FliphoneBochur Exactly my thoughts, but does anyone actually know if they changed this with the update?
Alcatel TCL Flip 2 (T408DL)
CchaimzalmanLevel 1 - Junior Member
XanderXF they did
Biden2020prezLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member
FliphoneBochur Yeah. But I think the TCL Flip 2 is especially sensitive. I don't know though. Either way is fine for me, as long as I don't need to unlock it.
Ssahmed92Level 1 - Junior Member
hyperactiv Gotcha, that took care of it, thanks! Under Magisk -> Settings -> Superuser Access I had it set to ADB only, instead of Apps and ADB.
UUPTHECREAKLevel 2 - Senior Member
Biden2020prez Indeed it is especially sensitive, at least from my experience. That was my rational for originally considering it an 'issue'.
ReifamLevel 4 - Platinum Member
Does anyone know a good automatic backup app for this phone, that backs up everything to the cloud (SMS, notes, pictures, videos, contacts, etc.)?
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This is great to see this model have these options available!
I've managed to get the neutronscott img installed and the mouse installed and working with the star button.
Is there a good way to map voice access to the messages button? I'm not clear on the button remapping thread if that is supposed to make that work?
I'm using the a4flip voice access and it works from the notification menu but I'm not sure how to get it mapped to the messages key.
Would be great to get that working. Edit. I got the button mapper app to work well enough for now with a long press of a button to start the voice access. It is not quite as smooth as it was on the LG Classic Flip. It seems to start but not stop unless it either times out or is stopped from notifications menu.
FliphoneBochurLevel 5 - Gold Elite Member
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Reifam I don't know of any one app that does all of them, but I know how to do all of them. Pictures, videos, and notes could be simply copied off the phone. (Notes are in Internal Storage > Notes in a nice and simple text file.) You could backup contacts with this: FliphoneBochur. You could backup texts with this: FliphoneBochur.
EDIT: I just reread your post and saw that you want something that automatically backs up to the cloud. I don't know of an app that does that.
NnospambozLevel 1 - Junior Member
Hi. Thanks to all the people involved in this. I have two T408DLs from Tracfone, one 8GB the other 16GB, currently waiting for them to be eligible for carrier unlock before I try anything. In the meantime I'm doing my research. I used to compile my own Linux kernels 25 years ago, so I'm pretty tech-capable.
I'm sure I'll have more questions in the future, but for now I'm simply wondering whether I should update my T408DLs from KEEZ to KEFH stock firmware. If I do that, will the MTK FASTBOOT/READYTOO trick still work? Is it deep on the chip?
(BTW, I just need Magisk, not the kosher stuff, but I still read the kosher posts, which are full of useful info.)
Thanks again for making this resource available.
NnospambozLevel 1 - Junior Member
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(Edit: That Magisk GApps module is 64-bit, and the T408DL is 32-bit, so it won't work, sorry.)
If you're looking for the Magisk GApps module, it's [Login to see the link]. I think the module zips for Android 11 are [Login to see the link].
The way other GApps work (like on LineageOS), Core should be enough to start, and you can install more stuff from the Play Store as you need them. Look at the bottom of the first linked page.
JumptoheavenLevel 5 - Gold Elite Member
nospamboz you can update. The boot.img will still work to root.
ReifamLevel 4 - Platinum Member
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nospamboz Are you able to direct me to which files I should download? The download link is [Login to see the link] and it doesn't have an option for Android 11 which this phone runs on. Btw would this work even though this phone is Android Go?
Thanks
darthLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member
Reifam This phone is not android go. [Login to see the link] is the download page for GApps for android 11.
NnospambozLevel 1 - Junior Member
Look, I led you to water, but it's up to you to drink it. Read what I told you to read, and make your own decision as to which collection is right for you. Hint: According to the download statistics on the right side, Core is the most commonly downloaded.
TTARDISLevel 1 - Junior Member
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(Forgive me if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but 1350+ posts in is hard to scroll through and I didn't find this when I conducted a search.) There are some awesome features that are available on AOSP 11. The System UI Tuner is not available by default, but will be if you use this command adb shell am start com.android.systemui/com.android.systemui.DemoMode
I was able to edit (get rid of) some of the icons in the status bar (I don't need to know my hotspot is on, it's practically always on). I need to figure out how to add the temp icon from the weather app up there. And the native Do Not Disturb also becomes available. I haven't been able to test it yet, but if I can use that and delete another app, that's good for me. On the downside, as soon as you exit out of the interface, you have to ADB to get it going again. But ideally, you only need to use it once.
Also, found out quite accidentally, SCRCPY on webadb basically gives the smartphone experience. What I mean is, usually when I'm on a call, I can't do anything else. BUT with webadb, I was able to run commands and with SCRCPY confirm they ran, while remaining connected to my call! (note: must have debugging turned on before the call for this to work)
ETA: The stock DND is very basic, there's no scheduler, and even though I told it to allow alarms, the alarm didn't sound for me. So I will stick to my DND app. Also the temp from the weather app will appear in the icon bar if you goto developers options, and turn on System UI Demo Mode (different interface than the command above).
Biden2020prezLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member
TARDIS You can access system ui demo mode from developer options. For going home from a call, its a bit more tricky but you can map a button to it (or use scrcpy if you want) or run "adb shell input keyevent HOME"
TTARDISLevel 1 - Junior Member
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Biden2020prez As I stated above: These are two different option menus.
The one you are talking about is basically "on or off" which if you like having it on, you only need to worry about when you reboot the phone. But yes, would be fairly easy to map since it 'exists' in the menu. Screen Shot of the one you're talking about: [Login to see the link]
The one I gave the command for, doesn't come up in any menu list (not Launcher 3, not in any settings (usually under About Phone - where the Developer Options appears), not in developer settings. The interface for this one lets you make individual icons either display or not display in the status bar. Screen shots of the new one: [Login to see the link] [Login to see the link]
Per things I've read online (yes for smartphones, not much out there for flips with AOSP 11) it should get it's own menu item, but it doesn't on the Flip 2 for some reason.
ETA: Links to screen shots