BLU Advance 4.0

  • Released 2013, December
    124g, 12.4mm thickness
    Android 4.2
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    720p
  • 512MB RAM
    MT6572
  • 1600mAh
    Li-Ion

BLU Advance 4.0 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 1700 - A270a
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2013, December. Released 2013, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 125 x 65 x 12.4 mm (4.92 x 2.56 x 0.49 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~56.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Mediatek MT6572 (28 nm)
CPU Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP
Features LED flash
Video 720@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1600 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 9 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black, White
Price About 80 EUR

BLU Advance 4.0 - User Reviews

  • Yes. You're using an out-of-date phone. Please upgrade immediately or you won't be able to receive emails.

  • All of a sudden I am not receiving emails on my ADVANCE 4.0. Can you help me with this?

  • my phone is lock i need help

  • Phone is similiar with WinJr.I got them for 100$ both of them.This phone is average quality.Todaz in 2018 its not something.His problem is slowness and rare parts.Hard to find parts.Good for kids and small budget

  • somebody stole my blu advance 4.0 l. all i want is to lock the phone via the emei.please can you help?thanks

  • Attempting to transfer BLU 4.0L SIM cards to BLU 4.0M phone, the BLU 4.0M will not acccomdate to large sizes of the 4.0L SIM cards. Will punching out the SIM core of my existing 4.0L SIM cards be sufficient to accommodate my new 4.0M phone, will this damage the SIM, or should I use a SIM card kit to maintain my phone number? Please advise, thank you in "Advance."

  • my phone is locked need help

  • I can't get the numbers to work at all on the keyboard that opens when you try to type search terms into Google- or (most annoyingly) log into a site using passwords. I immediately noticed that the keyboard is inaccurate in the first place: you must press ABOVE the letter that you want in order to choose that letter. The numbers are tiny, anyway, and I have yet to be successful choosing one of these.

  • With apps growing larger all the time, 4 gigs storage won't cut it. My 8 gig phone rapidly ran out, and I've just replaced it with a 32 gig BLU. But if you just want basic basic, Brandsmart is selling this phone for $29.95 unlocked.

  • I was reading your opinion and thinking about your problem.Yes,i know that problem.I just tried to to replace SIM to other slot and it was working.

  • I have it for 2 years and its pretty good phone for 50USD.I bought both phones Android and WindowsPhone .I can do many things with this phone.I love but battery have small duration.

  • Setting and MMS service stopped

  • Your 3 and 5 year old children have to have cell phones ???

  • Brand new Phone wouldn't get no signal bars, tried 3 diffrent Sims and tried a 2nd device still no signal bar yet it reads the sim and says the carrier in settings.

  • i place the phone on charge an stop touching

  • when I bundle I can't use it for browsing only chatting on whatsapp nd Facebook I can't open my opera mini browser or play store please what should I do?

  • my phone just stop working it is not coming on and the battery get swell up what up with this phone company stop making these phone that is not good

  • I was turning off my WiFi suddenly the phone locks off on turning it on this message appears 'unfortunately system ui has stopped' please tell me what's wrong with this phone

  • When i get a call on my 4.0l cell phone i can't answer it i tap the screen its ringing i don't know what to do. Help please.

  • go and get the flash file and flash it and as for the battery problem try and get a new one

  • Am Ghana and my brother bought from U.S.A last year the two went dead the same week November 2016 repairers. Can't bring it to live Any clues please

  • I am having the same problem as the previous post. The battery runs out quickly, now when I turn it on I just get the white screen with blu on it and it does nothing else. What do I do? I've tried taking the battery out and replacing, charging it on a wall plug......help!

  • my blu advance 4.0 has low battery, i have charged it but it will not came on. It cames on and gets stock at the start screen, blu (bold like us). i have done everything possible. please what can i do to switch on the phone. my email if you have any help or advice is [email protected]

  • its usually 0000 or 1234

  • its usually 1234

  • After setting up my data & up & running, this phone will not display how much MB I have remaining.... Very weird

  • Of coures i am not mad, i bought these two cheap 4.0 L advance phones for my children, is alot cheaper for entertainment and more mobile where ever we go. That being said both phones at the same time died, they had good usage but within 6 months they are blank screen. Will not charge, will not turn on. I have googled every possible site to find the answers as they are in rebellious mode if i dont get these phones up and running, mind you my 3 and 5 year will live without them through their mom and ad laptop and cell. BUT PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION factory reset or recovery mode does come up , but there is not charge, and the charging battery comes on and off every few seconds. But try to turn on nothing, What seems to be the issue. I will of course buy another two but i am just making sure there is nothing else that can get me to reset these phones

  • I got this phone from my sister loaded data on it everything seems to work fine on 2g network but when I switch it to 3G I don't have service any more the mobile network goes off no network at all tried it on both sims the same thing happens. Please anyone with ideas on what to do help, as I can't make use of my data.

