Thank you @neutronscott for making this possible! Thank you @lgexalter1 and @Biden2020prez and @yeti and @sdmde for helping me figure out different things about this phone. If anyone has any other ROMs they would like to add to this list please email me at t408dl@gmail.com Prerequisites: ADB , Auto Booter , MTK Drivers , ( Fastboot Drivers ), brains. Warning you are flashing custom firmware and can potentially brick your device! This process will delete everything on your device and there is no way around this! Make sure you are choosing a ROM that is for your specific device! 1. Setup: Download and install all of the prerequisites listed above Download a ROM from the list below and extract the super.bin Download VBmeta files and extract them Place all your files in the ADB folder 2. Unlocking bootloader and disabling AVB: Run Auto Booter Plug in your phone into the computer while it is powered off Once your phone screen says: =>FASTBOOT mode... on it run in adb: fastboot flashing unlock Press 'volume +' key to unlock the bootloader Once bootloader is unlocked run the following codes to disable avb: fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.bin fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta_system vbmeta_system.bin fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta_vendor vbmeta_vendor.bin 2.5 Flash Boot.bin for Roms with apps that need a cursor Download this boot.bin : Run: fastboot flash boot boot.bin 3. Flash Super While phone is still in fastboot mode run: fastboot reboot fastboot When the phone is back in fastbootd mode run: fastboot flash super super.bin (If you see "Invalid sparse file format at header magic" you can ignore it safely.) Once completed, to restart your device run: fastboot reboot You now have a kosher rom! Here are links to ROMS: THESE ROMS DO NOT ALLOW APP INSTALLATION (Even if you try the methods posted on the other thread!) Tested on t408dl, 4058E and 4058L: Talk Only Removes: Browser, Texting, Email, Gallery, Camera, Music, Recorder. Talk Only-Basic : Removes: Browser, Texting, Email, Video. Talk Only-With Apps Op 3 : Removes: Texting, Browser, Video , Email, and Hotspot. Includes: Waze, Weather, and Siddur. Talk&Text : Removes: Browser and Email. Includes: Voice Access. Talk&Text-NO Video : Removes: Browser, Video, and Email. Includes: Voice Access. Talk&Text-With Apps Op 1 : Removes: Browser, Video, Email, and Hotspot. Includes: Waze, Weather, and Siddur. Talk&Text-With Apps Op 2 : Removes: Browser. Includes: Waze, Weather, Siddur, and Hotspot. I will be posting more as I make them If you previously installed my mouse boot.img and you are updating to a newer version of my rom you should update to this boot.img as it is the one that goes along with my updated rom. Helpful Tips: To set up Voice Access: Go to notifications, activate VoiceAccess by clicking on the VoiceAccess notification, say: "Open voice Access Settings", once in settings you can go to 'configure activation key', then to 'activation key', click on the key you want to set (quick dial on back of phone or message shortcut), say: "touch ok", you should be all set! Also in settings you can toggle 'Activation button' to turn off the on screen button. To toggle mouse press the favorites key (star icon). When mouse is on keys 7 and 9 scroll up, and keys * and # scroll down, key 3 opens options/right clicks. Once deactivated the mouse icon remains on screen for around 10 seconds.

Updating Roms Here is a guide for updating Roms. This means you already installed one of darth Kosher Roms, and want to switch to a different one. If you follow these steps you shouldn't lose your data. This guide assumes you already did all the steps to install a kosher Rom, and you are working on the same computer (so you already installed mtk drivers, flashed vbmeta, unlocked bootloader, know how to use fastboot, etc) Step By Step Instructions: Download the rom of your choice from the top post on this thread ( darth ). (make sure its named super.bin - I didn't check all them). You should probably download this boot.bin because you might have an old one. Run fastboot flash boot boot.bin to flash it. Run fastboot reboot fastboot , and wait for your phone to boot to the screen that says "Android Fastboot" among other information. Run fastboot flash super super.bin . When it finishes flashing super, run fastboot reboot , or press "reboot system now" on the phone. Great Job! All Done!

darth Thanks, the more clear we can be on providing instructions, the less questions we'll have to field (hopefully). Too bad you can't provide a link to brains... 😆

Techgen I don't think we should spend too much time on instructions because hopefully we will have a kosher firmware which will be preferable.

