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)

ZTEGuy

Biden2020prez How do you install as data app

Biden2020prez

ZTEGuy regular install. Data means not system.

ZTEGuy

How do you install apps so they'll stay if you factory reset the phone

Biden2020prez

ZTEGuy system apps should.

chaimzalman

Biden2020prez Can you clarify?

Biden2020prez

chaimzalman system apps should stay even after factory reset.

chaimzalman

Biden2020prez I think [Login to see the link] is asking how to install an app as a system app

Biden2020prez

chaimzalman somewhere in the 600 posts he said he did it, so i don't think he was asking that.

ZTEGuy

Biden2020prez I was asking because I installed apps as system, and they didn't come back, but I figured it out thanks

Flippy

ZTEGuy So what is the way to do it?

Jumptoheaven

Jumptoheaven Also, does anyone know why the mouse wont scroll up?

Biden2020prez

Jumptoheaven don't know. But its possible with a bit of hard work. You can put mouse on top, hold dpad middle while dpad down. Just don't go too far down or else it resets. By the way, this mouse supports drag.

neutronscott

Jumptoheaven I haven't disassembled the mouse code yet but suspect it's just a hard limit due to how they wanted it to work with the included chromium browser.

NEC

Biden2020prez how? (do i drag)

neutronscott

Released first version of modified recovery: [Login to see the link]

Biden2020prez

neutronscott yay! Thanks!

dovwcom

neutronscott thank you so much for your continued service here - I have two questions:

1) I am not looking for any of the super ROMs developed so far so for me cutting down super install time isn't yet a need - what I am wondering is what else you have currently in your Recovery image that may give me extra functionality - do you have a working custom Recovery ~~mode~~ and if so what can it do?

2) ~~Was anyone at any point in this thread able to extract~~ Do you have a~~n unmodded~~ boot.img that could be flashed to restore the phone completely to factory state?

neutronscott

dovwcom the modifications to recovery so far are to use adb shell. One utility which may help if you've remounted /system as rw and made edits is e2fsck to fix any corruption.

There is an over the air update which came with the boot.img which is how we were able to start modifying the device. It was posted long ago. This may work too:
[Login to see the link]

Biden2020prez

NEC if its something dragable then use dpad center plus whichever direction you want to drag it. For example: when making a macro with multiple steps, press the up/down arrow, and reorder the actions (or trigger) by dragging them up or down (from the lines on the right)

Biden2020prez

neutronscott It should be able to recover from brick, right?

AndroFlipper

neutronscott You're unbelievable!!

Out of curiousity, how did you make Magisk giving you su, without being bound to the Magisk app granting?

dovwcom

neutronscott not sure I follow - thinking about my question assuming my phone is working fine but I want the option of entirely undoing all of the changes from factory firmware made by having flashed neutron.img what would be my options? Uninstalling Magisk and other manual steps or is there a boot.img I could flash to do that? Are you saying that the OTA image would do that?

neutronscott

Biden2020prez recovery doesn't add any ability as far as bricked device. fastboot is already available before recovery even if it's slow.

Boot sequence is something like:
brom > preloader (mmcblk0boot0) > lk > boot/recovery

Really would like to find an entrance to brom!

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