yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] thirdlobe:
I had the OTA update come over and I declined it. This is something that happened to me over the weekend. I go to turn on my wifi and it shows networks for split second and then turns my wifi off. I can continue to try and turn it on and it will just do the same thing and turn it off again. Any thoughts on this?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ytsejam1138:
I have the same problem. A workaround fix is turn on Airplane mode. Then turn on Bluetooth and WiFi and then turn off Airplane mode.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] lordmorphous:
Same thing happens to me and this is the only fix I've found
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] thirdlobe:
So I booted into recovery (I think it was recovery - I held down the volume rocker and power button) and ran all tests. In doing this some things were found and when I did a reboot from recovery it has worked from there.

Hope this helps someone else.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] brandon-martin:
Do you by chance have the Android Wear App installed? I did and I had the wifi issue where it would enable for a second and then toggle itself off and uninstalling Android Wear fixed it for me.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] lordmorphous:
Yep... Sure do.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] brandon-martin:
Uninstall it! That should fix all of your problems. I literally spent around 2 -3 hours restoring my phone, installing, and uninstalling apps to figure out what was causing the issue. At first, I thought it was the OS and possibly the recent update to V17 firmware but after downgrading I realized that that was not the case. I concluded that on a fresh restore with no apps, the wifi worked perfectly and I painstakingly installed and uninstalled each app one by one to find out that Android Wear was for some reason the problem.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] lordmorphous:
I think I'll just leave my wifi on to avoid the problem as it only seems to show itself if I toggle it. Otherwise my smartwatch is worthless.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] pyromaster114:
I have attempted to update my R1 HD to the V17_Generic that is being pushed OTA.

It doesn't work, phone boots into TWRP and then attempts to install the update package. It fails. Tried twice now.

Is there something I need to do to make it work? I'd like to get it to work with band 12, and the security update things are probably important, I assume.

Is there a safe way to make the system apply the update to enable band 12?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Well OTA will not install with twrp. And it is good that it dosent. Twrp is not a Blu signed software and if update installed with twrp installed it would cause a brick.

[MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] has made a twrp installed v17.

http://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/development/prime-stock-rom-6-5-flashed-via-twrp-t3455532
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] pyromaster114:
I thought it might be something like that.

Where can I get the TWRP V17?

Sorry, I know that is probably supposed to be obvious.

Woops, noticed you posted a link at the bottom of your post. Somehow that didn't make it into the email of the post... :/
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Don't OTA. Use the safe version in the first post.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] emensch:
I have version 7.4.2 do you know anyway how to do this with the new update?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
I'm not aware of one
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] carpe_libertas:
I have a brand new, unupdated R1 HD (Prime version) running 6.1. I'm not interested in unlocking or rooting it, just wanted to convert it to the OEM version to get rid of the ads. Is the method in the first post still good? Have read this whole thread but the last few pages have me confused as to whether or not the method in the first post will let me convert prime to OEM and still be able to accept future OEM OTA's.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Yes this method is still good, just used it recently on 6.1
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Sizzlechest:
Yes, but isn't this software behind the prime version? Are there security updates not in the OEM firmware?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
V17 OEM has the same security patches. This guide is for initial conversion to OEM v12 once you have TWRP you can flash whatever you want.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] carpe_libertas:
Thanks. Just finished the procedure and now have an ad-free R1 HD. :D Hardest part was finding the right drivers to install for Win7. For anyone reading this, they're here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=68715

I am being offered an OTA update now, BLU_R0011UU_V17_GENERIC_6.0_20161115-1444. Is it safe to let that install?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Not really, if you want to keep root
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] thirdlobe:
Anyway to just go back to factory and do the upgrade? I want to give my R1 to a family member and dont want them to worry about updates.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiggam:
Yep in this first post
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] carpe_libertas:
So I'm safe to take the update if I have no plans to unlock/root?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Well with a little bit of work yes. Because you bid a conversion you must have done a bootloader unlock and probably also did install twrp. Both of these make factory OTA fail.

If you have factory recovery it will install but blotloop because it is unlocked. You can get past the loop by doing fastboot oem unlock again.

So basically you want an untouched phone.

It can be done. If you want, look at my bootloader rollback thread. I put a hidden tag on my post with a link to full day one out of box relocked ROM.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] carpe_libertas:
I've only followed the procedure outlined in post #1 of this thread. AFAIK that didn't install twrp or unlock. Or am I misunderstanding something?

