How to Root the BLU Life One X

Did you just see your friend playing around with root-only apps on his or her device and you want to have the same thing on your device too? No worries, the BLU Life One X is now root-able, all thanks to the Framaroot app. This guide should teach you how you can root your Life One X and get the root-only apps running on it.

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.

Once you have root access on your BLU Life One X, you’ll be able to:

• Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
• Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
• Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
• Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
• Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
• Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).

Interested? Here’s how to root your BLU Life One X:

I. Before You Begin

1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if any damage occurs to your device as the consequence of this procedure. Do this procedure at your own risk.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Framaroot APK and save it to your desktop.

Framaroot APK (It’s attached in the first post)

III. Rooting the BLU Life One X

1. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

2. Copy the Framaroot APK from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.

3. Once it’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.

4. Enable Unknown sources on your device by going to Menu > Settings > Security > Unknown sources.

5. Open File Manager and tap on the Framaroot APK and it’ll install on your device.

6. Once installed, launch it from your App Drawer.

7. Select Install SuperSU from the dropdown menu.

8. Tap on Boromir.

9. It’ll begin rooting your device.

10. When it’s done, reboot your device.

11. You should now be rooted!

Enjoy! Your BLU Life One X is now rooted and is ready to be loaded with your favorite root-only apps. There’s a number of root-only apps available in the Google Play store that you can install on your device.

You can click here to find all of the BLU Life One X How To’s.

You can also find all of the BLU Life One X ROMs we have here.