  • My blue advance 4.0 the pictures an apps just get an white loudly shadow over it what is that

  • Can't download movies

  • Any one try to unlock the system ui on a blue advance 4.0

  • It is all in your location, I use Pure Talk and for the most have no problem. With that being said, at my sons home or rather inside his home I get no service at all, and while driving to places out of town, I have had maybe 4 times my call was breaking up quite a bit, but I do not recall ever being dropped completely. When you have this problem check your signal strength. Sometimes if we are in between certain types of signal towers (not cell phone) it will cause problems. There is one certain type of signal from the towers that really causes the problem, I am sorry, but I just cannot recall that type of signal, usually I can, but not at this moment. I hope this will help you with the problem your having.

  • when I receive a call I can hear the person but the person can't hear me

  • I like the phone and it was given to me by my mom who hated it because it would constantly drop calls on her. It wasn't the provider as the whole family has straight talk but was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if so how they had it fixed. What would cause this? I want to transfer over to this phone bit am afraid I'll have same issues. Any advice?

  • my blu 4.0 is not coming on anymore it just stop working how can i fix this

  • I like my BLU advance 4.0. however, just recently I have issue with my parties cannot hear me. I can hear them, ok receiving calls, and hearing my parties, but they cannot hear me. what is the problem and how can I deal with this,

  • Excellent phone, in Venenezuela works perfectly, with operator Movistar and Movilnet, with a price of approximately $ 75, be sure to buy the Global version if it is for use outside the USA.

  • I have a blu advance 4.0 and the battery come on and off can u help me now plzz

  • this phones has a Bluetooth pass code when pairing with computer what is it?

  • Shut down all those apps you probably have running in the background!

  • I've the same problem

  • go into your settings and move the little thing over that's across from wifi

  • Make sure that you have removed the thin plastic film that came on the phone and also that you didn't cover up the ear piece with the screen protector. I've had my BLU Advance 4.0 for 3 months now and love it. I'm just trying to find out how to access the speaker phone. Hope this helps

  • I have BLU Advance 4.0 phone. Even at high setting of volume, I can barely hear. I also turned the speaker on but not much improvement. I use AT&T service. I do not know what is the problem. It is really disappointing.

  • big sim is need for blu 4.0

  • I have a blu advance and out of nowhere the phone just shut down and wont turn on ... if i place it on charge the charging light wont come up it will just turn on and stuck at the blu logo and shuts down again this continue forever if i dont remove the battery ... can someone help to fix my phone.

  • i have cm security and most of the time on private browser i get popups that tell me i have 3 or 4 virus in my battery.if you listen to the warning you will download 7 or more apps before you realize it is spam.how does one stop this nonsense?

  • My wifi is not working that is why I am here...

  • how do i get my sim card in ):

  • My blu advance will go to the android repair screen and the logo screen and nothing else

  • the barttary is not taking charg

  • I can't use WiFi anyone else with this issue?

  • It could be that it sucks or i expected too much from it. Though at first my decision in phone choice appeared to be alright, but, later down the line there was much i didn't like about it.

  • I have this phone. HORRIBLE. As I'm typing it keeps freezing. When u first get the phone its fast and great but its slow and can't handle anything. I had this phone for almost a year but luckily im getting a new one this month. Camera app won't open. Help!!!

  • it will always be hang so i dont like these company

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  • When charging battery % goes down, but suddenly it goes up again but it takes more than usual to charge to 100%

  • in my wireless network there are numerous options - I have the Blu advance4.0 phone with Tmobile there is an option called Tmobile D (2G) or Tmobile NL 2G How do I know which to select?

  • Absolutely the worst manual ever. Even the simplest of phone functions are not described. Only buy this phone is you're near a dealer.

  • i have a blu advance 4.0 l and it wont come on it only goes to the second screen and thats it i even left it for a hole hour and it still wont come on i need help???????

  • Does the 4G require a specific network type. Some users of this phone in some countries get 4G but am in Ghana and I don't please help explain this to me.

  • This is the worst cell phone I have ever owned! My screen went completely black, posted a long string of reboot stuff, and would not recharge. I was stuck at the airport Christmas Eve with no cell phone to call my daughter to come and pick me up. After several hours on the charger, the home screen came on. Constantly freezing on "reboot" black screen...totally horrible phone!

