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)

neutronscott

yeti Sorry I looked back at the code and it checks for "userdebug" not "eng"

Also Magisk comes with resetprop. [Login to see the link] can you use resetprop to set ro.vendor.tct.endurance to true or ro.build.type to userdebug

EnriqueMcquade

Probably I've tried to use this feature and it does nothing to me.

neutronscott

darth

I have a Walmart Family Mobile version. Mine boots fine with [Login to see the link] that [Login to see the link] patched.

neutronscott I have also tried this and it doesn't work, Im assuming it needs to be allowed just like su.

neutronscott

EnriqueMcquade you mean it has an error or does it not set the property? After you set these you can try an apk install?

EnriqueMcquade

I'm kind of confused right now.

EnriqueMcquade

lgexalter1 I don't have additional steps. So anyway how the error looked like. It might be an incompatibility with the boot image I've provided to you because this boot.img is presumably tied to the T408DL.

ZTEGuy

lgexalter1 I've heard that there are slight differences between the walmart family mobile t408dl and the tracfone t408dl. Which one do you guys have?

EnriqueMcquade

In fact, I have a Walmart Family Mobile version of the T408DL. Which I got from a local Walmart Supercenter in Georgia.

EnriqueMcquade

If the image is compatible with the T408DL, maybe I slightly made an error making the image or what could be possibility go wrong with such image?

ZTEGuy

It looks like the patched boot img doesn't boot with tracfone, only walmart family mobile

neutronscott

My phone arrives tomorrow night hopefully. I made an attempt at writing a quick custom script that runs on boot using the patched.img that darth posted. It polls /data/local/tmp for *.sh files every 5 sec. It writes a .out file and skips .sh which already have a .out. Hopefully all running as root. If it works you should be able to do something like:

cd /data/local/tmp
cat >1.sh <<EOF
resetprop ro.vendor.tct.endurance true
resetprop ro.build.type userdebug
EOF

Wait 5 sec and check the properties...

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darth

lgexalter1 here EnriqueMcquade or [Login to see the link]

neutronscott

Maybe I uploaded the wrong one. My phone just arrived and I've lots of ideas so hopefully tonight after work one of them works for us.

neutronscott

I've uploaded the new image in the same place if anyone wants to play with it. It just runs a script that looks for scripts in /data/local/tmp/*.sh that it will run as root.

eb50480572980ab6894b08789bbc47f0 neutron.img
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darth

neutronscott Your img booted fine but when trying to run su it still says Permission denied. And in /data/local/tmp there are no .sh files all thats showing is: mtk-su myscript.out. Am I supposed to be doing something to make your script run?

darth

Right now it can be done with using the boot.img neutronscott provided and than running the following commands from adb shell:
/data/local/tmp $ echo 'resetprop ro.build.product gflip6gc' > /data/local/tmp/1.sh
/data/local/tmp $ echo 'pkill system_server' > /data/local/tmp/2.sh

[Login to see the link] is working on simplifying his boot.img to not need these commands.

darth

lgexalter1 I tried pushing a basic script and got the following errors: resetprop: __system_properties_init error resetprop: __system_properties_init error which is the same error it throws when I try using resetprop in adb. (Thanx for asking around for a magisk exploit 😉 )

darth

lgexalter1 Interesting... adb shell getprop ro.build.type returns userdebug andadb shell getprop ro.vendor.tct.endurance returns a blank line, in fact it seems there is no prop ro.vendor.tct.endurance.

darth

Apps4Flip-Admin Apps4Flip-Admin Apps4Flip-Admin Can you explain these posts and update based on our current situation? What exactly needs to be modified?

neutronscott

I made it as a way to test things as root until more is discovered. For example:

Gflip6_TF:/data/local/tmp $ echo 'cat /vendor/build.prop' > 3.sh; sleep 5; cat 3.out | head

ro.boot.dynamic_partitions=true
ro.product.first_api_level=30
ro.vendor.build.security_patch=2021-09-05
ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist=armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist32=armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.vendor.product.cpu.abilist64=
ro.product.board=gflip6
ro.board.platform=mt6739
ro.hwui.use_vulkan=
Gflip6_TF:/data/local/tmp $

darth

THANK YOU [Login to see the link] FOR FIGURING OUT APP INSTALLATION/ROOT!!!

More details will follow!

Techgen

lgexalter1 Definitely!

darth
I'm excited (and waiting) to hear the details of the breakthrough

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