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

flipperk

darth that would be great. I'll have to hold off giving this to my daughter until I can flash the 4058W with a no browser but yes photos ROM. Just submitted the survey as well. To clarify, for TCL 4058W, you currently only have that one ROM you linked above?

flipperk

darth thanks so much!

flipperk

darth hey is it possible that everything works but calling doesn't? even texting is working in both directions. but calls in/out don't work. wondering if that's even a possibility with a "bad" ROM rather than apps not launching/working/etc. Or do I need to do anything for it to work?

flipperk

flipperk [Login to see the link] The calls are actually working but sporadically. Moving to new SIM doesn't help. Still curious if you think the culprit may be this 4058W ROM I used or do you think it's unrelated? Thanks.

Jumptoheaven

flipperk if you're on tracfone, is your sim married to your phones imei?

flipperk

Jumptoheaven this is on Tmobile, a TCL Flip Go 4058W and I'm able to swap SIMs around without any issues. I moved two of my lines to this model phone. The first is stock ROM and has no issues. The second is this ROM and has these intermittent call in/out issues (texts seem to be fine). I'll also notice dropping from 4GLTE to 2G etc. So it may just be a bad phone coincidentally and that's why I'm asking if a "bad" ROM could exhibit these kinds of issues. (Everything else is working 100% btw).

flipperk

hey [Login to see the link] just checking in with you to see if you had any insights as to the above. Thanks!

darth

flipperk As I mentioned earlier I dont have a 4058W and never tested anything on it. Im not sure what is causing your issues.

flipperk

darth I understand that. What I'm trying to figure out is if the ROM is "bad", is it at all possible that it would exhibit itself in this manner? Or is the only way a "bad" ROM presents itself is the inability for the phone to boot or app that crash, etc. rather than an intermittent voice network issue.

darth

flipperk I dont modify anything that should effect the service. But I have never tested it so I cant say for sure it has nothing to do with my Rom.

flipperk

darth is there any way that I can help you to help me with this? cant have the kids running around with a browser on these 4058W phone. Thanks! Also, is there a way for me to revert back to the factory ROM on this
"bad" kosher phone (I have another 4058W with factory ROM).

Reifam

Any updates about, if the kosher ROMs of the phone will update to have the KEFH software version?

darth

Reifam They will

Biden2020prez

flipperk TAG can probably do both

swswsw

will this guide work for the 4058g?

darth

swswsw Not yet.

zlate

does anyone know how to add an app to the rom before flashing it

darth

zlate The installation of these Roms deletes all installed apps.

Biden2020prez

darth Nice new profile pic

jessiesmith

"Run Auto Booter".
In command line, I ran mtkfastboot.exe, got error:
Found MTK Preloader Port on COM4 Running MTK Fastbooter on COM4 ............................................................... b'READYTOO' Entered fastboot mode on port COM4 Traceback (most recent call last): File "lion.py", line 97, in <module> AttributeError: 'Thread' object has no attribute 'success' [46576] Failed to execute script 'lion' due to unhandled exception!

However, even with that error, when I plug in the phone, it did go into fastboot mode.

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