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

manyhill

arongrossmanmtl it should look like this before you add the phone
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and after like this: ![[Login to see the link]]

you should be able to check that log file too for any errors

a-one

lgexalter1 I flashed now the TALK BASIC ROM on my rooted TCL Flip 2 and All the apps that I installed before, got disabled. is there any way how to use the apps?

a-one

a-one I had installed Qinpad and disabled the default keyboard before I flashed the ROM and now there was no keyboard because qinpad was deleted so I enabled the default keyboard with ADB

darth

a-one There is no way to enable those apps. The my Rom does not allow for any other apps to be installed. (Even if they were installed previously) What [Login to see the link] said is outdated and is not true anymore. In the op I wrote these Roms do not support other apps. I also wrote in my Version 1.2 Changelog

darth Added more safeguards to prevent apps that are not from my Rom

Yehudi

is there a way to flash back to factory rom

avi1

helpful tip to get to home screen while on a call turn mouse on click on the top of the screen it will pull down notifications scroll down using the volume keys and click on manage which will be on the bottom on the of the notifications and then hit the back button on your key pad and it will take you to the home screen
to get back to call again use mouse to click on notifications and click on your call

Reifam

avi1 Thanks for the tip!!!

Reifam

lgexalter1

avi1 helpful tip to get to home screen while on a call turn mouse on click on the top of the screen it will pull down notifications scroll down using the volume keys and click on manage which will be on the bottom on the of the notifications and then hit the back button on your key pad and it will take you to the home screen
to get back to call again use mouse to click on notifications and click on your call

Reifam

darth Does the text option block picture text?

joshuas5

I'm getting the following error while trying to open MTKMETA Utility
_![Application expired and can't run any more!, please check the developer for new builds**]
anybody with info?

darth

joshuas5 To get into fastboot you can just use the AutoBooter that [Login to see the link] [Login to see the link] and [Login to see the link] made. [Login to see the link]

avi1

joshuas5 if you want to use the old MTKMETA Utility just change the date on your computer to any date before jan 1st

mg5077

lgexalter1 Amazing!

doctorman

is the first post updated with the latest ROM/instructions?

darth

doctorman Yes

UPTHECREAK

My phone occasionally freezes up (after a while it unfreezes) anyone else had this issue and have a solution?
Even when it happens the volume keys still work as well as the SOS button in the back.

Techgen

lgexalter1 There's a cute little program called Runasdate to run a program using a diff date, I've had it for a while, but I never tested it on MTK meta, Here's a [Login to see the link]
It might not be necessary because there's an updated version, but if someone's having issues, or just a good app to have in your toolkit.

kolelguy

hi, I'm filtering a few TCL phones now I wanna use the faster way .

darth Quicker method (But potentially leaves room for more exploits) :

any one sew any problems with it or is it the same good as the longer way.

kolelguy

lgexalter1 thanks I'm not sure what you mean do I need to do something more then what's instructed?

darth

kolelguy The result will be the same no matter which way you do it. If you do it through the quicker method it involves putting on a modified recovery on the phone which could potentially be an exploit. I think lgexalter1 was just saying that being that you made it sound like you were doing it for other people (because most people don't have multiple flip phones) to make sure whoever is going to have the phone cant try exploiting the recovery you can just reflash the stock recovery after you flash the Rom onto the phones.

kolelguy

darth thanks!

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