You need to be careful when buying TCL Flip 2 devices off of eBay or amazon. Stick to tracphone branded phones, and avoid the Total by Verizon ones. These Total by Verizon phones may not be able to be activated, since the IMEI numbers are locked unless scanned at a retail store.
You need the adb
and fastboot
programs installed on your computer. Using ADB and fastboot | LineageOS Wiki is a good guide on how to install them.
- Download Android Utility: https://www.androidutility.com/download
- Download modified boot image: https://scottn.us/downloads/neutron.img
- Run Android Utility, open the Mediatek tab, and select Reboot Fastboot Mode.
- With the phone powered off, plug in the phone to your computer. In several seconds, you should see the word FASTBOOT on the phone screen.
- Open your command prompt, and type
fastboot flashing unlock
. The phone will ask you to use the volume keys to confirm or deny whether you want to unlock the flashing capability. - Type
fastboot flash boot Downloads/neutron.img
, adjustingDownloads/neutron.img
with the proper path to where the boot image download is located. - Type
fastboot reboot
to reboot the phone in the normal way. - ADB can now be enabled on the phone. Type
*#*#217703#*#*
into the phone to enable ADB. You can now continue installing eGate using the instructions here: Installing eGate on generic Android devices
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