I’m trying to get my old BLU R1 HD set up to be an offline MP3 player. But it’s having…issues. It’s incredibly slow and won’t delete things. I’ve tried natively with it’s built in file manager and some others on fdroid and nada. It’s Android 6 (Marshmallow) so one could still integrate the SD card with the internal storage and I did so. So I’m not sure if it’s the phone or the card.
Anyway, I haven’t been able to find any BLU builds for the OS on here, is that correct?
Also, as you all deal with Android OS whatnot, I have a question that direction. If I format the device to see if that fixes it, while I still be able to draw what updates there are for it back onto it? Like, will the files still exist? Is that something Google keeps track of, or is it BLU? I know going back to five a LOT of apps won’t work on it that do on 6, so I’d like to stay on 6 if an alternative OS isn’t possible.
Thanks, and sorry for this being fairly off topic. But you all seem like you might have answers. ~<3
Factory reset the device should be fine … but you probably want to find a source of the original ROM or the very last manufacturer firmware revision before you experiment too aggressively.
No ROM really needed for Factory reset … but there is the possibility that you find the device at a lower than “latest” Android version after your Factory reset. [1]
So I think I would be actively searching for it.
You may already have some of this background information, idk.
Edit. [1] In this event you may be able to find the Software update within the phone’s Settings. This may allow you to apply the update(s).
