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

ayilmeshilesh

darth Thanks, did so.

BTW, geder in Monroe put Yiddish (Hebrew) when they kasher that phone.

darth

ayilmeshilesh If someone has the geder filter maybe I could look and see what they did and would try to incorporate something similar into my roms.

Biden2020prez

ayilmeshilesh please email me [Login to see the link]

ayilmeshilesh

darth How do I take off a copy off the OS?
I could get someone's phone to get his ROM.
MOD EDIT
Copying off a ROM someone worked hard to create and charges for is against what this forum stands for

ayilmeshilesh

ayilmeshilesh I'm trying to get permission to use their software, I'm waiting on a reply from them.

ayilmeshilesh

darth you're not talking about an APK for Yiddish T9, Right?

whynot

is there a rom with no video, and if not can someone make it?

COMPROT

hello when I try to flash using [Login to see the link] recovery I got this error when trying to reboot into recovery "unknown reboot target recovery". Any advice thanks

joe1234

Anyone? I got everything done on my phone besides for voice access, when I dialed ##33284## and got usb debugging turned on, I 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. Any advice?

joe1234

lgexalter1
yes another same model phone works and even this one worked up until now

joe1234

lgexalter1
I just tried the same thing on my 2nd phone. it connected to my pc and did everything up until voice access but then the pc no longer can recognize it.

joe1234

lgexalter1
Talk&Text-With Extra Apps Option 1

darth

lgexalter1 joe1234 I did not remove adb. As has been brought up previously, for some reason that I dont fully understand yet, sometimes the phone wont be recognized by the computer. I have found that if you reboot a couple times or boot into recovery (power+vol+) then reboot it will be recognized by the computer and you can run the adb commands.

joe1234

lgexalter1
I did that and still have the same issue.

joe1234

darth
thanks! but still no luck here....

joe1234

darth
my phone is finally being recognized by my computer. but when I run the voice access in the cmd, it says "adb" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file". what do I do? Thanks!

joe1234

lgexalter1
yes I tried that.

Biden2020prez

joe1234 Is it lower than windows 10?

Biden2020prez

Biden2020prez Try webadb (app.webadb.com)

a-one

I have rooted my device successfully with the neutron.img and I want to know if it's possible now to flash the kosher ROM could I any one help me?

a-one

lgexalter1 but the apps that I installed before I flash the ROM will get uninstalled?

a-one

lgexalter1 so basically I could install whatever app I want and then flash the kosher rom and I won't be able to remove the kosher rom but I will be able to use the apps that I installed before

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