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)

pasus

lgexalter1
phones calls by:

pressing call button - yes
speed dial - no (niagara over rides), but vMouse2 still works using * toggle button

techy

pasus [Login to see the link] I got the mouse working (works great btw!)
I still need to be able to remap/free up some of the keys to be able to use for other things, e.g. voice access.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

davidrozhs

Unclebooch how do you remove browser? Whenever I try in webABD to write it says error

Unclebooch

davidrozhs I enabled usb debugging by typing ##33284##
Then I ran:
adb shell settings put global development_settings_enabled 1

I dont have the phone in front of me right now so I dont know which setting I changed in the Admin settings

After that I ran:
adb shell pm suspend --user 0 org.chromium.chrome

techy

lgexalter1 Thanks for replying. How do I go about doing that? adb or from within the phone?
This is what [Login to see the link] wrote on Github
I replaced key 138 FAVORITE_CONTACTS with key 138 FOCUS which disables the built-in function of the * key. (You can also change QUICK_DIAL in mtk-kpd.kl but I wouldn't touch the volume/power key!) Now that it does nothing we can assign it a function with an accessibility app.

techy

lgexalter1 I'm getting an error when trying to save "EROFS (read-only file system)"
[Login to see the link]

techy

techy do you think it's because I may not have disabled dm verity?
And if yes, is the only way to disable it to reflash, and lose all my stuff?

techy

lgexalter1 Tried ES and FX. they have root, and it still wont work.

techy

lgexalter1 Tried that, and changed it to FOCUS and it said that it saved successfully. But nothing changed, meaning, the star key still opens favorites. So, I went back to matrix-keypad.kl and it was blank. I tried the whole thing again (I had a copy of matrix) and it didn't work.... (Yes, I remounted it as read only)

Thanks for helping out here....

techy

techy How did you [Login to see the link] do it?

darth

techy I have been using MIXplorer. Before I had actual rw permission it looked like I was able to edit things but then when I went to those directories things just disappeared and reappeared on reboot. After I had full rw it worked fine. If I recall correctly it wont change the key mapping until you reboot.

techy

lgexalter1 yes

techy

lgexalter1 would you be able to send me the Matrix and mtk folders? They're both empty by me now.

neutronscott

Those will require reboot and using the mmcwrite script to modify /system
Unsure about files becoming empty. I do everything in adb shell and use vi included in magisks busybox.

techy

neutronscott Thank you for replying. I don't really understand....
I would need a practical example of how to apply that.

techy

lgexalter1 So can you post it?
Or maybe neutronscott would you be able to explain exactly what to do.
Sorry that I'm hogging up this thread, but I would really like to get this working, and I suspect that many others are waiting for this too.
Thank You

Biden2020prez

Incase anyone is interested, I made an exe of a bananahackers fork of mtk-bootseq. (no prerequisites)

To run,

download booter.exe
Go to the directory it's located
Open CMD
Run booter {port}
Example: booter COM4
(First, plug in phone and see what port is opened (labeled mediatek preloader), then unplug, run the command for that port, and re-plug).