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    Thread Looking 5.7-6" screen for under $200US dual SIM if possible

    Looking for Lineage support from a 5.7" - 6" screen for under $200US dual SIM if possible Priority features: GSM (must; more bands the better), large screen, economical price, long battery, dual SIM (and in this order) Any recommendations? (Sorry I am 4 hours into searching with not much...
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    Thread SPflash tool - how can I read the ROM?

    With MTK Tools long dead, I'm trying to read the ROM on a phone with a cracked mother board one which by some miracle, the USB interface still works. I need my userdata.img and to try to get my contacts off that. Can I use a scatter file that comes with the factory restore images for my phone...
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    Thread BLU bricked, SPFlash Read yields encrypted contacts2.db, what next

    I have a BLU phone that was my only source of contacts with no Google or backup (yes, I know). It was dropped a significant distance. It won't show any indication of charging or powering up, no lights or sounds. However when I plugged in the USB port I noticed the toggling of the USB driver...
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    Thread Need working phone rooted, with xprivacy, a 5.5" screen, dual SIMs and long batt life

    Need working phone rooted, with xprivacy, a 5.5" screen, dual SIMs and long batt life Does such a device exist? I have used a BLU phone in the past with all these features, but now the bootloaders are locked, the file system and won't support conventional root tools and even if all this...
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    Thread Does not function on phones with Toybox - BLU STUDIO XL 2

    Thank you for all you hard work, I have been a user for many releases prior and love that your software has always been "there and working well". So why only speak up when I have a problem, so for that I apologize. I have managed to obtain a version of Xposed (Systemless) ported for Magisk...
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    Thread BLU R1 Plus - searching for root

    Note this is NOT the Blu R1 HD that Amazon sold with advertising built in; it is a separate more expensive model named BLU R1 PLUS. I have searched online for several weeks and not a peek how to Root BLU R1 Plus except the standard promises of paid root services and of course Kingroot. I've...
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    Thread BLU R1 Plus - searching for unlock

    Admin - please delete this post, I mean to say searching for root - see next post by me
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    Thread Kingroot - what a disaster - Blu Studio XL bricked

    I made the serious mistake of installing Kingroot which failed installing the first time, then it said try again, then it worked but totally took over every aspect of my phone with no apparent way to delete any of the new "features". It didn't seem to be as much about installing root as it was...
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    Thread [Completed] Kingroot - what a disaster - Blu Studio XL

    I made the serious mistake of installing Kingroot which failed installing the first time, then it said try again, then it worked but totally took over every aspect of my phone with no apparent way to delete any of the new "features". It didn't seem to be as much about installing root as it was...
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    Thread Please add the Blu Studio phone

    Please give the Blu Studio phone a unique forum category. There are several models including mine, the Blu Studio 5.5s. It is an Android phone and performs well. Would like to see more facilities to discuss this phone and hacking. Thanks!
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    Thread [Q] Non=Expert how-to guide limits questions to only other experts

    First of all if there is any way for those like me with less than perfect eyesight and experienced with the structure of these most complicated I've seen to date, I would like to respectively ask that the captchas be reduced in difficulty. My issue is that I seem to have hit an impasse in that...