How to Root the BLU Life Play
Sick of using the same oldish apps on your BLU Life Play? Want to try out some of the latest root-only apps on your device? No worries, this guide should teach you how you can root your BLU Life Play and then get the custom development 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 Play, 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 Play:
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for the consequences of this procedure. Do this procedure at your own risk.
2. This should flash a custom recovery as well.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Framaroot APK and save it to your desktop.
Framaroot APK (It’s attached in the first post)
2. Download CWM Recovery archive and save it to your desktop.
CWM Recovery Archive (Download link’s given in the first post)
III. Rooting the BLU Life Play
1. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
2. Copy Framaroot from your desktop over to the root of your SD card. It’s the topmost folder on your SD card.
3. When it’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.
4. Enable Unknown sources on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Security > Unknown sources.
5. Once it’s enabled, open File Manager and tap on the Framaroot APK to install it on your device.
6. Once installed, launch the app 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, you should be rooted.
11. You’re all done!
Excellent! Your BLU Life Play now has root-access. You can now flash a custom recovery on your device, which will allow you to flash custom ROMs and custom Mods on your device.
IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the BLU Life Play (Optional)
1. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
2. Extract files from the CWM Recovery archive to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
3. Copy recovery.img from your desktop over to the root of your device’s SD card. It’s the topmost folder on your SD card.
4. Enable Unknown sources on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Security > Unknown sources.
5. Head over to the Google Play store and download and install Mobile Uncle Tools on your device.
6. Once installed, launch it from your App Drawer.
7. Tap on Recovery Update.
8. Select the recovery.img file you copied to your device for flashing.
9. It’ll begin flashing the selected recovery on your device.
10. When the recovery’s flashed, reboot your device.
11. And you’re all set!
Brilliant! You now have root as well as a custom recovery on your BLU Life Play device. This means, you can now install root-only apps as well as custom ROMs that bring more features to your device.
You can click here to find all of the BLU Life Play How To’s.
You can also find all of the BLU Life Play ROMs we have here.
Does this framaroot works on BLU LIFE PLAY compilation number: BLU_L100i_V28_GENERICK (Kitkat 4.4.2)?
Using it get the next error: Failed 🙁 … Try another exploit if available (Error #9)
You can try and see if it works for your device.
If you can’t root your device with one exploit, try another.
I’ve tried the three of them, and everytime I do I get the same error.
The last time it worked, I was running jellybean 4.2 on my BLP, just before the upgrade to Kitkat
Same same. Anyone know if theres any other way to root BLP V28 running on KitKat?
Is it possible to get super user access prior to booting into the phone? For certain reasons, I am not able to even login to my phone (but I can see the OEM recovery console and sideload etc). However, I cannot flash a new image because (I think) I don’t have super user access – each time the installation starts and then aborts. And because I cannot boot into the phone, I cannot use this Framaroot.apk method either. I do have that ADT kit on my laptop. So is there anyway I can get super user access from before phone bootup?
Hellu BluBoy,
This procedure requires your phone to be booted up to gain root. Unfortunately, you can’t root your device while it’s turned OFF or it’s on the boot screen.
Is your device bricked or what?
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