Update 09/19/20: I have made a thread with custom ROMs and instructions how to install them, located here Update 09/09/22: @neutronscott Who has done the important work to hack this phone has a wiki with all the important information about this phone. His work can be found HERE , Update 09/01/22: Thanks to @neutronscott we now have the ability to install apps! Original Post: Does anyone have this phone? It looks different than the Alcatel My Flip 2 and the TCL My Flip2. According to Tracfones website it runs Android 11 and has more storage and ram than the My Flip. Is it the same thing or actually a new phone? Tips about this phone: Enable ADB: *#*#DEBUG#*#* ( *#*#33284#*#* ) Disable Apps with adb: Browser: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 org.chromium.chrome Texting: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.mms Secret Codes: Launcher list all apps: *#*#217703#*#* Barometer Calibration: *#*#1013#*#* Carrier Choose: *#*#22384#*#* Testing Settings *#*#73884647#*#* Enable APN editing: *#*#9663223#*#*

Very interesting. Doesn't look like Kaios, so I am assuming it's android. There is only a picture of the homescreen I not sure. I may get it, amazon $20 https://www.amazon.com/TracFone-Flip-Prepaid-Phone-Locked/dp/B09X7F2GCG I'm just scared it'll be super slow b/c it's alcatel

Biden2020prez Same thoughts. Although the Alcatel flip V which was Android for Verizon was significantly better than the KaiOs devices with the same hardware.

This may be a stupid question, but how can it be Alcatel and TCL?

I am very tempted to buy it... Im assuming I'll buy one. For the record, out of stock on tracfone, in stock on Amazon, and also in stock on total wireless for more expensive

I bought one. Will post back once I receive it and go through it...

I wonder if it would have this issue appsphoarflip (maybe someone can teach me how to properly quote)

Biden2020prez I dont think so. Its supposed to be running an AOSP Android 11 not Android Go.

darth From that post I can't tell what @appsphoarflip said Either: The schok is android 11 go, and all android 11 doesn't include the necessary apis. Or: The schok is android 11 go, and android 11 go doesn't include etc.

Alcatel TCL Flip 2 (T408DL)

iamn3tfox

iamn3tfox #### #### it's actually not the real one but I just set a password to unlock and got it

iamn3tfox

iamn3tfox it's broken tho. The system one is difficult to use without connecting a mouse bc the keypad doesn't work

darth

iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox iamn3tfox FYI you can just edit your post instead of creating a new one. If no one else has replied since your last post there is no need to fill up the thread.

darth

iamn3tfox If you go to the hidden settings you can make a password and then the next time you open your phone you will get to the lock screen. I think when I did it I needed to swipe to input a password so I needed to use scrpcy.

iamn3tfox

iamn3tfox odd enough tho it is the stock password lock screen

iamn3tfox

iamn3tfox time out is normal for that (like a normal lock screen). Switching back to pin gives you the custom lock screen tho so I guess it is real

iamn3tfox

darth ok sorry. Also I keep getting an error saying "launcher3 keeps stopping" and things like that. Is that bc I changed the launcher?

darth

iamn3tfox If you did try editing launcher3 then you would be getting that error and the launcher wont work because it cant verify its signature.

iamn3tfox

darth I didn't edit it. I actually just installed Square Home and set it as the default launcher. It works great, even on the flip phone. It also seems to be designed to work with keypads bc it has messages like "press 1 to edit" when highlighting app icons or widgets on edit mode on the flip phone. The only thing I can think of is that the device is running low on resources, but this started after granting launcher3 access to notifications so idk what's going on. I think square home may be using quite a bit of battery tho bc according to the battery manager thing I accessed thru hidden settings it shows up Square Home, Music, and Muviz Edge and says the phones using more power than normal and tells me it's those apps. Square Home is based on windows phone and has live tiles and stuff plus a lot of animation so it can be pretty battery intensive. Idk if it's bc of that those are ran a lot or an actual issue but music's a built in app so idk. I do use it for music a lot so maybe that's why. but not sure why the battery life seems a little less than when I got it. I guess it makes sense bc I'm running so much stuff on it but still it shouldnt be that much of a difference. I've been using it since 8am and it's 12pm and it's almost dead so I plugged it in. Isn't this thing rated for like 9 hours talk time? I'm using bt earbuds so I'd expect a little less but not 4 hours or so. Also does anyone know how to map the back quick dial button to click to pause/play music? Also I'd like press and hold to activate Alexa (which I installed and can activate using earbuds) and double click to skip forward and triple click to skip backwards