  • please help me how to insert sim card on this type of phone

  • I have 4g and it still won't open pictures or video's it keeps saying "unable to download"

  • What size SIM card do I order for it? Apparently, I've ordered the wrong one from straight talk. Thanks

  • My screen is locked. I can't reboot it because it is in Asian or some type of language of asian. I don't know where to move the cursor to reboot my phone. I need it for medical purposes. Help me please! Thank you.

  • I have a Blu Advance 4.0 phone. When I make calls it doesn't ring on my end. I just get silence. So I have no idea if the call is going through or not. I've searched the phone to see if something is muted but can find nothing. Is there a setting that I need to change in order to hear a call is ringing through ring?

  • * Power down - Press and hold button on top right until you get a dialog - Select "Power Off" * Remove back cover - Use corner of a credit card - Start in notch on the lower-left side - Gently slip credit card under cover - Gently run credit card around edge, under cover, until it releases * Remove battery * Install SIM - Slide SIM under silver retainer of socket you want to use (1 or 2) - Contacts go face-down - Shape of socket shows orientation of clipped corner

  • How do you install the sim card for the life of me I cannot figure out how it goes in. If anyone can help me with this that would be awsome

  • I feel stupid, but I am not able to figure out how to answer a call on my Blu Advance 4.0. Please help.

  • Thank you for the instruction on HOW to answer this phone! Crazy. It should be simple...

  • I am still not conversant with all of the icons and uses of this computer. Put out a manual of instructions! For example: I didn't know that my cell phone number would automatically change after 60 days. You need to get this problem sorted ASAP; it's so aggravating not knowing how things work.

  • actually that 2G doesn't indicate that it is the only capacity of the phone. it is actually area dependent where the phone was used if the are has a 4G coverage.

  • I have had that problem with different phones in the past, but it came down to I was using a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) which includes Net10, SmartTalk and others like that. Using a MNO (Mobile Network Operator) such as AT&T or T-Mobile will make 3G default band technology. Unfortunately it's the provider rather than the phone. Discount wireless providers take second string to the major wireless providers.

  • i have the same exact problem! will somebody help us!?

  • This phone is a fraud. they said it has 4G capacity even when it doesn't even get 3G. Ever since I've gotten it, it's been stuck to 2G. Guess that's the only thing it can run. The manufacturer of this phone should be sued really.

  • My phone will not rebote I try everything and nothing is working what can I do

  • Today out of nowhere, my Blu Advance 4.0 L will not register either SIM card. I powered down, removed and replaced them, wedged a piece of paper in between to make sure the connection was secure, but nothing worked. I have had the phone only a month. Any suggestions?

  • You need data to receive pictures. I had the same problem.

  • When I receive a message with attachment, I get option to click the download, after clicking the attachment never opens, after sometime it shows "unable to download" What do I need to do? Thanks very much for your help with this.

  • I bought this phone Advance 4.0 (9720). So sensitive key board, I tried all options to 'go slow', it dials by it self, jumps another screen, pop screens for no reasons. Even it took the batter off, put it back, still does it. Really annoying.

  • I have posted comments before about the use of BLU Advance 4.0, but I have never received a notification on how the problem is to be solved. Problems: -No full step by step instructions. -Manual is too small to read, and does not have sufficient information such as: How to create albums How to name pictures How to send/download pictures onto a computer. On Button, and photo button, are directly opposite each other on the pad. I have taken many "unwanted photos of the ground just by holding this pad. The pressure is on both sides of the top when the pad is held. Shitting the photo button to a lower position would help solve one of the problems. Thank you for reading this. Your reactions will be appreciated There are many other things wrong with this manual, and I think that this company needs to fix this lack of information. And...just for the record. I am eighty five years old and problem solving is for those who have the knowledge of how to live in this cyber world-in which we now live.

  • Thank you so much for this information. Just got this phone and couldn't figure out why I couldn't connect to the internet using my tmobile data - was ready to throw it out the window until I read this and it worked like a charm. Thanks again.

  • BLU Advantage 4.0 for Christmas. Even now, eight months later, I still do not know how to create albums, download files to my computer, or-how to identify the icons and what they stand for-especially in the photo mode. The manual that came with this, is outrageous! I'ts about 3"X4", and is unreadable. I have downloaded the larger size-but still have the same problems: there aren't any in-depth step-by-step instructions. I am 85 years of age, and I am too old to take courses on what should be readily available in the issued manual. Any hope of getting something resolved on this issue??