And yes, I basically want an untouched phone. My goal was to convert my brand new, unupdated (was running 6.1 out of the box), bone stock R1 HD prime to the OEM version in order to get rid of the ads. I don't need to unlock or root it. I thought that's what I accomplished by doing the method in post #1 and NOT continuing to post #2. It's now running v12 and I have no ads but I have an OTA update to v17 being offered.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I see now what you want, but with the v17 update you will not be able to use sp flash tool, either. But untouched you should be able to take it. (OTA v17).
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] AndroidFanGt:
Problems with recognize mi Blu R1

Hello everyone, thanks for the guide, i have a big trouble with my phone, my pc is win 8.1 and wont recognize my Blu R1, any suggestion?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] iakovl:
just got my R1, decided to get the prime while i had the free trial

V6.1 will use the guide later today :)

btw [MENTION=5355478]ColtonDRG[/MENTION] /)*(\
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] billsite34:
Boot Loop

I'm stuck in a "boot loop". I flashed my RD1 to the "non ad" version. I didn't install a custom recovery. I took a OTA this morning and am now stuck in a "boot loop". I tried to get into recovery mode, but it just goes back to the boot loop. Tried to reflash with spft and it just starts boot looping again when I connect to my computer.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Caradineme2:
I will be attempting this today on someone else's phone the same way you did. Did you have any trouble after the update went through?

Edit: Success! No problems at all and everything went smoothly. Had to find the appropriate drivers and all went well. Thanks to the OP for this. Great work!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] GreenGraffix:
OK so after installing the v17 wireless update to my Prime turned OEM Blu R1 HD I was stuck in a boot loop and found a solution thanks to this thread...

https://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/help/flashed-to-prime-phone-downloading-t3510385

The solution was to use ADB and unlock the bootloader it was locked again from the update. It does a factory reset, all data lost but I was able to bring it back to life.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] billsite34:
Thanks for that link. My only problem with that is my computer won't see my phone. Can't use ADB in fastboot.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] GreenGraffix:
I had to do the power button and volume up button and set it to be in fastboot mode, at that point i was able to get ADB to work (it paused the boot loop and allowed it to be seen).
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] billsite34:
I got it to see in in fastboot mode. It shows the bootloader is unlocked and it is secure. Tried fastboot reboot and nothing happens just says rebooting.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] GreenGraffix:
do "fastboot OEM unlock" then use the phone to say yes to this. Your going to loose all data because it does a factory reset the things on the SD card stayed out of harms way. I was using the SD as portable storage.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] billsite34:
Did the fastboot OEM unlock and nothing showed up on the phone. Battery is dead now. I will have to wait and see if it charges and try again.

I appreciate your help. If I can't get anywhere I'll be back.

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Tried oem unlock again and still no response on phone. Still shows "secure: yes" when I run getvar all.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] GreenGraffix:
At this point I do not think that I am able to help out anymore because this is what worked for me and I can not think of anything else at this point in time. Sorry.

I know one thing though my wife was not so happy with me when I killed her phone last night @ about 10:30pm. I can now say that is is fixed though after lots of head scratching and searching around the internet only to find myself back here [MENTION=6962027]XDA.[/MENTION] All my trouble shooting needs always seem to get an answer from the awesome group here at XDA so big props to the community and its members here @ XDA!
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] billsite34:
Thanks again for your help. I'll keep on searching.

Bill

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I finally got it to go to "Secure:no" using fastboot

oem

unlock not fastboot

OEM

unlock. It's charging now ,so I don't know the final outcome.

Hurrah!!! It booted up!!!

Thanks again!!!

Bill
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Destroyer56:
Will I be able to downgrade of I am on version 7.4.2
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
That has been an ongoing question. Nobody has tried. Or I they did they did not tell. I think that the method used on 6.6 is still valid, but still untested.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] Destroyer56:
OK If try this method and it is not valid what would happen?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
It's not definite, but if it dosent work it should just say dirtycow failed. Or the cow might work but the unlock might say unlock failed.

As always with customizing android there is always a chance of making a brick.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] GreenGraffix:
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I finally got it to go to "Secure:no" using fastboot

oem

unlock not fastboot

OEM

unlock. It's charging now ,so I don't know the final outcome.

Hurrah!!! It booted up!!!

Thanks again!!!

Bill[/QUOTE]

Glad it worked, I forgot about adb not liking caps.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] norwoodesteel:
Glad it worked, I forgot about adb not liking caps.[/QUOTE]

this worked for me also
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] theclaws:
Does this work with BLU_R0010UU_V6.6_GENERIC?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] nccruz:
no oem unlocking on developer option

just got the blu r1 hd withI am on stock 6.1..... how come there is no oem unlock in developer option...usb debug is shown but not oem unlock..bootloader unlocking fails on fast boot.. what do I do???? Thanks

Also... I have a Mac....so using Homebrew on terminal instead of adb????
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
That's how prime is attempting to prevent unlocking bootloader.