iamn3tfox

I smashed the top display and it's completely ruined. The inner one works fine tho. Is the top screen modular enough that if I bought another phone I could just swap the busted one out? I put a lot of stuff on this phone and I'd prefer not to have to transfer it to another

iamn3tfox

lgexalter1 I don't actually have a Pc. I had to borrow someone else's just to get the os on. The one I used is an HP stream. It's junk. Basically a it's got Chromebook specs and tries to run normal windows 10. Badly. Intel Celeron and 4gb ram. Id prefer just replacing the component. Plus if I break the old flip phone opening it I still have the new one

Reifam

lgexalter1

avi1 helpful tip to get to home screen while on a call turn mouse on click on the top of the screen it will pull down notifications scroll down using the volume keys and click on manage which will be on the bottom on the of the notifications and then hit the back button on your key pad and it will take you to the home screen
to get back to call again use mouse to click on notifications and click on your call

Archie

Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I got the Alcatel GO FLIP 4 (4056W) in June from a T-mobile store, and it ran on KaiOS. It broke a few days ago when I dropped it so I went to a different T-mobile store and bought the TCL FLIP Go (4058W), which runs on Android, I believe. I've read through this whole thread looking for info about it, even though I didn't completely understand most of what the posts were saying. (Although I don't understand it, whatever is going on with ADB stuff, etc. sounds very cool and it's amazing that people are testing out solutions for so many different phones - so thank you to everyone involved)
Can someone explain to me what's with all these different models of this phone? If they look exactly the same why do they run different operating systems? The Alcatel one had google maps, but the TCL one doesn't have any extra apps - does anyone know why not? It sounds like people here are trying to figure out a way to add apps to it, but has anyone figured out a safe and successful way to do it with this TCL model? I don't want to do anything that will cause my phone to break or not function properly.
If someone has the TCL model I do have more questions about how it works, so please let me know.

darth

Archie Like you said the 4056 runs KaiOs. The 4058 runs a modified android. All 4058 are very similar and only have minor differences. One if the differences that could have major ramifications when trying to mod the phones is the partition layout. The ability to install apps has been figured out and involves flashing a custom boot.img using fastboot. If you want more specific help I would be glad to help you and you can reach me directly at [Login to see the link] .

klien

what do i need to do to my phone to be able to run a command? when i debug it & use web adb & put in commands in the interactive shell nothing happends

Biden2020prez

klien Hmm... well maybe you are putting a bad command. What command are you putting. Please read Apps4Flip's guide to webadb at [Login to see the link].

princeofthecS

klien if you have filter like livigent you cant run commands
and (dont know if you knew this yet but it took me a min to realize) on webadb even if you add a phone you have to press connect to use the shell and then a bunch of letters come up on the shell and then you could use the shell

klien

Biden2020prez thank you got it to work i didnt take off the first to words now it worked i got browser disabled
whats the command to remove email?

Archie

Does anyone know how/if there is a way to add words to a custom dictionary on the TCL FLIP Go (4058W)? The t9 dictionary doesn't have basic words like "Yeah", besides for wanting to add my own words like names and Hebrew words. If not, is there any kind of algorithm that will recognize/predict words once you use them a lot? Just got it so not sure yet.
Also if anyone knows of a way to do talk-to-text on this phone that would be helpful.

Flippy

levone1 Don't know if you all know about this already, (not my work, just sharing since I was happy to find it), but I've been looking for an alternative to the stock IME on my Schok, trying to copy apks from other flips, etc., because the built-in one is very skippy/jumpy, and I came across this - [Login to see the link] . Was pretty happy with it to begin with, but having an issue, so I opened an issue, and was shown an updated fork here - [Login to see the link] . Works great, and is far superior to the stock IME...

Nice can this help Archie ?

mg5077

did someone know witch app on this phone is reliable for hotspot?

kolelguy

I would love to make my own custom ROM can anyone start me off?

mg5077

lionscribe we are still tuned....!

lionscribe

lionscribe [Login to see the link] mg5077
HI. I have just released 2 apps for the TCL FLip. I posted it all in the Beta-Test forum at
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Please try it out.
Thank you,
Lionscribe

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