• darthLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member

    • Post #391

    neutronscott Yes I didnt need to install the magisk app at all it installed by itself once it connected to wifi and was allowed to install apps

      darth Is there any way to permanently uninstall the browser? (Even though I have root its still read-only...)

      I was starting to look at this. I pulled the super partition but haven't had luck extracting the contents yet. Think other options are using the recovery kernel or build one to make the mmc block devices writable.

      I've messed with embedded Linux device before that passed it all in the kernel cmdline but this is new. I have to see what creates the partitions and declares them read-only. I believe it's in the dtb nowadays.

      I would like a custom recovery still if it's do-able but still that's more research for me about all the different Android options I've ran across just reading Magisk docs.

        lgexalter1 typically you can remount as rw but these block devices are marked read-only. I tried changing it using the /sys/block interface but no luck there.

          lgexalter1 OK I must have mixed it up with boot. I could not get Magisk direct install to work on the phone and assumed system was the same. I'll have to check it out. Just mount -o rw,remount / ??

            I Cant confirm but i think you can install apps using method of sending apk with bluetooth and installing with notifications

            • yetiLevel 3 - Gold Member

              • Post #402

              lgexalter1 yeah one of the big frustrations introduced with system-as-root / AB devices

                Hello everyone!

                Now that we have hit the milestone of being able to modify the Alcatel tcl Flip 2 the next steps are for us to create a Kosher Rom image with the option for Kosher pre approved Apps so that people in the orthodox community will be able to use this phone safely. The plan is to package this up in an easy to use program that anyone can use to install for free.

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                [Login to see the link] It looks like you have tried removing the browser apk and have run into the issue where the system resets itself. I think the next step would be to try to take a backup of the system partition using the guide here - [Login to see the link] Then we can use android kitchen or something like that to try to open it up, remove the browser and then repackage it.

                We should also be able to reflash it using fastboot

                  darth true but didn’t we unlock the boot loader? So there should be no signature verification

                    When a device powers on, the bootloader first checks if a device is LOCKED or UNLOCKED. If a device is UNLOCKED, the bootloader shows the user a warning and then proceeds to boot even if the loaded OS isn't signed by the root of trust.

                    If the device is LOCKED, the bootloader goes through the steps in Verifying Boot to verify the device's software. LOCKED devices boot only if the loaded OS is properly signed by the root of trust. For more details, see The boot flow.

                    After much fighting to get into fastboot mode, it works on the T-Mobile variant. Kills software update though.

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                    lgexalter1 so far I've only had success doing it on the phone itself with magiskboot, which takes a bit of time to repack. I work out of /data/local/tmp:

                    /data/data/com.topjohnwu.magisk/lib/libmagiskboot.so unpack boot.img
/data/data/com.topjohnwu.magisk/lib/libmagiskboot.so cpio ramdisk.cpio 'add 0700 overlay.d/custom.rc custom.rc'
/data/data/com.topjohnwu.magisk/lib/libmagiskboot.so repack boot.img neutron.img

                    if you're messing with super I did get it open using lpunpack. Not sure where that came from though...

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                        • yetiLevel 3 - Gold Member

                          • Post #416

                          neutronscott that explains why my images wouldn't get repacked correctly when I tried working with an overlay. thanks for this

                            • darthLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member

                              • Post #417

                              Why is 'Modules' greyed out in my magisk app? Also when I try running Gflip6_TF:/ # magisk --install-module terminaldebloater-v5.1.zip I get: Incomplete Magisk install?
                              Would terminal debloater work to uninstall the browser?

                                darth go to settings and enable zygote or whatever and reboot

                                  Hi everyone! I am in yeshiva and cannot really be involved in this now. I just want to say, I am keeping updated on your guys' project and I'm really excited.

                                  [Login to see the link] You're really amazing. We're so glad you made your way to these forums, and we all owe you a big thanks!