BLU Samba

  • Released 2010, June
    96g, 14mm thickness
    Feature phone
    16MB storage, microSD slot
  • N/A 93,434 hits
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  • 1.8"
  • 0.1MP
    No video recorder
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  • 750mAh
    Li-Ion

BLU Samba - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 2
GPRS Yes
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2010, June. Released 2010, June
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 111 x 56 x 14 mm (4.37 x 2.20 x 0.55 in)
Weight 96 g (3.39 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM)
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 1.8 inches
Resolution
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 2 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 200 entries
Call records Yes
Internal 16MB
Main Camera Single CIF
Video No
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.2
GPS No
Radio FM radio
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML (Opera Mini)
Games Downloadable
Java No
 MP3 player
Organizer
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 750 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 450 h
Talk time Up to 6 h
Misc Colors Silver, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Purple, Pink
Price About 30 EUR

BLU Samba - User Reviews

  • Is there a way to make the BLU samba hold more than 50 texts?

  • You cannot get into the phone to change APN. I work with these phones every day

  • How to set my apn

  • PHone is terrible.... using ATT network and always choppy and drop calls. No manual.... have to figure your way around. No ability to access the APN or other information on the phone. Really cheaply made... Do not buy - biggest regret. Wife always complaining so we now have to buy another phone.... only had this one for a week now.... just terrible.

  • Blu Samba W aka Q17w What a nifty phone! This was what I was looking for in a travel phone. Nice work BLU. I'm probably looking right at it, but where is the vertical bar (|) character located? This is in USA English mode. Looked on the keyboard and under "sym" but can not find it! If it isn't specifically listed, can it be entered by ascii code number? Probably looking right at it.

  • how do you turn on Bluetooth, thank you

  • well i download facebook on my phone and when i am trying to log in it isn't logging in

  • How can I charge the phone without the actual charger? How to get sound. When a call come through there is no sound and no it is not on vibrate and the volume is up enough.

  • i have forget my passord what can i do now?

  • please help me. my phone is stealing my money and when i called my service provider they could not help me, they say its the phone stealing the money. they talk about data plans and data services but i do not have those things on this phone, my phone is a blu samba w q170 phone. i only use the internet with it when i am hooked up to my own home wifi box. other wise i cannot use the internet on it so how is the phone so evil now to steal my money. the phone does not have a mobile data option that i can stop it from stealing my money, please can anyone help me?

  • please someone help me!!!!! i have a blu samba w q170 phone. i loved this phone until recently when it started stealing money from my prepaid account. i do not have any data thing on it, i only use the internet with my own home wifi internet. i have been calling my service provider and begging them to stop taking the money but they kept telling me its something in the phone. i do not even know how to use data things, i tried deleting stuff but this phone does not have a mobile data option. no one can help me there. please can anyone here help me? does anyone know how to stop this horrible thing from eating my phone money? i tried opening all the things i would go on with the wifi, i signed out and stopped going on them. but every few half hours or hours the phone still steals my money. is someone doing this to me? how do i stop this please!!!!

  • how can i restore my samba tv

  • How to setup my voicmail on this phone I'm with at&t tho

  • i receive mms message but cannot retreive and send it

  • Is this able to record with a button

  • I have purchased a samba blu and it as not been a month yet since that and I have battery problems and this is my second blu for the year, I have bad luck with blu but I like them as their sexy. I am however looking forward to changing my phone, not a blu that I know for sure.

  • I have a blu tank which has no 'services' in the menu

  • Same thing happend to me I kept reading the manual. For now just let it sit on charger but if that dosent work get a new phone

  • How do i use a digicel sim in my blu samba elite phone???? when i turn it on it says that it s in flight mode. how do u turn off flight mode?

  • how to I access voicemail on this phone? it says I have a message but I can find n way to retrieve it

  • You need AT&T´s APN, proxy, port and stuff to do so... Here you have the info: First of all, you have to create a data account: Menu-Settings-Connectivity-Data Account-Options-Add: Account Name: MediaNet APN: wap.cingular User Name: Leave it blank Password: Leave it blank Auth. Type: Normal Primary DNS: Leave it all zeros Secondary DNS: Leave it all zeros Then, with the data account made, you have to go to: Menu-Services-Internet Service-Settings-Profiles-Add new: Profile name: MediaNet Homepage: any page you like (I recommend Google due to its light weight) Data Account: Select-GPRS-look for MediaNet (previously created) Connection type: HTTP (hit Select)-OK: Use proxy: No User Name: Leave it blank Password: Leave it blank Now, for MMS we will use the same data account: Menu-Messaging-MMS-MMS Settings-Profiles-Add new: Profile name: AT&T MMS MMSC address: Data Account: Select-GPRS-look for MediaNet (previously created) Connection type: HTTP (hit Select)-OK: Use proxy: No User Name: Leave it blank Password: Leave it blank Now it should work! If not, let me tell you that these settings require a proxy address and port (Proxy: wireless.cingular.com, Port: 80), however, these BLU phones only support numeric proxies, and AT&T doesn´t have one... Well, at least you have all the necessary settings to make data and MMS work on any cellphone that supports letter-entry proxies! Hope it helps...

