My sister purchased a Blu Advance 5.0 to use on vacation or places where she doesn't want to take her main phone. She quickly discovered that phone only has about 1 Gb of free storage. My suggestion was to root the phone and install something like link2SD. However, I can find no information on rooting the device.
Based on an article on Reedit, it appears that the phone can be rooted with KingoRoot, but it's not clear if Kingo Root is shady or not. Has anyone figure out how to root the phone without something like Kingo Root? I only need to root the phone, I don't need to unlock the bootloader and install custom ROM.
If Kingo Root is my only option, there seems to be bunch of different version of it like KingRoot. Is one variant less dangerous than the other?
I have talked to my sister about the danger of doing this. For example, I would probably avoid using to access her bank account. She just want it for online maps and things like Yelp. She is ok with voiding the warranty because BLU is crappy with warranty service any way and is unlikely to get further update that would be problematic with a rooted device.
Paul
Based on an article on Reedit, it appears that the phone can be rooted with KingoRoot, but it's not clear if Kingo Root is shady or not. Has anyone figure out how to root the phone without something like Kingo Root? I only need to root the phone, I don't need to unlock the bootloader and install custom ROM.
If Kingo Root is my only option, there seems to be bunch of different version of it like KingRoot. Is one variant less dangerous than the other?
I have talked to my sister about the danger of doing this. For example, I would probably avoid using to access her bank account. She just want it for online maps and things like Yelp. She is ok with voiding the warranty because BLU is crappy with warranty service any way and is unlikely to get further update that would be problematic with a rooted device.
Paul