  • Can I make WiFi calls.

  • you need to go to system settings - pick MORE under wireless and networks - Mobile Network - Access Point Names - change that to your carrier, for example mines was set to cellone something...but i changed it to T-Mobile and my data started working. Also the other tabs in Mobile Networks should be set to your carrier T-Mobile. And make sure Network Selection is set to automatic (this is under Mobile Networks, pick Network Operators - and set to automatic selection).

  • go into settings select sim management scroll down for data connection and select then select the sim for 4g and you are set

  • My blu advanced 4.0 won't connect to 4g and I have no clue how to enable it on this phone. It says it's a 4g compatible phone, so I have no clue why it wouldn't be working. If anyone can offer assistance that'd be highly appreciated

  • My blue advance 4.0 cannot connect to Google servers ever I've tryed everything, factory reset,uninstalling update, and many other things I need help.

  • Blu 4.0. All the apps disappeared and contacts. Everything gone. Did a hard reboot. Have taken battery out still can't get anything back. Was playing candy crush when I went out of the game everything disappeared

  • my phone wont let you put your pass word in and cant do anything so i can play my games and anything like that?? how do i fix it?

  • OK. So stay with the basics. Have you ever been able to respond to a message? Assuming so.... Is it only text messages that you're having an issue with? Have you tried to use the voice to text option? Does that aspect work? Can you type in other fields (such as Facebook, Google, ext)??? AKA will your phone allow you to type for anything, or is it just for texting??? If your phone won't let you write *ANYTHING* YOU MOST LIKELY clicked *something* in the "accessibility* column that you didn't mean to. All else fails.... Voice to text is awesome.... If you can't type anything, and voice to text isn't working.... Do not pass go. You won't collect $200. Go back to where you bought your phone/your carrier for serious help. Good luck.

  • I've read some of your opinions and you say that take of the battery and start it on safe mode but, how can i do that if it wont start?

  • my phone froze in the blu logo, please someone help me.

  • my phone froze in the blu logo,what can I do? someone tell me please

  • Try powering off the phone, then restarting, letting the battery stay out of the phone over night. If the phone has been water damaged, put it in a bowl of rice, then power on the phone. You also want to make sure you clean the screen preferably with an eye glass cloth, to make sure the touch is going throught to the screen, not through dirt. If this doesnt work, contact the carrier or the previous owner of the item. Also try messing around with the options. If all else fails, buy a new phone (a better phone) or restart the phone and clear all data, photos, videos, apps, etc.....

  • i can't used 3G Network ,so pls help me

  • battrie not charging

  • I'm not getting to type messages on my blu advance phone can someone tell me what to do?

  • hi all of you ,my blu advance 4.0 is not start well it writes (UNFORTUNATELY ,SYSTEM UI HAS STOPPED? please help me .please help mee. i need help please......

  • I have the same problem too

  • Hi, I received the BLU Advance 4.0 as a birthday gift in January of this year, and it has been working perfectly. Now I am experiencing dropped calls in the middle of conversations. My carrier is T-Mobile, and I haven't had any problems with the phone until now. What do I do?, purchase another phone or is there something simple I can do to prevent future calls from being dropped?.

  • I've read the manual but cant find out how to check for phone messages. Any help? thanks

  • What type of SIM card and phone card do you use for 4.0 advanced blue phone?

  • my phone is not working it only blu logo only its not working its stock on the logo.please help to fix this problem.

  • Do you mean take out the battery, then put the battery back in, then set the phone to safe mode? What happens next?

  • I have problem rebooting the cell, after reset the phone to factory default. The phone screen staying at the BLU logo Please help!!

  • yeah just take out the battery and set it on safe mode

  • My BLU Advance 4.0 just started having the problem where is resets itself then freezes as it's restarting. It was working fine for a year. Any solutions other than taking the battery out and then putting it back in each time?

  • Hi good night i'm actually having the same problem and i don't know whats wrong, did u get an answer about what was wrong?

  • My phone is stuck on the blu logo i hard reset it wipe the data and reboot but it still wont go past the blu logo sign can anyone help?

  • I have the same problem and I had the phone for only one month ... after freezing it started rebooting alone ... then totally stuck on logo and doens't open ...... What can we do now????

  • i using phone about a year very good phone

  • have had phone for 1 week seemed good put on bluetooth and set up car all osf a sudden bluetooth is off and wont go back on any suggestions also across the front of the screen r 5 logos one is for brihtness any ideas for others the second one wont go off now thanks for any help

  • My phone is suck at the blu logo, can't go off unless I remove the battery. Can u plz help me?

