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

Reifam

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

darth

Reifam They will

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).

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.

jessiesmith

I was able to proceed to run these commands:
fastboot flashing unlock 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 fastboot flash boot boot.bin fastboot reboot fastboot

BUT, the cmd window stuck at:
Rebooting into fastboot OKAY [ 0.001s] < waiting for any device >

On the phone, the screen shows
[Login to see the link]

Which option do I select? It does not matter which option I select, the CMD fastboot is stuck on < waiting for any device >

darth

jessiesmith Dont select any option. You are in the right place. Just close the cmd window and reopen it then run the commands to flash super.

jessiesmith

darth
Remember, my mtkfastboot.exe error out on phone 1st boot, so the mtkfastboot.exe CMD window stopped.
Then, if I run mtkfastboot.exe again (in separate CMD window) and immediately run "fastboot reboot fastboot", phone will reboot into "=> FASTBOOT mode..."

jessiesmith

Biden2020prez
Mine got up to 26%
Phone screen show: Write Data > 26% Time: xxxxxxx
After that, it took several minutes to progress to 27%, then it is taking a long time again

darth

jessiesmith Once phone is in "=> FASTBOOT mode..." then you should run fastboot reboot fastboot once the phone is in fastbootd like in the picture you shared then in a new CMD window (nothing to do with mtkfastboot.exe) run the command fastboot flash super /path/to/super

Biden2020prez

darth or since it is windows path\to\super

jessiesmith

Got it flashed with one of the ROMs that have Waze.
When I open Waze, top screen just show "preparing navigation voice 0%", and stuck there. The map would not load.
I am somewhat new to this, maybe i need to post the question on other thread.
Also, I read there's a kosher app store, is it really possible to install the app store onto the phone, and then install other apps from the store directly intead of downloading the apk and manually loading it.

Biden2020prez

jessiesmith Not sure where you read that there is a kosher app store, but there isn't (last I checked).

Also this kosher rom blocks APK Installation so you wont be able to install any apps.

jessiesmith

Biden2020prez
On Waze app, I could not get a GPS fix, error message "No GPS Reception".
Initially, I forgot to set the location on, so I did:
phone Menu -> Settings -> 5. Phone Settings -> 5. Location -> Set to On.

Restarted phone and restarted Waze several times, still can't get GPS working. I am outside with clear view of sky. No SIM card, but that shouldn't affect it, maybe just a slower GPS fix. On Wifi.

I read on forum posts people say to uninstall and reinstall it. But since this kosher ROM blocks APK installation, so I guess I couldn't do that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Biden2020prez

jessiesmith if I recall correctly, adb still works in the kosher rom (correct me if not). So dial *#*#33284#*#* to enable, then run adb shell pm clear com.waze, and let me know if that fixes it.

Alternatively, dial *#*#217703#*#*, go to MTK Non Framework LBS > Modify app location permission > permissions > use mouse to access search bar on top > search waze, open waze, click storage > clear data

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