BLU Advance 4.0 L

  • Released 2015, May
    121g, 11mm thickness
    Android 4.4
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x800 pixels
  • 3MP
    720p
  • 512MB RAM
    MT6572
  • 1300mAh
    Li-Ion

BLU Advance 4.0 L - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - A010U
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - A010L
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2015, May
Status Available. Released 2015, May
Body Dimensions 128 x 66 x 11 mm (5.04 x 2.60 x 0.43 in)
Weight 121 g (4.27 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~53.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Chipset Mediatek MT6572 (28 nm)
CPU Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 3.15 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 1300 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 700 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 12 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black, White

BLU Advance 4.0 L - User Reviews

  • can it be reprogram

  • This thing is a piece of crap. Doesn't connect to any 3G or GSM network 90% of the time. Very few sensors and what sensors it has are extremely weak (e.g., gps hardly finds satellites in clear sky) and the camera resolution sucks.

  • ok!! my phone is problem with USB connection when is plug in to a computer

  • Everybody look like to have same problem so how could dix it?

  • I will get one but there is an option that would change the blu,that is buttery?

  • This happened to me twice, had to flash my phone.

  • I cant understand why all these people are complaining about the phone,I live in Trinidad in the Caribbean and this phone was purchased at our local phone company ,the phone is over a year old and works wonderful,it responds well and all the features to make me comfortable in this tech age.maybe its your weather condition.

  • This phone is like a commodity called evertek everstar D 40

  • Oh my goodness! I was so angry and frustrated since I thought it was just my ignorance with cell phones. Now after reading these opinions here, at least I feel better about my abilities!!! It's NOT me!! It's the darned phone!! Thank you guys for posting...

  • I totally agree... maybe this phone is just Too Smart!! Especially for old fogies like me!!

  • looks like that is the best thing to do!

  • Sounds so much like the problem I have complained about!! I'm told it needs a new battery, but the search for one for this phone came up empty. After reading your opinion, maybe mine does not need a battery?? Maybe it just needs to be thrown in the trash!!! Good luck with yours!!

  • have just spent 3 1/2 hours trying to find a removable battery for my Blu Advance 4.0L phone. I've called Walmart where it was purchased, Blu and T-Mobile who is the carrier for this phone, and no one can tell me where I can get this battery that is needed for my 'dead' phone. I'm told it is not covered on warranty and I really don't care about that!! BUT it would be nice to find something to make this phone work again. It will NOT charge. My daughter bought this phone for me on 1/12/16 At Walmart, since she was leaving Calif. and put it on her plan so I would have a phone for emergencies. The batteries I did find while searching the internet for a "Removable Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery for Blu android Advance 4.0L". The unlocked phone only cost $53.91 including tax and the only batteries I find are for Samsung and other brands for $55.00 or more?!?! This is ridicules! I really love this phone even though I don't have a clue about all the apps and things. I have text messaged (using the microphone option) and taken pictures and messaged them to a friend. That is 'all' I do with this phone and should not have to pay as much as the phone costs to replace the battery! If the battery dies in 8 months and is after that a 'throw away phone" we should know before it dies!! It is now 3 hours since I started this search and NO ONE can seem to help me with this problem! I am so very frustrated and angry at this point!

  • My phone lost its IMEI I wanted to rewrite it.

  • Yeah, get another phone.

  • "Designed on Miami, manufactured on China" lol

  • I'm having the same exact problem with mine. I've tried doing a factory reset on it twice and it's still not working. If you have any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.

  • this phone included 4g?

  • I'm trying to update my phone but it is telling me that my wireless update has been disable. How do I enable it

  • Happens to me too, it will stop receiving wi-fi and have to turn wifi off and on, it would happen around 10 times on an hour lapse.

  • This smartphone is just too smart I guess, changes the names of the contacts, dials by itself, changes the wallpaper randomly and moves apps from internal storage to SD card and back. I went for a cheap phone and at the end of the day It was expensive since I'll need to buy a PROPER phone soon, Would not recommend.

  • Ben, Same thing happen to my own too Ben, and I got it around the same time as yours.

  • Same problem for me, but now my phone is stuck on the booting screen. I was listening to music and suddenly, it shut down by itself. Now its stuck on the booting screen. I tried to hard reset it, and flash it, but now it's just black. Like completely dead. Can't even start boot it. Got this phone in like December...

  • I cannot use as a wi fi sender to my Apple Ipad mini air 2!!!

