yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Not much. Still can't get a ROM compiled from source (although Vamp ported one from another device), and Amazon is blocking SPFT on vanilla, non-prime firmware as well.

Although it seems like the community is starting to give up on this device (in my opinion), I'm still proud to have been a part of it. Think about it: a group of nerds online made enough of a dent in Amazon's profit margin for them to invest in completely new technologies to keep people out of MediaTek devices, namely blocking the VCOM port so people can't gain root access easily. The fact that we even "showed up on their radar" so to speak brings a smile to my face. Heck, we even scored ourselves our very own XDA subforum!

Even if we can't get anything further done for this device, you have to admit it was a good run we had there--that was a very eventful 6 months. I wish you devs the best of luck if you so choose to keep trying to figure this thing out.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] KazuDante:
We now have a source of a cm14.1 32bit running on a MT6735 s.o.c, we need devs that are interested on this project. Please PM me.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
Yeah, I am having no problems at all with adaway and V17.

The problem was really simple adaway requires busybox, simply push busybox to system/xbin fixes the problem.

and setting 755 permissions on busybox.

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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224404535

permissive boot.img is just something one makes.

to use

adb reboot bootloader

to test

fastboot boot permissive_bootV17.img

to install

fastboot flash boot permissive_bootV17.img

once you have rebooted to test.

adb remount

or

adb shell

getenforce

vampirefo@vampirefo-OptiPlex-760:~/Desktop$ adb remount
remount succeeded
vampirefo@vampirefo-OptiPlex-760:~/Desktop$ adb shell
root@BLU_R1_HD:/ # getenforce
Permissive
root@BLU_R1_HD:/ #
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Thank you.

I think I will try to put symlinks to the already installed toybox first, Then see if I get results.

If adding busybox worked I don't see why toybox wouldn't also do same.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
I can't see that working, but give it a try.

Toybox and busybox are too different.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Interestingly, I still get trouble with this v17. I started again from scratch. modded V17, supersu stable v2.76.

Cannot mount /system as rw in adb shell. keep getting segmentation fault.

Looking into it. But its new to me

So far looks like adding busybox will fix this too. But I wanted to see why it changed with the update.

busybox will do the mount if used(/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system), but the roms link to toolbox will not do it anymore, it gives segmentation fault.

EDIT:: fixed

I monitored logcat while getting the segmentaion fault, and see that "toolbox" was failing. So I put the old version of "toolbox", now "mount -o remount,rw /system" works as before the update. Does not need additional "busybox" for it to work.

Re-checked the original problem with adaway, It is also fixed.

I never used solid explorer so don't know if that problem has same solution.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Permissive boot.img worked for me, as does adb remount.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
does anyone know how to de-compile binarys to compare there sources. I think I found a problem with the updated "/system/bin/toolbox" binary

Or, if not to compare the files maybe to confirm my findings that v17 toolbox is the problem with mount not working like it used to. See my last post for details of what I mean.

Last Post here

I have continued looking at some differences. I still dont know all of what if different, but I have found that both the new updates give me "segmentaion fault" when trying to "mount-o remount,rw /system"

the toolbox from v12 will mount /system.

toolbox from v7.4.2 gives fault

toolbox from v17 gives fault.

I have uploaded update zips that change the toolbox binary. I still have no idea what changes Blu/ amazon made to them so some changes may have been needed, I only know that a negitive change is that remount,rw seems to be blocked in the update.

if you need to mount /system as rw flash v12-toolbox-update-2. If you know how to troubleshoot further you can play/ try with the v17 and v7 zips.

the toolbox.zip is just the binary toolbox files from v12 and v17 if you would rather change the binary in the rom before flashing it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
I think people are better off using busybox, but to each their own, the toolbox from each version if different for a reason, if at some point people run in to a problem they will have to remember that swapped toolbox and then swap them back, if they use busybox that wont run into a problem.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Yes, in the end it does make sense to just switch to busybox.

I just wanted to know why additional software was needed to do what used to be able to do with the built in software. Now it is clear that something was patched in the toolbox binary to try and prevent rooting

So now this brings another question.

Do you think it is better to replace the toolbox binary in the ROM.zip with busybox or just add busybox to xbin.

I still had trouble with busybox in xbin, with the mount command unless i used full path to busybox (not symlinked)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
I use busybox in xbin, I can't think of any reason to use mount command, adb remount will mount the system as rw or ro.

To each their own, if people just want to use mount commands over and over, again I don't why they would.