Biden2020prez True. BTW I just looked on Amazon, and it seems like its sold out 😦 EDIT: Just got one on ebay

Techgen A few frum cell phone store owners said they are going to start stocking up on the tcl flip 2 now that a good free kosher option looks doable. I’m not sure if that’s why Amazon’s out of stock but you never know. I plan on working on a simple thorough guide for the main apps4flip site but I plan on waiting until we have the full kosher rom to do it so I don’t have to write the guide up twice

What happens when you initiate recovery mode?

chaimzalman Want to explain your question?

Biden2020prez if you remove the browser you can still reset the phone?

Yes. We are working on a way to allow Factory reset but keep browser removed.

Darth your link for drivers was removed because of violation of google drive terms. I had the same issue when i uploaded. Try putting it in a zip

Instructions for installing a kosher ROM on TCL Flip2/Classic T408DL

meir

[Login to see the link] Can you change the default messaging app to a other one, for Example google messages.
Thanks.

rock

Why am I not able to set USB connection to File Transfer, it stays on Charging?
Is there a way to fix that?

Thank you!

meir

rock If debugging is on you can't change it.

darth

rock I have encountered that issue, it had gone away for me a little while later. Which Rom are you using? Try rebooting and seeing if the phone connects as File Transfer.

ZTEGuy

meir I have no problem changing it not sure what you are talking about

meir

ZTEGuy I had a problem changing it when I was in debugging mode and plugged in.

rock

darth Tried rebooting, didn't help. I have the Waze, Weather, Siddur, Email and Hotspot ROM.

ru4real

darth
Thank you [Login to see the link] so much for your work!
I think it would be helpful if you would preface each ROM name with either "Talk Only" or "Talk&Text" and keep the talk only and talk and text ROMs separate. I formatted it below, but I don't know if I got the Talk Only and Talk&Text parts correct.

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Removes: Browser, Texting, Email, Gallery, Camera, Music, Recorder.

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Removes: Browser, Texting, Email, Gallery.

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Removes: Texting, Browser, Email, or Hotspot

should this read "Email and Hotspot"?

Includes: Waze, Weather and Siddur

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Removes: Browser or Email

should this read "Browser and Email"?

Includes: Voice Access.

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Removes: Browser, Email or Hotspot

should this read "Email and Hotspot"?

Includes: Waze, Weather and Siddur

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Removes: Browser
Includes: Waze, Weather, Siddur, Email and Hotspot

Flippy

ru4real Thanks! That looks really nice and clear.

ayilmeshilesh

ru4real I need one with talk, text, weather, and yidish keyboard. Which of these would be the best option?

rock

[Login to see the link] Thanks for your work!
Can you add a ROM with this app?
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joe1234

just installed extra apps option 1. is this supposed to include voice access? also how do I navigate waze? is it supposed to have a cursor?

darth

joe1234 It does include voice access, to set it up follow directions from first post (in 'details' following Rom downloads). If you flashed the boot.img that you downloaded with the Rom then you will have a mouse. It is activated on and off by clicking the favorites key (Star)

joe1234

darth I did the whole process stated in the first post except for enabling voice access, and I didn't flash the boot.img. Can/should I do over the entire process and include these 2 things, or is there a way to just add these 2 things now? when I enable voice access, I dial ##33284## on the phone and then run the next step on the adb, correct? thanks!

darth

joe1234 Yes you can do both things now.

joe1234

darth
I flashed the boot.img and now have a cursor when I press the star, but am having some issues on Waze like the when the 9 is pressed the letters dont work. Also when I scroll down the screen doesn’t go down along. Is this expected?

I tried doing the voice access but when I dial ##33284## on the phone nothing happens, I also tried it on the adb and nothing happened, what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

whynot

darth I've made a boot animation an shutdown animation but I'm not sure how to get it on. when I try to push them to /product/media I get an error and adb root has an error as well

asker

darth can I use windows 7 for this?

darth

joe1234 When the mouse is on the keys: 7,9,*,# wont work because those are used for scrolling, 7,9 for up and *,# for down. When you dial *#*#33284#*#* you should have a popup saying usb debugging turned on. Once it is on you should then plug your phone into the computer and run the adb commands.

joe1234

darth
Thanks! I dialed and got usb debugging turned on, then plugged in the phone and ran the command for voice access, but it says no emulators/devices found. I realized my pc doesn't recognize that my phone is plugged in even after usb debugging. what am I doing wrong?

darth

ayilmeshilesh I currently dont have any with other language keyboards. I am looking around for such options. If anyone knows of any hebrew/yiddish t9 keyboard please let me know. For now your best bet is probably Talk&Text Option 2.

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