG here)"

Then do fastboot reboot

Hold the volume plus button, you get a boot selector, choose recovery.

Let it boot then it will stay on the phone.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Google has an official guide on Android's website. http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

I suppose you could just replace the step for an AOSP kernel with ours. Just CD into the folder and build ours and continue following the steps.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] yaconsult:
What changes are you guys looking to make? The stock kernel seems to work fine. And I get the customization I want with xposed and gravitybox.

I know that on the Moto G, many people felt that their phones worked better with stock kernel, xposed and gravitybox than it did when they loaded cyanogenmod.

I would just like to see the damn voLTE update! Maybe we could start bugging Blu about THAT next in the reviews since it's in all their advertising as "available shortly after release".
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
I had a moto e 2015 LTE and I vastly preferred the cm ROM. But that's just my personal preference.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Even if there's no real changes in CM13 (Android M), or even CM14 (Android N), this AOSP source base can be used to port other ROMs with greater customization like CandySiX or ResurrectionRemix. The source can maybe even be used to port further Android versions to this device like Android O or maybe even P.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
That'd be hot af fam.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Too bad there's no other BLU device with this chipset and kernel combo. We're pretty much pioneers, paving the way for future MT6735 devices with 3.18 kernel. This of course means pretty much no help, and lots more work on our part.

Just to clarify, the only other ROMs we would be able to port with this source are AOSP ROMs (assuming we use your guide for porting pure AOSP). This means no easy path to MIUI or anything of the sort. Taking our source and porting it to something AOSP based like CM or AOKP shouldn't be hard, or at least I can't imagine it being so.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Seems like this is the only MT6735 device being worked on at all in fact. We'll be gods, cheap gods but still gods.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
It'll be a double whammy. First for the chipset AND the 3.18 kernel. Make sure you look nice for when we go down in the textbooks.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Wait, let me wipe the coke off my nose........ ...... ...... OK, I'm good.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] kal250:
I'm not even sure blu makes the phones, I'm pretty sure they are just re-badged china phones. The extent of blu's development is just slapping their brand on it, probably why it took a month to get kernel, they had to get it from the chinese maker. There is a reason all their firmware is labeled custom generic. Just a guess, but trying to find any info on mediatek phone modding leads back to https://www.china-devices.com -- just my theory. Gionee apparently partners with blu on several devices, blu claims the remainder are developed in house, but if that's the case im sure they are still based on reference designs....
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Loche89:
It worked! Thank you for that! Now I can do more dangerous stuff to my device without much worry.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] onlykhaz:
Alright!, I made an /android post!

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/blu-r1-hd-ready-devs-t3439272

Help it out so we can bring some devs!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] triggerlord:
Could you post this on Reddit too?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] onlykhaz:
Done!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4xotib/the_60_amazon_prime_phone_the_blu_r1_hd_has_had/

We need support in both post so we can attract some devs! :fingers-crossed:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] abdel96:
this phone is my favorite one
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mdmosta319:
Help Me! Matching Gorilla Glass for R1 HD

Hello,

I have bought R1 HD. But problem is I could not find any Gorilla Glass on Market. So Please suggest me a Famous phone which Glass can be used on BLU R1 HD. I hope you understood what I said.

(Don't want to buy Online).

Thanks.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
I'm not sure what your saying? The phone screen already has gorilla glass on it, If your looking for a screen protector check Amazon or Ali express.

In another note anyone else have major slowdowns when using cf lumen, this really sucks...