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is it pos to make a subwaysurf that works with bouttons

    13 days later

    Hi, I am releasing 2 apps customized for the TCL Flip 2. They have not been tested on any other device!

    1. I have rewritten the Hebrew Keyboard. It is customized for the TCL Flip
      It integrates well with the built-in keyboard, you switch between the 2 with a long press #
      No, the keyboard does NOT have any T9 typing! If you want to T9 type in English, you long-press # to switch back to the built-in keyboard, and vice-versa.
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      It is suggested to first uninstall any custom keyboard that you may have installed.
      You will also have to adb shell pm grant com.android.cts.hebkey android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

    2. I have created a sub-launcher for the TCL Flip. It mimics the tools page in the main launcher. It is for use only on Kosher phones without Browsers, as it installs as the Browser package, so it should show up on the default launcher, and act like the tools menu. DOo NOT install it on a phone that has a Browser! By default, it will show all user-installed apps, plus any apps hard coded in the array resource. The user can add/remove apps from the list.
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    3. In addition, I have updated autobooter.exe from the Apps4Flip team members. This avoids the need for risky and expiring MTKMETAUtility, and is much simpler, though you will still need MTK Drivers. This new version works with multiple ports, and also returns errorlevel, so that it can be used in batch files. I included a sample batch file.
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    Looking forward to nice comments 🥲 ,
    Lionscribe

    UPDATE Feb/8/23

    I updated autobooter, and added a python script and example for Linux (and should hopefully work on Mac too), in addition to the original Windows version. To use you will first have to install pyserial package by calling python3 -m pip install pyserial. Then to use, just call sudo python3 autobooter.py, and only afterwards plug in a turned off phone.

      lionscribe As per the launcher, I "uninstalled the browser" on my Alcatel Go Flip V by following [Login to see the link] post, so the browser technically exists, so I can't install the launcher (because as you said it's the same package name). When I try adb shell pm uninstall in gives me back Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]. Do you know of a way to actually uninstall the browser?

          FliphoneBochur
          The reason we chose to use the Browser Package, as that way it will be shown on the launcher page. If you want, and know how to edit apks, you can change the package name to another name that would show up in launcher (There is an ATT app that shows up of exists, but usually does not exist, will have to look up later package name), recompile and sign the app and install.

              lionscribe If I try the uninstall command on any preinstalled app, I get Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR], so for any preinstalled app that I removed, I used disable-user. I'm asking if you know of any way to actually remove the browser (and any other pre-installed) package (instead of just changing the package state), so I could get your app to work.

                  FliphoneBochur
                  Only if you have root. You may also be able to do it on Recovery Mode of you can get there, but also complicated.
                  I wrote it for theTCL Flip 2, were there are kosher roms out without browser at all.
                  If someone can pull the Launcher APK from the Go Flip and send it to me, I will take a look what alternate package name we can use. In addition, I never tested it on Go Flip, but we can try.

                      FliphoneBochur
                      Well, I checked on the Launcher3 for the TCL Flip 2, and it will show an app with package 'com.att.deviceunlock'. So if your Launcher is not showing an AT&T app (assuming it is not an AT&T phone), chances are that it is not installed. Now assuming the Go Flip V has the same settings in the Launcher, then we can use the 'com.att.deviceunlock' package.
                      I have repackaged the app for testing. Get it at
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                      Please let me know if it works. Probably the icon will be some AT&T icon, but at least it may work. Again, the app was not tested on the GO Flip.

                          a-one What device is this? Glad to see it worked using the "com.att.deviceunlock" package. The reason I didn't use it in the first place, is first of all, would not work on ATT devices (which have the unlock app installed), plus it has an incompatible icon look (the icon is provided by the launcher app, it does not take it from the app...). The Browser icon, on the other hand, does look somehow like an app icon. But as long as works...

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                                lionscribe Hi, I am releasing 2 apps customized for the TCL Flip 2. They have not been tested on any other device!

                                I tested the Hebrew Keyboard on the LG exalt and on the Kyocera duraXV E4810
                                On the Kyocera it worked amazing but I had to install [Login to see the link] just to turn on the Hebrew Keyboard the first time and on the LG I could long press the # to change to Hebrew and back to the default but when it was on Hebrew if I clicked on the * or the # it didn't work and it crashed the keyboard and I needed to take out the battery and restart the phone

                                    a-one
                                    I am glad you quoted me, that it was only designed and tested for the TCL Flip 2.
                                    On the Kyocera, what happened when you enabled the HebKey Keyboard in the HebKey app?
                                    As for the LG, can you send me a logcat of the LG crashing?

                                        lionscribe it's the TCL Flip 2 from TracFone (t408dl) and I like it this way because it looks like you need to click to unlock the apps.