Just create a simple rw and ro script.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] RainbowMagicMarker:
No luck, maybe it's not the drivers at all 8/ Thanks for the recommendation though!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
Thanks for this. A really elegant lockscreen....and open source to boot. I kicked in a few bucks.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
Here's another data point.

The icon in the "This PC" window in win10 changes from an ipod to a camera when I change from MTP to PTP in the Developer options menu of the phone (USB debugging ON throughout). This behavior is identical for both the Idol3 and the R1HD.

Helium on the win 10 doesn't seem to care which mode Idol3 is in...it immediately says "Helium has been enabled on your Android".

Even though win10 sees the R1HD, Helium doesn't...keeps saying "please connect".
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
I think that's how MTP and PTP works for all phones... Unless you're saying it thinks it's an Idol
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
My point is that win10 behaves the same with both phones but Helium doesn't. Trying to localize the problem.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Well I'm using Windows 7, but I just remembered a tool I'd used for my studio X+ when I went digging in my MTK folder. It's a tool that automatically detects and installs the right ADB driver for a phone, even if Windows doesn't recognize it. I did it with mine, and mine comes up as an R1 HD. I'll post a link to the tool.

EDIT: [MENTION=5950099]RainbowMagicMarker[/MENTION] you said it may not be the drivers, but just to be sure, uninstall any R1 drivers you may have and install using this tool:

https://mega.nz/#!N1EAgChC!LnIhPfdg4Qgh4nvC-QVn7Yp1_H88CnWXfKJpZqxZ3Z4
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] calm_depression:
so when i install ac display i still get the normal lockscreen with it, am i missing something or how am i supposed to just get acdisplay not the ad lockscreen
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
I installed Nova Prime first.

Also screen lock security has to be Swipe.

I think this is the same as Picturesque...the same upswipe gets rid of the lockscreeen and the ads underneath.

Occasionally I get a glimpse of an ad.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] RainbowMagicMarker:
Yes this is the exact problem I'm having!

That link doesn't seem to do anything for me, just a blank tab.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Are scripts enabled in your browser? Also make sure you are accessing that link on a desktop browser, as accessing it in a mobile browser redirects you to the play store to get the Mega app, which could be the cause of the blank page.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] limpet:
...or just give Kim a call for customer support.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
We're XDA, we ARE customer support.

EDIT: I was thinking we should nickname this either the Fire Phone 2 or the Prime Phone, let's hear your opinions now :P
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] RainbowMagicMarker:
Done on my desktop and then again on my labtop just to make sure, cause I haven't installed anything on that yet. Same problem both times, app just keeps asking to put the phone in PTP even though it already is.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] JShan:
Speaking of great customer support, I got this quick and helpful reply from NextRadio about accessing the FM radio:

We're working with BLU to make NextRadio the standard FM radio app on their phones. The R1 HD has FM support, but it uses a proprietary API that doesn't work with NextRadio. This may change in the future as BLU ads NextRadio support to more of their devices.

Chris

Technical Support Analyst

Anyone have any luck with getting FM radio reception? I'm going to see if I can get an answer directly from BLU.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Unfortunately I'm pretty much out of ideas for this. Maybe try changing cables you use to connect/port you connect it in? Maybe try running Helium as administrator? That's all I personally have left really. I remember reading a while ago that Windows 8/10 was known for having ADB issues.

I can rip the FM radio apk from my Studio X+ and post it. Or maybe I can get someone else with an MT6735 device to rip it from theirs. I'll probably end up doing the first though, expect an apk by tomorrow.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] JShan:
Just sent an email to service@bluproducts.com; will post a reply. FYI - I tried installing the Motorola FM radio app (which appeared in my app list thanks to my old Moto G) but it wouldn't even download; said it wasn't compatible. If we can get an app to sideload and work, awesome!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
I don't know if another manufacturer's FM radio app would work, considering the BLU's FM radio is proprietary in how it works. Using another FM app made by BLU themselves would be our best bet, but you're more than welcome to try Motorola's app.

