Is there any way to install apks without root, i cannot really follow?

    FliphoneBochur These instructions are great thanks!

    For step C, I plugged in my powered off phone and ran autoboot, but after saying 'Running MTK Fastbooter on COM4,' its just outputting a bunch of dots. Has been for about 10 min. Is this normal? Do I just wait for it to finish? How long should it take? Sorry, just new to all of this. Thanks!

    Also, when I run adb, it just opens and closes super fast...

      I have been in contact with tracfone and tcl and it seems they will not give the the original AOSP rom/firmware to the phone because, well, because they don't want to. Does anyone have the original phone firmware that I can get so I can flash my phone back to original state? It seems that following the steps to do everything here WITHOUT updating to the KEEZ update breaks things so my phone is stuck in the setup phase and cannot move forward. It is clearly a software issue so flashing the original firmware would fix it and I could start over. As it is, I cannot get into the operating system since I cannot pass the 'enable wifi' step in the setup.

      EnriqueMcquade
      Is the firmware for unlocked phone or locked Tracfone? Is there a difference? Can I load your firmware into a locked tracfone?

        Okay I finally did it! I was able to go through all the steps and sideload some apks. Next step for me is getting this mouse to work. I saw some of the instructions for doing it, but I seem to be stuck with magisk. I have it on my phone and can open it fine. However, am I supposed to update the app right away within my phone? If so, when I do this it says:
        ! /dev/block/mmcblk0p33 is read only
        ! Installation failed

        Is there a developer setting I can enter to make this possible?

          Ppotecha try running:

          adb shell su -c /vendor/bin/write_protect 0
adb reboot

          Then open Magisk and try again

              Biden2020prez Worked! Thanks!

              Final thing I'm trying to do: how exactly do I get the v2mouse onto the phone? I tried running
              adb shell su -c magisk --install-module /path/to/vmouse.zip
              but I'm a bit new to this so I think I did something wrong. Do I place the entire zip file into the same folder that I'm running adb from? When I run the command, it says the argument (/path/to.....) doesn't exist. Just learning to use cmd, so how do I get the exact path to the zip file to run the command?

                  Ppotecha Here is a simple breakdown. The phones internal storage is called /sdcard. So, if the zip is in the root of internal storage (i.e. the same directory as the Download, Documents, Music Folders), it would be /sdcard/vmouse(2).zip

                  if its in download it would be /sdcard/download/vmouse(2).zip

                  the (2) is in case its vmouse2.zip

                    Hi all
                    I have a question on this phone in general.. after all my playing around with this phone, I want to know on a few things if they will also be changed.
                    For example, when I place a call can I go back to the phone features? Like message, notepad, even basic bluetooth settings? Also how about Message Plus, or Google messages, is it possible to work on this phone?

                    Augh okay after trying to figure this out myself for far too long, I need to ask for help! I’m following NeutronScott’s guide, and I’m stuck at the part where I’m supposed to get the phone to reboot into fastboot. The version of MTK Meta he links is V52, but when I download that and try to run it, it refuses to run because it’s outdated and sends me to the developer’s FB page to download the latest version from his page instead. I don’t know if the software now being V103 and having had the name changed to “Android Utility” changes anything (on his FB page the dev says he renamed it to reflect the fact that his software’s uses have expanded.) Anyway, I plug the phone in unpowered as instructed and do “Reboot Fastboot Mode” under the MediaTek -> BootROM tabs. It does “Waiting for mtk usb device”… until it times out after a few minutes. It would appear that it doesn't see the phone. If I do “Reboot Fastboot Mode” while the phone is on, the phone reboots but reboots in normal mode. Same thing when I run “adb reboot-bootloader” in the command window. I don't know what I'm missing here!

                    I've been able to use ADB commands to disable browser, email, and music, and disabling distracting software has been a great first step, but I really want to ADD software too. But I can’t until I get the phone to fastboot. I’m stuck on this step. Any help or suggestions would be very appreciated!!!

                      FliphoneBochur Ah thank you so much!! I was able to follow this to successfully get into fastboot!! But I'm stuck again, I got all the way to step F, but I keep getting "fastboot: error: ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT not set" when I try to do "fastboot flash boot neutron.img". Even though I set both the system and user environment paths to point to where the img is, and when I enter "set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT" it seems to confirm it's using the correct directory because it spits out "ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT = C:\Android\platform-tools\"... I'm googling but can't seem to find a solution, I'm lost...

                          papermario is the neutron.img file in the same directory that you are running the command from?

                              Biden2020prez thanks, and thanks to everyone else who replied. I'll look in this thread for the voice access apk.
                              Something helpful for me with installing APKs for everyone else is the ADB App Control app for windows. I use it to debloat my big samsung phone and tablets, but found it very easy to use it to push apk's without having to use command line.

                                Biden2020prez SOLVED! I had to remove the spaces from the set command and do "set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT=C:\Android\platform-tools" instead of "set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT = C:\Android\platform-tools"!

                                  Well, I got voice installed and it does some things when I ask it to. Have yet to figure out how to make it type in the messages text box yet, though.
                                  Also, I tried using ADB to install vmouse2 via magisk, and it didn't give any errors afterwards, but magisk says no modules are installed, and holding any star key does not bring up the mouse. I feel so odd... I used to put Android Eclair on my windows mobile phone for fun back in the mid 2000s. And now I'm lost.
                                  Is there a way to kill the constant notification for voice access, and get the untouchable button off my home screen?
                                  [edit: figured most all this out, I'm good now}

                                  Ah, I understand voice better now. Actually not concerned about mouse pointer nearly so much as voice puts a number on everything on screen and "touch [say the number, ie. 1] clicks it for me.
                                  again, appreciate all the info from the devs and people who did the hard work on this!
                                  Now, if I can figure out how to get emojis for text responses I'd be golden.

                                    I've seen a few people say that Android Auto isn't compatible with this OS. Has anyone figured out a workaround?