  • I got this phone a month ago.When I tried to download apps it kept on saying error. Then I couldn't make a phone call. So I did a factory reset and now it doesn't even want to turn on

  • Hi my blu phone camera not Working what wrong

  • The worst CS of any phone manufacturer. No support and few if any updates.

  • my phone been acting up for some while now, comes on now and then, why, whats wrong with it?

  • I like my new phone but the phone icon mysteriously disappeared from the home page. In fact, there is no phone icon anywhere anymore, so I cannot make any calls. Can someone tell me how to get the phone icon back? I have looked the settings menu several times and cannot find any inspiration there. Thanks!

  • My phone dropped calls when I first got it. The SIM card was not seated properly. Be sure you have the little cover over the SIM card when you put it in. The cover is found in the little punch out form that has the cover for a mini sim and the the larger sim. My phone works great now!

  • I cant get sim card that came with it in phone.

  • That happened to my mother and the only way to fix it was to reinstall android, you have to ask someone to do it for you or try to find on the internet or youtube how to.

  • I don't now what is wrong I bought this first for maybe a month now and from last night it has been freezing and jut stuck on the blu screen and not coming on... I really don't now what to do but I need my phone to start working again. the lighting is good and all but nothing. when its stuck on the blu screen I cant even turn it on I have to do a battery pull.

  • No. It is a GSM phone.

  • plzzz...help mee...how can i...use 3g.....plzzz....help....

  • Is the BLU 4.0 Advance a CDMA phone?

  • Installing an SD card in this phone: DO NOT SLIDE the SD card under the metal clip. DO NOT LIFT the metal clip. DO PRESS FIRMLY on the clip, It will release the clip. Then DO SLIDE the clip towards the edge of the phone. The clip will open easily now. Insert the micro SD card, metal face down towards the edge in the metal clip. Close it, feel and hear the clips. Put the battery back in. Close the cover. Go to Settings. You should see your new SD card with your a 14 GB (of 16 GB) capacity. No need to do anything else. Done. All devices, such as music player, gallery and camera should detect any newly added multimedia file. Not a word about this in the user manual, it is a annoying omission that costs hours of research.

  • Pull it up on line jus type in the phone U have and tell it what ur looking for it will tell u it might even have a video. I typed in how do I transfer iPhone 5 information to Android Blu 4.0 advance it gave me a complete manual

  • I know on iPhone 5 through AT&T U have to plug it into ur pc and I think connect to iTunes. I brought mine into an independent shop he did it all I paid to unlock it. When I called and brought it into AT&T they said they CLDNT do anything about it. Now how R u gonna charge so much for the phone and plan each month and say I CANT HELP YOU

  • I got this phone a month ago. This phone really sucks. When I tried to download apps it kept on saying error. Then I couldn't make a phone call. So I did a factory reset and now it doesn't even want to turn on.

  • I bought this phone for my husband and I a month and a half ago and at first the phone was good now the WiFi won't quit coming on and the battery drains very fast and it drops calls like no other and if you do get to answer the call you can't hear the person on the other line. I'm very disappointed with this phone. And it runs so slow now you can't really do much with it. Help

  • I have this phone for 3 days, I cam,t make a call, it keep dropping all my calls for less then a minute. HELP!

  • Can this phone be used with a public mobile sim card ?!?

  • My wife and I have this phone. After a few days, both phones started to drop calls after a minute or less. Changing SIM cards and carrier did not solve the problem. HELP!

  • I think your phone will need a SIM card as mentioned here: I do know the phone works with a no contract AT&T service because that's what I have. I was able to have the phone validated in one of their company stores with a test SIM by the staff to make sure it worked before signing up for their service. I would ask Verizon if there is a store where they could check your phone if you are concerned.

  • Can I use this phone with Verizon prepaid? Or did I waste money getting it?

  • When a call comes in I cannot hear the caller unless I change to speaker phone. Is there a setting I am missing?

  • How do I get my contacts name to come up when they are calling me? Even though their names and numbers are stored on my sim card it doesn't come up when they are calling me. Help!

  • I had the same problem and reported it online to BLU. After an hour of experiments, I found that I had to touch the center black/white inbound call phone icon that appears and then it will reveal a green phone icon on the right which then has to be pressed quickly. Not actually easy to do.

  • Do you solved the problem? I´m having the same!

  • please can someone help me on how I can change the language to English Language.