You can get an app to "rip" the FM apk from your Moto G, copy the apk to a PC to whatever directory you have ADB installed, hook up the R1 to USB Debugging and do an "adb install [package name].apk" in command prompt from the ADB directory to force it to install. No guarantee it'll run though.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] RainbowMagicMarker:
For what it's worth I'm on Windows 7 actually. But thank you for all the help, it's much appreciated!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] krchi:
So I decided to get a Blu R1 HD to see how good of a phone it was for $60 and for the most part its actually the best phone for its price atm, however I noticed that when it was connected to a certain router the wifi wouldn't work unless I change the 802.11 mode to b+g, b, g as g+n, n wouldn't work, but my all my other devices seem to work fine on any of the modes and the blu phone certainly works on those modes when connected to different routers, does anyone have any idea whats going on or if they have experienced the same thing or is it a defect and i should ask for an exchange with amazon?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] californiarailroader:
That's weird, I have my 2.4 Ghz side set to N only, and my R1 HD connects fine. I have a TP-Link Archer AC3150 Router.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Well my newb must be showing. I didn't know about adb remount.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ytsejam1138:
It's back in stock at Amazon. Both 8GB and 16GB versions.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Just tried to get another one ,. But it will not allow me to. Says I have met my allowed quota
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Unscedeo:
Yeah, the same happens to me. If you have already bought one of them, it will not let you buy another (regardless of Prime/Non-Prime).
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I was just able to add a member to my prime "household". Then share my prime and order another one. I wonder if I remove that member and add a different one if I can get yet one more after that.

I should know by Thursday/Friday if new phones are able to root same way we do now. Finger crossed
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] xWolf13:
Ordered mine a few hours ago. Anyone know if this one will be rootable via Dirty Cow?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
If its V6.6 or older, yes. Not sure what they did to V6.7, might have implemented the December security update that makes it immune.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] raderator:
Just tried it. It works. I was also able to share my Amazon store card. If you have Prime, you should get the store card, 5% cash back.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] xWolf13:
I have just received the device and it came with the v6.1 firmware. Converting to OEM firmware in a few minutes.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
DONT GO TO V17, IT DISABLES SPFT! Go to V12, it is safer.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Really. It came with 6.1

Blu has told people in support calls that the re-released phones would definitely have latest update. There goes another promise down the drain.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Bet you the r1 plus is never coming out as well
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] KazuDante:
V17 doesnt disable spft....im on v17 and i can still spft

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Well the one from [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] that is
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
If I recall correctly vamp edited V17 to not disable flash tools--I was certain someone said before that stock V17 disables it like 6.6 did.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] KazuDante:
Also wanted to share great news with you guys , i found a kernel from another device that boots our R1 HD...the best part of this news is that the device also has a defconfig in its kernel source for arm64(x64bit kernel) ,so my guess if its x32 kernel can boot our device so should the x64
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Care to share?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] KazuDante:
Im no good at compiling kernels, i can port (somewhat still not pro level) someone would have to take interest in it and compile the 64bit with our kernel drivers for the ant, the lcm and imgsensor a.k.a sim,lcd and camera.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Here's hoping the one I ordered today comes with 6.1 as well.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Mine arrived yesterday. I opened it today. Confirmed it has v6.1 June security patch.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Must be just clearing out remaining inventory...unsold stuff they had sitting in the warehouse since the beginning. Maybe clearance in preparation for the next model?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I had to send one of my r1's in for repair to Blu. I hard bricked it. They said it was out of warranty because of tampering, I sent it in with back cover off and battery out. I had a miss understanding, becaise they said they don't need the battery with it (unless it came preinstalled).

Anyway they replaced the phone. I got new serial number and imei and all. It came back with 6.6

Lol I now have a spare battery and back cover. (With camera lens)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Camera lens, you say???

How much did it cost you to send it back to get it repaired? I told them I wanted to fix the lens and it was $30. Is fixing a software brick less money? (If it comes with a new camera lens I'll just brick mine myself and send it back for that)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
They charged me $50. And I got whole new device.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
My 2nd unit arrived today, also with firmware v6.1.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] MDKAOD:
Can you confirm that v17 updated via OTA allows spft? There seems to be some conflicting information. There is a modified version of v17 here on XDA if you updated through TWRP.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
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OTA v17 does NOT allow spft.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] MDKAOD:
That's what I thought. Thank you.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] xTrainerJx:
Question

Hi, this works in 6.5? Thanks
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] neo.bahamut.zero:
Hey guys. When I bought this phone in August I recall I was able to swap the "back" and "recents" buttons somehow, without rooting or 3rd party apps, however now that I've reset the phone I can't seem to find that option. Don't tell me the new OTA update screwed that (besides "phone idle" battery drain)? Any thoughts?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
The OTA removed it. Only appears if you use the modded settings on a safe version of v17. See here http://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/development/prime-stock-rom-6-5-flashed-via-twrp-t3455532
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] neo.bahamut.zero:
That sucks. I guess I'm screwed now after my hasteful decision to install official v17 OTA? :D
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
There has been no tests done trying the same method for v6.6, it might still work
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
First and only confirmation post I found about rooting the 7.4.2 version. [MENTION=6820381]Weasel0[/MENTION] just said that he did the dirtycow exploit same as on 6.6 and it still worked.