  • THis is a HORRIBLE phone. I went from a Nexus 5 to this POS because my screen cracked on my Nexus 5. I was on the Android Marshmallow 6.0 and went to the slower than malosses in January KitKat 4.4.2. The phone is CONSTANTLY roaming on the Wind Mobile Network(Ontario Canada) even though my Nexus 5 never was. The phone when doing any search using the data is slower than heck. Even if checking the bus schedule times, using Google Maps. When it comes to using the kayboard, it's AWFUL. It is so slow in registering that I have even typed anything, that most my words were coming out as gibberish. I had to dl and install the app Swiftkey Keyboard just so that I could slide my fingers across the keyboard because for whatever reason, this android version doesn't have it. And yes I have googled it until I'm blue in the face, and a no go. If you want a phone to make phone calls, fine. Get it. But if you're looking to do anything else with it, don't waste your time or your money. Invest in a MUCH better phone. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

  • I had one of these phones, and one day it woulnt turn on. I never dropped it before, and it never updated or anything. would rate -5stars out of 420

  • the phone is sticking on the blu log even after i wiped it two weeks ago

  • I have the same problem

  • every time I talk on my phone and hang up. The audio goes to meeting setting. Do anyone knows how to fix this?

  • Go to settings, wifi, the local network you are trying to link onto. Then slide the wifi switch OFF and back to ON. I tried it. Obtaining network went to Connected. Good luck.

  • I can't connect to the wifi anymore. Just started to happen since yesterday. I haven't changed any settings. When I turn on the wifi it switches between authenticating and obtaining IP address. Then after a few minutes it gives the message: avoided poor internet connection. But the wifi signal shows strong on the screen. I've already ruled out a problem with the router. I've also rebooted the phone, switched it off, took the battery out and turn it back on, but nothing seems to work. I have also contacted my network carrier, but there is no problem from their side. Does anybody know what to do please?!

  • Same problem here

  • I am the worst at running updates. Well, I thought I was doing the right thing when BLU sent out a wireless update to the phone. Wish I had ignored it like I usually do, because within 24 hours of the update, my phone crashed, never to recover. I even ran the system reset. 10 times, for good measure. I got the runaround from both my service provider and BLU, and it is looking like I will be having to purchase another phone. Probably not from BLU.

  • The phone fell i turned it back on but the home screen wont appear. whats's wrong?

  • Exactly it happened to my phone to

  • this hand set just stay just so and shot down just like that what must i do

  • The system damaged and wireless update disable.kindly restore on booth of my concern thank you..

  • I recommend it. Good value for your money.

  • hello i have had many experiences with this phone sooooo in my opinion i think that this phone is great and also not to expensive

  • hey guys would you recommend buying this phone

  • Don't buy this phone I can't scroll down on any page.

  • Along bottom row, second from left is a red dashline. Tap to enable speakerphone.

  • I pressed reboot by mistake and now the phone won't turn on keeps on and off on the bold like us and it won't charge. Sad thing is I got this phone in December

  • Does the blu 4.0 advance even have an entre button?

  • Can please somebody show how to insert microsd?

  • If your phone freezes and you restart it hoping it would work but instead when it's coming on the little android shows up with a warning sign over it an it won't come on what to do?

  • ccompatible G4

  • When the phone hangs, go into the Android O/S and do a reset. PDF manuals are easily found in Google search.

  • I want a new battery for my phone, how do I get

  • I want a new battery for my phone, how do I get

  • When I open my phone it only open on the model name of it and it hang already, what can I do, some people says the problem of it is needed to program it, what can Ido.

  • cellphone only for two month!

  • Can anyone tell me step by step direction for inserting a sim card into the blu 4.0l?

  • My phone won't charge ... I think someone did something to it

  • My Blu advance 4.0 L keep unexpectedly removing my sd card why?

  • My Blu Advance 4.0L keep unexpectedly removing my sd card can you give me a solution please?

  • same problem as mine. stock on second screen BOLD LIKE US

  • I have one and its very cool no problems

  • any answers or figure out why cause mine is froze on the bold like us screen witch is the second screen to pop up. i bought a new battery and charged it still the same screen and that is it.

  • my phone wont go off the bold like us screen, the second screen to pop up. Ordered a new battery let it charge up and same thing. Any pointers before I throw this 2 month old phone away?

  • the molding of the phone suits me but it freezes in its processing

  • I can't get the music player to work. I have music loaded on the SD card but it just keeps scrolling through all the music when I try to play and nothing happens.

  • > How do you get the sim card out of slot 2? There is a very small tab at the bottom left corner of sim 1, push that straight down and a tray with sim 2 in it should slide out.