  • I cannot download pictures that are sent to me. After it says download, it seems to start the downloading process, but then it shows an error and I never get my pictures or messages downloaded. HELP

  • I just got my BLU Win Jr - accidentally i chose a language other than English when trying to set up the phone, could anyone tell me how to make it back to English?

  • From time to time I lose my contacts I have to restart my phone to see my contacts!!! thats not kool.

  • My phone won't turn on. It has been acting up for quite some time. When I plug it in it won't charge. I have no idea what to do

  • The user manual is a joke, i had to take it to the palomar observatory for a telescope strong enough to try to read it, & very extremely poorly written. very cheap not to at least have a decent user manual. I went online with laptop, wanted to download pdf file for viewing, alas--only a lot of scam advertisers out there. I have phone working, but would never buy another one.

  • i can not get my sd card to read, its in right and when i turn phone on it says "micro sd is ready to be removed". Can someone help, i just bought this phone and i can not figure out how to get it to read my card or how to receive my picture messages it just keeps saying downloading and theres nothing oipening

  • Answer to question

  • Worst android phone ever made. Started giving trouble a few days after being bought. A few months on and its basically unusable.

  • my name is george frm nigeria, my problem is i jst bought a blu phone advance4.0, it shows cp crash waiting for dump to finish and it switched of, i try to on it but its nt, pls wat can the problem be

  • My BLU Advance 4.0 bought from USA using in India the problem is 3G unavailable. My data providers helpless..any solution?

  • Yes it does, since it supports AWS 1700

  • 3G no

  • my blu advance.4.0 wont turn on and I dont want to delete all my info.how can I get it to power on

  • I would be very happy with this phone if it wasn't for the camera, it can't even take a picture of text, it says 5MP but I've seen 3MP cameras do MUCH better than this 5MP one, the camera REALLY SUCKS, takes the pictures big sized but with a 1MP quality this is the biggest problemin the phone. Also the multi touch DOESN'T work, it is very annoying sometimes. For the performance I'm happy I can't ask for a better performance on a 512RAM device. It's great.

  • I am completely disappointed with this phone. I had it for a little over a month before it started messing up on me...meaning it suddenly started running really slow and then the WiFi stopped connecting. Also it started to freeze then it would reboot & be stuck on the logo screen. Resetting the factory settings did not work. This phone does not do well with data or downloading lots of apps or music etc. I feel like I wasted $80 and no I don't recommend the blu advance 4.0.

  • I am completely disappointed with this phone. I had it for a little over a month before it started messing up on me...meaning it suddenly started running really slow and then the WiFi stopped connecting. Also it started to freeze then it would reboot & be stuck on the logo screen. Resetting the factory settings did not work. This phone does not do well with data or downloading lots of apps or music etc. I feel like I wasted $80 and no I don't recommend the blu advance 4.0.

  • i suddenly lost the wifi on my phone and after resetting the wifi router and all it would connect but couldnt access internet. there was nothing wrong with the router as all other devices would connect except mine. i even reset the phone to factory settings and it still wouldnt work as in the wifi would get connected but cant access internet. finally i had to install Avast Mobile security, ran the scan for any anti virus and then turned on the wifi on the phone and it finally got connected to internet. :) try it.

  • They is 4G the here in barbados works so sweet like a dreat but security it lacks but nice and it makes fun at all the rest of phones it is a great phone but I gave it to my brother he is using it and no complaints I using the nokia 520 a little boring compare to the blu and my friends love the blu one has the 5.5s and 5.0 let 5.0s great phones good job. 😉

  • ringtone will not change company does not answer

  • my application proceeses keep unfortuanately stopping and then the phone shuts down and when i try to restart it,it freezes on the blu logo n wont rebot whats wrong ? What am i to do?

  • does the phone work with wind

  • does the phone work with wind

  • Does anyone know how to change the colour of the lights.. I have the option to change the colour for it blink wen i receive a msg or whatsapp but it still shows the red light or the green light alone

  • I find the headphones are grate for calls its more clear and louder I really like this phone I haven't had any problems I just want to know how to calibrate the touches. Over all its the best phone

  • Hold the Volume Down button, and then Power button at the same time for BLU phones.

  • Hold the Volume Down button and the Power button at the same time.

  • Had my blue a day won't work right power button don't work right can't get the phone to come on until I charge it very disspoint end then had to go buy sims card a lot of wasted money don't know how to fi x the problem

  • ive put lock on my phone...but I cant remember it..is there e solution so I can unlock my phone?

  • My BLU Advance 4.0 camera flash is not working, how can i get it fixed

  • I had the same problem as others trying to figure out how to install the SD memory card. Look at other posts in this thread to get good instructions. Everything is working fine it appears, however, the sound is so weak I can barely hear a phone caller, and I've got the sound setting set to outdoor with max volume. Is anybody else having an issue with volume?

