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

darth

Always That looks like you miss typed a command.

darth

I can confirm these Roms work on the 4058l (UScellular version). I am now confident they should work on all 4058 variants also.

Always

darth It didn't work even before I got to that step.

hassanK

darth Great work, I do have 1 question though, my phone model is the TCL Flip (4058E) you said it was tested on t408dl and 4058I so would it brick my phone if i try it on my model?

EDIT: I saw your latest comment that it should work on all 4058 models, what happens in the case of a brick though? or if i want to revert to the Original firmware, how would i go about doing this?

hassanK

Proflip I have the exact same version as you (4085E), have you managed to get the kosher rom working?

arongrossmanmtl

hassanK YOU HAVE ANY ADVISE FOR ME I CANNOT ENTER FASTBOOT ON THIS MODEL 4058E

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!

darth

joe1234 Are you running the commands from the directory you have adb in?

whynot

joe1234 If you are using PowerShell instead of command prompt you may have to type .\adb or you could open a command prompt in the adb directory by typing cmd in the bar on top where the file path is.

joe1234

darth
yes

AShayish

Did anyone have success with installing a Hebrew keyboard on the TCL Flip 2?

darth

AShayish The a4f Hebrew keyboard works fine it just doesn't have t9.

ayilmeshilesh

darth How do I install it?

joe1234

whynot

whynot open a command prompt in the adb directory by typing cmd in the bar on top where the file path is

I tried that..

whynot

joe1234 was the folder where adb is stored open? it should be something like C:\Users\Username\Desktop\platform-tools_r33.0.2-windows\platform-tools and not C:\Users\Username\Desktop\platform-tools_r33.0.2-windows

joe1234

whynot C:\Users\Username\Desktop\platform-tools_r33.0.2-windows\platform-tools

thats what it is

lm4889

manyhill
set your gmail account using @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com using a app password and it won't try to jump to the browser. You may need to enter the imap settings manually.
It worked for me.

MXRJR

Just got this phone and did allot of diff flashing, the custom roms are nice, and especially when they can be flashed in under 2 min by using the recovery method. Thanks everyone for your work.
Just wanted to know:
Is there a more conventional way to list apps installed other than dialing a code on the keypad?
Once i flash one of the custom roms, can i flash this phone back to original stock rom?
i also would like to test apps on this phone, but flashing [Login to see the link] img didn't work for me, i tried to flash it after i flashed one of [Login to see the link] roms. If anyone can help me get [Login to see the link] img to work i would appreciate it.
Also, seems that usb debbuging post flashing is not so simple, if you reboot the phone a few times it might work if your lucky, maybe that can be fixed.

darth

MXRJR For listing apps and installing apps ask on the other thread. These Roms that I made dont allow for app installation even with [Login to see the link] img. [Login to see the link] made an app that works as a shortcut for dialing the keypad code which you can use one of your directional keys to launch, again I think thats posted on the other thread!

techy

While attempting to flash one of the roms, I'm having weird issues. mtk meta boots it into fastboot mode, but there I run into issues. This is whats happening.
(It does prompt me to unlock using volume keys, which I do.)
`C:\Users\g\Documents\My Programs\adb\platform-tools>fastboot flashing unlock
FAILED (Write to device failed (no link))
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Users\g\Documents\My Programs\adb\platform-tools>fastboot flashing unlock
FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Users\g\Documents\My Programs\adb\platform-tools>fastboot flashing unlock
(bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 0.006s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s

C:\Users\g\Documents\My Programs\adb\platform-tools>fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.bin
(bootloader) Start unlock flow

Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (1024 KB) FAILED (remote: 'GetVar Variable Not found')
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Users\g\Documents\My Programs\adb\platform-tools>fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.bin`

If anyone has any ideas I'd be grateful....

darth

techy Change the wire? It looks like you might have a bad connection.

Biden2020prez

[Login to see the link] I was having issues flashing super on my T-Mobile 4058 using the recovery method, getting this error:

adb: error: failed to copy 'super.bin' to '/dev/block/mmcblk0p41': remote write failed: No space left on device

After much back and forth, I found the issue. I ran:

adb shell readlink /dev/block/by-name/super
//And it returned: 
/dev/block/mmcblk0p42

So I ran the commands as mmcblk0p42, and it worked.

Biden2020prez

Biden2020prez The bad news is, the super I tried flashing was one that I resigned every system app, and:
I bricked my phone. It's a boot loop. The strange part is that I can't even boot to recovery.

So now I am flashing this via fastboot:

darth [Login to see the link]: Removes: Browser, Email, and Hotspot. Includes: Waze, Weather, and Siddur.

If it's still bricked, I'll do a full firmware reflash using FuriousGold. (I'll keep you posted.)

Edit: I ran fastboot flash super super.bin, and now it seems to be stuck on the free filter bootanimation. I guess I'll reflash the full firmware.

darth

Biden2020prez If it boots to the bootanimation then you might want to try to do a reset from recovery and see if it boots.

Biden2020prez Interesting that it has a different block layout.

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