So anybody that has been worried or scared to try, there is one confirmation.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emensch:
Cool thanks I'll let you know if I'm successful
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] dyne2199:
I can also confirm success using DirtyCow. My R1 is a 16/2 Prime version running the 7.4.2 OTA.

Edit: Once my PC was able to mount the R1 using the unsigned drivers, DirtyCow worked like a charm. My laptop wasn't wanting to play nice at first.

For obtaining root, I just placed the SuperSU zip file into the internal storage's root directory, rebooted into TWRP and installed the zip. Everything is running pretty smooth so far. Thank you to everyone for the hard work in getting all of these awesome tools setup.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] srgrusso:
I have a Blu Studio One which looks like it has the same specs except for the front camera and os version. Does this mean that I can use the same roms for my phone.

I was able to root it with kingroot.

Here are the specs :

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

5.0 inches

720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)

Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)

Mediatek MT6735

Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53

Mali-T720

microSD, up to 64 GB

16 GB, 2 GB RAM

13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash

Thanks for your help
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
I'd make a full system backup before trying, but why not give it a go? If it won't boot just restore your backup and everything will be fine

EDIT: Before you flash, actually, what's the kernel version on the Studio One?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] srgrusso:
kernel: 3.10.65

Thanks
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
Won't work, you are running Android 5.1, with a Android 5.1 kernel.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] srgrusso:
Oh well looks like I don't have a chance for a custom rom :(

at least I have Xposed :)

Thanks for all of the help
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
There are many roms for your device, you just need to Port them, needrom has 30 or 40 compatible roms for your device.

http://www.needrom.com/category/others/mtk-i6/
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] srgrusso:
Thanks for the reply, looks like I have a lot of research to do. I'm familiar with Linux so it shouldn't be too hard. I will start a new thread with all my questions.

Thanks again for all your help :)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] iatepee:
What tools can I use from the r1 hd to root the R1 Plus?

I haven't rooted or unlocked a phone since the windows mobile days.

I have a BLU R1 Plus and would like to root it. I tried Kingo root but that didn't complete successfully.

Of all the tools,what can I use from the r1 HD to help with the R1 Plus?

If you want, I can follow instructions and upload things to here but I don't know (a) if there is a simple bootoader unlock method I can use before running Kingo or (b) if I need to use XDA tools for the entire root process.

Maybe even (c) - use Kingo root on the PC? Supposedly there is a higher success rate but I am worried about exposing nybinfo. Seems insecure.

Any guidance is welcome and needed ?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
If I recall correctly the r1 plus is ONLY being sold as an amazon phone, with no vanilla option, so bootloader unlock most likely will not be simple.

I hate to admit it but I think your only option is to wait and see if kingo/kingroot can get anything for you. You can try the PC one if you want, I'm pretty sure the whole "information gathering" thing with Kingo and kingroot happens with both the PC and apk versions, so if you tried the apk one already then don't worry about your information getting leaked since it should already be out there.

SPFT is no longer an option since they shut that down in the R1HD days (but you can try to see if SPFT works if you want, if SPFT works root will be ridiculously simple). I don't think there's been any major exploits in terms of getting root recently, so I can't suggest anything else to try.

My only advice to you would be avoid OTA updates at all costs. Would you mind sending some system specs, such as android version, security update version, kernel version, etc?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] iatepee:
Yes I'll send you some system specs shortly.

I ended up buying mine at Best Buy. It is a 16Gb, 2Gb RAM variant.

It actually is a very nice phone BUT I then realized what was up and bought the Studio XL2 next to it, which is friendlier and should be more suitable for root (however after opening it I had a malfunction in the touch screen so I'll have to swap it out before continuing).

Actually, the two phones have VERY similar specifics but I don't know how to enable OEM unlocking in the R1 Plus (not an option, whereas I think it is in the XL2):

R1 Plus: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/blu-r1-...-phone-unlocked-black/5807205.p?skuId=5807205

Studio XL2: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/blu-stu...-phone-unlocked-black/5765300.p?skuId=5765300