  • my Blu phone stuck on the Blu logo, please help.

  • My will not get iff blind mode can.u help me

  • my phone stuck on the blu logo and not booting up can someone help me please please ?

  • I reset my phone and now I cannot connect to WiFi atmy work. I could before i reset it and the pwPW is correct. Help please.

  • I bought this phone a few months ago and I hate it. It freezes constantly. When ever I call the Co. for this phone, no one ever answers the phone. What a waste of $100.

  • my phone freeze. even when i take out the battery and put it back in, its still frozen. what must in do

  • How can I set my camera blu fon camera to snap pictures as it keep showing camera cant be displayed.thank you

  • How can I set my camera blu fon camera to snap pictures as it keep showing camera cant be displayed.thank you

  • how do u reset the phone to the factory model

  • Should I get this phone? What are the pros and cons? And what other phones can I get under $100 that work amazingly?

  • How do I take a screenshot?

  • how do I take a screenshot

  • mine has the same problem... the white screen :( BRAND NEW

  • qm@p thanks very much I feel kinda stupid that it was so simple! Lol thanks anyway.

  • How the heck do I install my sim card?! It would've been nice if some kind of diagram was included with/within the manual;/

  • my blu advance 4.0 freezes at startup...HELP

  • long press home, then swipe away

  • 1st day nd it froze at start up :/

  • I loves his phone I'm slowly getting used to it after having a BB 8520 for the past 3 years, so this phone is a vast improvement. I need to get used to the touchscreen and typing! What I really need to know how can one close down running apps in the background that will slow down the phone?

  • I have had this phone for little over a week and am completely satisfied with the performance.

  • Thanx a mil!! I almost broke the SD card & the metal holder trying to insert the SD card. U saved me a bundle in time & money. This is a serious omission from the manual.

  • phone line disconnected while speaking

  • i dont know if i should get this phone

  • the phone keeps dropping my calls after a minute in...how do i fix this?????

  • I agree with you the camera graphics are poor

  • When my phone is charging it gets real hot -- is this supposed to happen---Willit affect the performance of the phone or battery in any way

  • How Do You Take The Pictures Off The SD Card? I Have All My Pictures Saved Onto The SD Card &' It Wont Let Me Transfer The Pictures On To The Phone

  • This is a good phone, the only issue I have with it is the camera. Maybe Blu could do a camera update or something to make it better.

  • its a pain in the @$$.!! you have to double tap for it to register as a single touch, i.e. tap twice to go to settings. easy way is to double tap the notifications and hold the second tap to drag it down. double tap settings, go to accessibility then turn off TALKBACK via double tap. i think.. pretty sure

  • I got this phone in January and at first it was a very nice, fast phone. It still s a decent phone, but it has become very slow (yes I have made attempts to improve the RAM and everything), the front camera quality is poor, and often freezes and I have actually had my phone force restart. Honestly for the price, you're better off finding a different phone.

  • my blu advance 4.0 when in app talk phone please tell me what should I do to it not slideing keep talting

  • Does anyone know how to turn off the talk back feature. Can't seem to get it off now my phone is stuck in home screen can't scroll to bottom of any menu. I need help

  • Yes my Blu studio 5.5 is on T-mobile - all they had to do was put the sim card in and it was up and running. As far as i can tell most all Blu phone that use sim cards work on ATT and T-mobile as well as any service that uses a sim card

  • Hold the volume down and the lock button at the same time to screenshot :3

  • I can't seem to get 3G and my camera says memory full. I have like 20 pictures on this phone and I have no idea why its saying memory full. I barely have signal anywhere so this phone sucks honestly. I was so excited when I got this phone but now it makes me mad :p I only have 3G in certain areas(far from my home) and I don't have an SD cars Or the money to buy one.

  • Does anyone know if 1700Mhz band is available on both sim card slots or just one of them, and which one. I want to use it for T-Mobile service for both work and personal, so I only have to carry 1 phone. Several emails sent to BLU are not replied, and no-one seems to have tested this functionality to confirm positively. Maybe the second sim slot is used purely for GSM service? Thank you.

  • How do you screenshot? and is there anything cool that i should know how to do on this phone?

  • I got the studio 5.3s issues with gps, my specs says snapdragon procc. Not mtk, can any 1 tell me if there any way way for it to work and please, does the advance could bring the same gps issue?