  • m8 7-11 speakout is already unlocked

  • How do you get the SIM card out of slot two

  • i can not us my phone

  • The alarm is inside the clock

  • there is an alarm within the clock screen

  • My BLU phone has not a alarm.When I download alarm from play store of google.The phone is total disturbed or caught by any virus. From Pakistan

  • My BLU phone has not a alarm.When I download alarm from play store of google.The phone is total disturbed or caught by any virus. From Pakistan

  • hi, i just got a new blu advance 4.0 L, it was great till i powered it off...now it wont power up...can anybody help??? any info will be highly appreciated...

  • Normal SIM size

  • So right, I spent the better part of an hour just trying to get the battery in. Still looking for information. What size sim card to use?

  • Ive had phone for one day and now my receiver don't work. other party can hear me but I have no sound. Anybody know reason for it. thought maybe I accidently pushed a button on a setting.

  • OK, got this this rooted via KingRoot.apk from XDA Developers, ONLY use this exploit, others have malware in it. Installed sys/app/mover and deleted a bunch of the bloatware. I'm having problems with sim unlocking, anyone know an exploit for this, mine's locked to 7-11 SpeakOut Wireless

  • It was nice that Google afforded us with several different languages in its accompanying brochure. It would have been lots nicer if they had provided instructions for use!

  • Make sure the gold part is facing up

  • This phone is free with $100 airtime from Speakout (7-11) in Toronto.

  • How much did you buy this for in Toronto, Canada?

  • bought one 3 weeks ago and know it keeps stucking on the start up page and if it fully boot to home page after 5 mins it restarts its self and stuck on boot page and wont turn off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its frustrating because it wont fix.:(

  • Blu advance 4.0 L device is should be launched according to the generation. It is getting back for selling more device.

  • This Blu Advance 4.0 is fraud. How about making single piece like Samsung, Sony with good quality with medium price.

  • no connection with Pure Talk...did you enter the APN correctly?it is completely different than AT&T

  • Just bought this for my husbandl Having trouble with sim card and sd card. Inserted them, but phone does not recognize either of them. Can anyone take a pic of how their cards are installed so I can check if mine is correct? Or have a link that has good instructions. Thank you.

  • Just bought this for my husbandl Having trouble with sim card and sd card. Inserted them, but phone does not recognize either of them. Can anyone take a pic of how their cards are installed so I can check if mine is correct? Or have a link that has good instructions. Thank you.

  • My BLU Advance 4.0 L doesnt want to charge and turn on.. What should I do??? PLZ HELP ME!!

  • Here is a link to the manual:

  • We have two of these phones and no similar problem with either one of them.

  • I have issue with the Micro SD card slot. It is very tight and extremely hard to insert. I ended up damaged it. Amazon gave me a replacement; but the new one is the same. I was extremely careful the second time. But now I made it in, I don't know how I can take it out if I want.

  • The camera is not working if keeps saying gallery has stopped H_

  • Turns out it WAS PureTALK issue. Resolved with them and now it works great.

  • I have Pure Talk for phone service. I put the SIM in this new phone and it comes up AT&T but won't connect to service. It does recognize my SIM card, phone #, etc. just an X for the bars indicating no signal available. Not Pure Talk's issue; the SIM works fine in my old phone. Has to be with this BLU phone. How can I find support?

  • I Got Mine In Toronto Canada here from Moblicity Wireless , there Services is 3G But for $20 More you can get the 4G services it just came out for them to use the Phones Can use the setting's but the Services 611 has to walk you through the setting\s after they confirm you're with them but checking out you're info with them. but you need 2 Phones a Landline or second phone to walk you through the setting's to make sure you turn the feature on for a 4G faster service. the store where I bought it from should of known this and Any Cell Phone Internet Provider shoukd when you set it up to make sure "ALL:" FEATURES work not just turn it ON And the add a few thing's and let you figoure out the rest else. the Teathering Between Laabtop or a PC USB Connection Might not work as mine didn't . 1-800-866-2958 Toll Free In Canada . make sure you give all the store info where you Bought it from if this from and this has Happend to You, the 4G is new To Them as the Store rep had Indicated to me but ROGERS BELL TELLUS Already have the 4G. this should been EXPLAINED before I Bought the phone even though they are Cheaper them most phones the 3G keeps cutting out and Dropping calls not a good thing when you're trying to make calls and you're talking on it and it it cut's of cause you hold it close to you're face ,

  • I called the tech support number on their website and they emailed me an owners manual. I will try to post it on here if I can.

  • No user manual available that I can find anywhere; not even on the BLU Products website.