[Tutorial] Blu Studio 5.0 LTE -Y530Q- Root Method - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have been searching for a way to root my Blu Studio 5.0 LTE - which doesn't seem Vulnerable to framaroot.
after 3 days of non stop searching and trying the basic one-clicks as well as trying a number of commands through terminal I have finally found one to root my device. Here is a bit of information on my device.
Model #: Studio 5.0LTE
Android Version: 4.3
Baseband Version: TBW599010_9520_LTE_V0104
ROM: Original Factory Shipped 4.3 - Will backup then unroot - update and see if it still works then post back
I am fairly new to posting to xda, but I have been using XDA since htc google G1 came out... and haven't used anything but androids for myself since... so thank you all and hopefully someone will be able to use this method that i found...
Note: I am not developer of the software that is used in this posting - and I am not responsible for any damage or warranty status that my be negated as a result of the use of this tutorial! This tutorial has possibility to brick your phone, which neither myself nor providers of the root software are responsible .
Note2: I have contacted Shuame about posting their software on alternate site and they have not responded - if they request me to though, I will remove file and post link.
First of all let me just inform you that this will remove the Messaging app from your phone - I haven't hacked the file to see what commands it's running but from what I can tell is they have exploited the sms app and in process of root the app is removed.
You will need - Blue drivers which you can download here - attached
{You can install the sdk and drivers with installer or unpack the exe and using computer management install the drivers within the folder.View attachment ADB-Driver-v1.4.2.zip
Then you can download the installation file for the one click type root method - virus free - attached below cause im not allowed to post links yet - but install the program - chinese mostly translated but follow few steps to install then after its rooted you will see it say on screen rooted and give you options.
Then you can either download from play store or from attached APK for messaging.View attachment 3156953
There you go - root can be checked with any software - I am still working on what cwm will work and will update - hope this helps!

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Thanks a lot Great Work :good::good::good:
That saved me a lot of time. It worked perfectly. although I would like to add a few points
1. For me it didn't delete the messaging app so it was great
2. after rooting, I installed supersu from play store, restarted and then deleted the kinguser app
3. installed adfree to remove ads
4. In my case, the genius root didn't seem to work the first time since the phone was in MTP setting. As soon as I changed USB setting to storage the program worked
I have link to some custom roms for this phone from a different forum, let me find the links again and I will update.
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Ok found the links
well seems like I cant post any links until , I have 10 posts ..
but it is there on google plus
It would be great if you can make something out of these links .
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FYI: This phone is a clone of k-touvh touch3 and there is a custom rom for the other phone. Not sure about the recovery or CWm

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memory swap
Just curious have you figured out how to swap the memory with the SD card? Link 2 SD doesn't seem to work neither does editing the vol.fs file

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vsmartguy said:
Thanks a lot Great Work :good::good::good:
That saved me a lot of time. It worked perfectly. although I would like to add a few points
1. For me it didn't delete the messaging app so it was great
2. after rooting, I installed supersu from play store, restarted and then deleted the kinguser app
3. installed adfree to remove ads
4. In my case, the genius root didn't seem to work the first time since the phone was in MTP setting. As soon as I changed USB setting to storage the program worked
I have link to some custom roms for this phone from a different forum, let me find the links again and I will update.
---------- Post added at 11:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:18 AM ----------
Ok found the links
well seems like I cant post any links until , I have 10 posts ..
but it is there on google plus
It would be great if you can make something out of these links .
---------- Post added at 11:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------
FYI: This phone is a clone of k-touvh touch3 and there is a custom rom for the other phone. Not sure about the recovery or CWm
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You know, I heard that on the blu lte google+ page but I also heard that the roms were not completely working right. Something about the GPS doesn't quite work right when doing that, but I'm still looking as well
compary said:
Just curious have you figured out how to swap the memory with the SD card? Link 2 SD doesn't seem to work neither does editing the vol.fs file
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I didn't have to do anything with the swapping of memory... i'm not sure what you mean, but I was able to install xposed and at least fix some of the lame inabilities of this ROM - including apps to sd

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I think user "company" is talking about the fact that on other devices with 4GB or lower ROM space, developers have figured out a way swap sd card with internal sd card so now you have a lot more space to install apps. For example Lg f6 forum has large thread about this. Obviously it needs a rooted phone to get the swap to work.
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compary said:
Just curious have you figured out how to swap the memory with the SD card? Link 2 SD doesn't seem to work neither does editing the vol.fs file
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I tried using the script on LG F6 forum but it didn't work. spent quite sometime to do debugging and this is what I have figured out
1. Internal naming of disk space is different between the phones
2. Also the block space assigned in my case was different
This is the 11extsd2internals script for LG F6 ( you need to follow all the previous steps like installing unitinit.apk , smanager etc)
sleep 2
mount -o remount,rw /
mkdir -p /data/internal_sd
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard0 /data/internal_sd
mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard0
mount -o bind /data/internal_sd /storage/external_SD
I think if we change it to this, it might work. Although I am not going to try this out untill I have CWM recovery for this device ( added comments).
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# Warning this is untested , try at your own risk
sleep 2
# this will remount all the partitions again with read write permission
mount -o remount,rw /
# create an empty temp directory to link the internal sd card to it
mkdir -p /data/internal_sd
#mount old-dir new-dir. Bind the original space to the temp directory
mount -o bind /storage/emulated/legacy /data/internal_sd
# Now read the SD card ( I got 179:66 when I put a 64GB sd card). Read both vfat and exfat
mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:66 /storage/emulated/legacy
mount -t exfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:66 /storage/emulated/legacy
# Once we have mounted the sd card , swap the internal memory to external memory
if mount | grep vold/179:66; then
mount -o bind /data/internal_sd /storage/external_SD
fi
chown system /data/media/0
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As I said, This is untested and I am not going to try it out for the time being but if someone want to use this and update if this works

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vold fs
# Copyright (c) 2012, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are # met: # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided # with the distribution. # * Neither the name of The Linux Foundation nor the names of its # contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived # from this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED # WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR # CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF # SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN # IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host
This is all it shows

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I don't think we can make changes to vold.fs to fix the low memory issue.
It has to be done through either ROM support or making fixes to the init script as I posted.
Anyways if someone can figure out a way to put recovery CWM or TWRP on this phone , I can start playing around with the storage fixes.

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I've tried all kinds of root and nothing is working. I'm on V10_generic for the build number. Any other root options? also please an os x or linux root option as i don't have a windows machine. I hope we can find something soon. thanks y'all

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blu studio 5.0 lte y530q
I can not flash the mobile blu studio 5.0 lte y530q, Help me find firmware for it and for firmware custom recovery, turns off radio module and the extremely hot processor.
Thank you in advance for your help.

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droidkeyboardfan12 said:
I've tried all kinds of root and nothing is working. I'm on V10_generic for the build number. Any other root options? also please an os x or linux root option as i don't have a windows machine. I hope we can find something soon. thanks y'all
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Yep. King Root Dot net, v.4.6.2....

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can you help me with the QCN file for BLU Y530Q please

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tomelich said:
can you help me with the QCN file for BLU Y530Q please
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I did not fix this phone model and threw it away, sorry, I can't help you at all.