They all came this way.

You can either use spflash tool to flash either the unlock.bin (unlocked frp partition) or stock oem system.

I do not know if there is a mac version of sp flash tool

If there is no flash tool for Mac, I don't see any reason why you couldn't use the dirtycow method with adb to flash the partition also.

Many options from your position. Please read the guides in the index thread, most of your questions are already answered in there.

Well maybe not specific to mac but for starting at v 6.1 anyway.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
It's also been removed from nonprime as well, The only reason people have it on V17, is cause I back ported it.

Sent from my Lineage OS R1HD by tapatalk
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] nccruz:
Error after 12 secs of flashing on SPFT

it keeps giving this error after 12 secs of flashing.... copied all the img files from your normal.....tar file at your download site ....

BROM_ERROR: S_DL_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL (0x 13BE).... Anyone have any advise or solution? Thanks...

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to ColtonDRG.... Just read your post on page 5....What do you use if not windows for sfpt? Thanks
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] nccruz:
ok to convert after loading TWRP and ohm unlock

ok.... just have the R1 with Amazon Prime out of the box...

should I unlock oem and load TWRP before converting to OEM variant?

I have a Mac with parallels desktop installed.... could this be causing the BROM_ERROR: S_DL_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL (0x 13BE) when using SPFT?

also, only way to the flash started in SPFT is to power off, connect Blu to compute and then power on and also holding on vol+ button... the red bar starts but then the DRAM SETTING Fail...

Anyone???

Thanks...

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I was able to do the dirty cow but not using the one-click-root.bat in parallels/windows command window.... just used the instructions in the one-click-root bat and used this in the command window?? can you flash the recovery/boot/system images from the OEM variant to get normal OEM blu???

Thanks again...
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] TechSlinger:
What to do if you allowed the v17 OTA?

I went through the Convert to OEM process months ago - shortly after receiving my Prime R1HD. However, I did not root it or install TWRP. Since that time, I allowed the OTA to the v17 firmware.

Now, I would like to get the phone rooted and TWRP installed to play around with some of the current ROMS available, but it doesn't look like I can. The 'Allow OEM Unlock' option is not available in Developer Options and when I attempt a 'fastboot oem unlock' I get an error - access denied.

So, is there any hope of getting this phone rooted and TWRPed? I read through several of the other threads here on rolling back or using the Dirtycow method, but those only reference the Prime 6.6 firmware - not the OEM v17 firmware.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
Should be able to use the dirty cow method that is posted for 6.6. All it is doing is allowing the oem unlock, by replacing the frp partition with one that was taken from an unlocked phone.

https://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/how-to/blu-r1-hd-v6-6-dirtycowed-f-amazon-root-t3490882
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] corvette-kyle:
Joined to say thank you for this guide. I have been looking for a cheap, rootable android phone and everything here worked perfectly. Never owned an Android either, but am familiar with the jailbreaking process.

For those wondering, I ordered two of these, one 16/2 and one 8/1 and both of them arrived with 6.0 security update June 2016. As of 1/31/17
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] robobub:
Is it possible to upgrade to a reversible (SPFT compatible) V7.4.2 with the OEM variant? The 7.4.2 / SAFE 6.6 thread seems to be for PRIME variant only?

Also any ideas as to what, if anything, passes SafetyNet (when fully unrooting)?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
There is a recovery install version of 7.4.2 , that is not an update but a rom type install.

https://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/development/prime-stock-rom-6-5-flashed-via-twrp-t3455532

And as far as passing safety net , I do not have an answer. I recall several posts about it in the general thread. Try a search in that thread, maybe find an answer already posted.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] zerosource:
does anyone have faster mirror for the normal-stock-oob file?

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I have MTP driver error. Does anyone know how to work this out?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I was getting MTP driver poblems often and needed to keep manually assigning mtp usb device .

LOL :eek:

I was about to comment on how after a windows update , It works without setting the driver. But when I went to show the version of drivers, I had the problem again.