  • I bought my phone in march and its now may and my phone is booting up. When it does, and am using it notifications keep popping up saying "unfortunately messaging, whatsapp etc stopped". And no one seem to know what's wrong with it. [email protected] please contact me and let me know what to do

  • My phone keeps dropping calls is there anyway to fix that

  • To Y6aM Your instruction on how to install the micro sd card was very helpful. I almost damaged the clip. A lot will benefit from your post. You can include me. Thanks.

  • You are correct about "No Compass" but Gyro is available in Blu Advance 4. If you play the game "Temple Run" you will see that Gyro works. Gyro helps to turn the running man from side to side to collect coins etc.

  • Specifications page has a mistake in Sensors mentioned: Accelerometer-YES, Gyro-Yes, Compass-NO. Not Mentioned: Proximity-YES. (Compass sensor shows East, West, North, and South directions with Compass apps and Map apps. Proximity sensor turns off display when we hold the phone close to our face to prevent accidental pressing of buttons by our face or ear).

  • Dose the phone have WiFi like it sends out WiFi ? How do I turn it on ? Help me please

  • If it says saved instead of connected that me and that you put the wrong password

  • i need buy display

  • you push volume down and the power button at the same time to take a screenshot

  • How do you Screenshot?

  • Installing an SD card in this phone: DO NOT SLIDE the SD card under the metal clip. DO NOT LIFT the metal clip. DO PRESS FIRMLY on the clip, It will release the clip. Then DO SLIDE the clip towards the edge of the phone. The clip will open easily now. Insert the micro SD card, metal face down towards the edge in the metal clip. Close it, feel and hear the clips. Put the battery back in. Close the cover. Go to Settings. You should see your new SD card with your a 14 GB (of 16 GB) capacity. No need to do anything else. Done. All devices, such as music player, gallery and camera should detect any newly added multimedia file. Not a word about this in the user manual, it is a annoying omission that costs hours of research.

  • I am stuck with the micro SD card. There is not a word in the user manual about SD cards, and none on the Internet for Blu phones specifically. I located the SD card slot behind the battery. But, I can't get it in. There is a metal clip there. It doesn't slide, and it doesn't lift. So, the only possible and imaginable way to get this 16 GB micro SD card in, is to introduce it from the top, like the SIM cards, and to push it in. But, it doesn't go all the way. There lacks 3 or 4 millimeters. And, it wouldn't be right to force it more than I already did. Anybody can help, please?

  • can someone help me out with connecting to the internet with this phone? when I go to the google play store it ask me if I have an existing account or not. I pushed new account and it took me to the Wi-Fi setup page. then I select my internet connection, enter the password info and push connect, then it says authenticating, then it says saved, secured with wpa/wpa2. but the next button to go to next step wont work as well. also it says authentication problem(im not sure how to fix that problem.) it gives me the same problem when I choose existing account too. can some one help me out?

  • How do you get whats app on the phone

  • I received confirmation from Blu tech support: this phone only have 3 sensors: accelerometer, proximity and light (and this last sensor is detected but doesnt work). No gyro or compass sensor. You should check with Blu to post the correct specifications.

  • Just get one of this phones and none of the programs i use can access the gyro or compass. I try with several sensor status apps but not one can find those two sensors. Do you get your specifications from Blu? This phone doesn't appear to come with those two sensors.

  • After ordering this phone, I attempted to find a replacement battery online. Unsuccesful. Contact Blu Products who referred me to 24hrsdeals.com. They tell me there is NOT a battery available for the Blu Advance at this time. If this is important to you, I would recommend you not buy this phone.

  • The phone rings, I unlock the screen, attempting to answer the call.I touched, swiped the phone icon but couldn't get to answer the phone. What is the trick to answer the incoming call? Please help.

  • It wwon't turn on it just lights up

  • How Come My Front Camera Is So Close & The Quality Sucks ?

  • what languages other than English the blu advance 4.0 has

  • You should contact [email protected] for any technical support questions. They would be more than happy to assist you in this matter.

  • The Advance 4.0 does not come with 3D compatibility. Sorry for the inconvenience.

  • Try to uninstall and re install the game you are having issues with. If this does not work, please contact [email protected] for further assistance.

  • You can take a screen shot by holding down the "power button" and the "volume down button" at the same time

  • does any one has issues opening some games? can some body helpme with that?

  • does it has 3d gaming too

  • What do u mean??

  • What do u mean??

  • No

  • Has anyone had issue with battery life mine see.s to die quick when I talk in 20 minutes of talk it loses 20% of its power

  • Phone is the best

  • Screenshot- Power and Volume down