  • how can you change your text tone to something other than whats already on the phone...tried a million different ways and the only option it gives you is incoming calls when you hit a sound and hit use as...really frustrating me!

  • open the back of the phone,take out the battery and u will see a slot for a memory card.

  • most phones have a banner where you can have a nickname that sends on all your messages. does this one? I really would like to know.

  • u need 2 cheak d volume on the fone 2 make sure its rite up 2 d max. level

  • I bought my blu samba unlocked, how do I set it to use at&t internet and mms?

  • i have the same problem would really like to know why does it give problems????

  • how can i turn on the Bluetooth??? and my speaker doesn't work good, when i play music no sound comes out even when i receive a call no sound yet when i press the keys it sounds!!!

  • Where do I put a memory card in my Blu Samba phone? I am not pleased with the memory availability the phone originally has. It will only allow me to receive 2 pictures, then states the memory is full. Yet, I cannot find where to put a memory card in the phone to add more availability.

  • screen don,t show only when put charge it show charging.

  • how do you completely turn off the sound ?

  • guyss my BLU Samba is locked to a certain network i want to know if i can unlock it so i can use another sim card with the phone :) plz and thank you

  • how do get ur bluetooth to work and how do you search for devices

  • um i am having alot of problems with my blu one day i was using it then it just shut off and never came back on and i went 2 fix it an the guy said that something was wrong with the charge sum... it is taking charge nw but it isn't coming on it is just saying blu then it is shutting off help me plzzz

  • Btw are there other codes for the samba i got my Bluetooth to work using the code found here thank guys

  • cannot unlock blu samba key pad

  • I need to know how to turn off the blue tooth on my samba mini, it does not appear under manage connections, however some how I managed to turn it on. When i went back to the audio player, options , settings BT stereo headset it doesn't give the option to turn it off. Help.

  • i can't download any game on my blu samba can someone help me please?

  • Many many thanks for the code to unlock the bluetooth on Blu Samba really great :)

  • Try to use a memory card, it seems you don't have enough memory. enjoy...

  • which code from Trinidad did u use, tell me please

  • have you try getting wifi

  • I tryed your code and it worked from Trinidad

  • hi i tried punching in all the codes given. Firstly the * and # doesn't work so i just punched in the number and it accepted but when i tried to receive a file from another phone my phone says "failed to write file", HELP ANYONE

  • Hi..I went into SMS Settings over a dozen times an have turned ON saved sent messages but it refuses to save my sent messages...Everytime I go back into SMS Settings I meet the save sent messages OFF even though I have turn it ON...PLZ HELP!!!

  • for the samba mini press *#865625# to unlock the bluetooth, after activated search it in connectivity

  • for the samba mini press *#865625# to unlock the bluetooth, after activated search it in connectivity

  • for the samba mini press *#865625# to unlock the bluetooth, after activated search it in connectivity

  • type the left directional keypad on main screen to acces bluetooth

  • i have the dual sim and i am trying to to find bluetooth but i annot find it i punch in coder and they saying not available

  • just type in this code to unlock bluetooth: *#6684#

  • how do I access the bluetooth on the BLU mini samba?

  • roxy just type in this code to unlock bluetooth: *#6684#

  • the blutooth is accessible,did u get a code from your dealer? if so u jus have to punch it in like if ur makin a call an autpmatically ur blutooth would be configured.

  • I have a BLU Samba but cannot find the bluetooth link on it to be able to use bluetooth. It's not in Connectivity. Where to find it or how to unlock bluetooth on this phone????????????????

  • I got this phone of eBay for $54.00 USD. I though it was going to be an other cheap Chinese phone however I was surprised by the good quality. I had some issues setting up the MMS and internet settings the user guide isn't very good. It has a basic browser nothing fancy. Well i guess you cant really expect more out of $54.00 USD phone.

  • I like this phones, there are nice and cheap, but i wonder that MSN button it have, it really have a msn aplication for that? do u really can use some Opera browser for basic simple browsing like Wikipedia for example?