I have attached photo walk through of getting it back in line.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] caytam:
Hi, I just bought a new one. It's on v6.0 now. Will this method work on my new phone?. Thanks
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Update March 8 2017: As you can probably tell, this is very old. I have not worked on the device in several months and I have no idea if these methods are still safe. Please proceed with caution. I will be using one of these on a daily basis in the near future, so I probably will get back into development, and hope to release new content for the phone to help out the community. Please accept this as an official warning that the following is probably out of date and that you should be very careful should you decide to try it. The first post has been updated with a warning similar to this one and the entirety of the original post has been placed in spoiler tags. You have been warned.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] deshwasi:
thanks a lot OP. everything works flawlessly today just as you described. so we can do OTA updates to our hearts content without having to worry about any changes to the status of non-prime conversion/custom recovery/root etc., right?

oops! didn't realize OTA updates don't work on rooted phones? whats the easiest way to do OTA update? flashfire app? will I lose root?

hmm.. flashfire cannot find the downloaded OTA update? anyone know where this phone BLU R1 stores the downloaded OTA file?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] estebanp4:
still it works

It works. I bought it on April 15th recently and it came with v6.1> v12. Thank you :o
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonmerc:
Is it under /cache/ somewhere?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ojmh7:
Hi. Can I safely take an ota update if I used all the methods in this post on my prime r1 hd?

If not, what can I do to update my phone firmware ?

Thanks in advance
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] fuzzy_:
I used the method here but I only unlocked the bootloader, I did not root. I installed the OTA update yesterday. Everything seems to be working fine so far. I have not gone thru all my apps but wifi, phone service and google voice seem to be working fine.

Edit: I assumed by 'safely' you mean the phone would work. If you mean can you root it afterwards, I don't know. My boot loader still appears to be unlocked but I am not sure it is still possible to root it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] fuzzy_:
My intention is to let this phone get upgraded to Nouget via the Blu updates then root it. If that happens or not is another story. :)
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
I don't even think that's possible, to upgrade to android 7 via OTA, Blu would have to release it via splashtool, they have completely disabled this in R1HD.

Now they could release new phones with android 7, but an OTA upgrade would be impossible in my opinion.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] n3kf:
I doubt Blu will update this phone to Nouget. They are pretty much known for releasing cheaply priced phones, and pretty much not doing much except maybe a security release. They just want you to buy the newest phone with nougat on it if you want it. I won't hold my breath. I just have it as a back up and use freedom Pop on it.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] kal250:
Blu relies on the OEM manufacturer (all have been Chinese) to handle software dev, the extent of Blu's handling of software is simple rebranding. Many of the Chinese OEMs simply push out what they can and then move onto the next model.... the only reason we have seen updates on this phone is due to Amazon's influence....
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] ojmh7:
Thanks a lot. I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone, does anyone know if it's safe to take the ota update in my case?? I'm ok with losing the root (I don't really use it )
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] dxtian:
help me

help me, r0010uu brick error tool dl image fail :crying::crying::crying:
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
There is no fix.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] dxtian:
but?

I have another exact phone, since I buy two and one for being updated brick, how do I create a stock rom with the other blu that I have operative?
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
You would use TWRP.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
yes twrp is best choice for almost all rom flashing and backing up. Running phone to running phone.

for emergency backup and restore (like what you need) I use "miricle box"

this thread has tutorial on setup and use.

https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-13347.html
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
Most people can't use any splashtool backup tool, neither can the above user.

You can use the tool cause your phone doesn't have the disabled preloader, that all newer R1HD phones have.

That is false hope for him, he can waste his time setting up miracle box if he wants, it will do no good, the disabled preloader will reject it just like normal splashtool.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
I did assume he bricked using sptool, but you mat be right. I do not know what version his phone had. If it was anything official and new then it is no hope in fixing.

that is why blocking preloader was such a bad decision on blu here.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
Blu doesn't considered it a bad ideal, from my reading R1HD Plus out of the box comes with disabled preloader.

I don't have the phone myself, but asked a few people to test splashtool for pulling boot.img they were unable to do so.

I would think it also cuts down on replacement costs as well, if users send in a phone that the user modified their warranty is void.

With preloader disabled, one can't hide what they did to device, once Blu gets the phone, they simply flash an unlocked preloader and can see what the user did to the phone.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] dxtian:
The preloader only loads me with a rom file of version 6.1 prime, it grabs me perfectly in the whole process, but leaves me brick with the error tool dl image fail
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] vampirefo:
I don't understand your reply no matter you are free to try miracle box it's free and works well on device's that don't have a disabled preloader, good luck to you.
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] dxtian:
If I charge the recovery twrp the phone does not turn on.

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Until here load my phone, use the Firm prime_6.1_no_nv
[BLU R1 HD Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmazak:
That is my uploaded backup. It has a label of not comparable with so flash tool, only mricle box.

Try this one it is what I made to fix one last time

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634765694