TCL ROM Flashing Guide for Windows

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Here’s a basic TCL ROM Flashing Guide (for Windows):

Please note that neither I nor anyone involved in creating this exploit can be held responsible for any harm it may cause to your phone, data, or warranty.
Proceed at your own risk!

Prerequisites:
Install mtkdrivers.
Install Fastboot Drivers (Extract the zip folder, right-click on android_winusb.inf, and click install).

  1. Download platform-tools and extract the zip folder.
  2. Download autobooter.
  3. Move autobooter.exe from the Windows folder to your extracted platform-tools folder.
  4. Download emptyb.bin and put it in the platform-tools folder.
  5. Turn off your TCL phone, plug it into your computer while it’s completely off, and wait for the battery charging screen to show.
  6. Click on the address bar in your platform-tools folder, type cmd, and click enter. A command prompt window (or Terminal on Windows 11) will open to that folder.
  7. Run autobooter. If you see this message Found MTK Preloader Port on COM__ and dots start popping up, that means that the program is running. When you see the dots popping up, plug in your powered-off phone. After a second you should see Entered fastboot mode on port COM__
If not...

If when you try running the program, you get No MTK Preloader Ports Found, then you probably have a bad USB cable. Make sure the USB cable you’re using if file-transfer compatible. If you get any other error, try reinstalling the mtkdrivers and/or rebooting your computer. If the issue persists, post the error here.

  1. Once your phone is in FASTBOOT mode, run fastboot flashing unlock, and press the volume-up button to unlock the bootloader. NOTE: This step will Factory Reset your phone.
  2. Run these 4 commands:
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta emptyb.bin
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system emptyb.bin
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_vendor emptyb.bin
fastboot reboot fastboot
  1. After you run that last command, your phone will reboot into fastbootd. Once you see the fastbootd screen on the phone, type fastboot flash super , and drag the super file into the command prompt window.
    Example Command:
fastboot flash super "C:\Users\Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Katzenellenbogenstein\Downloads\super_KEFS_mod2.img
  1. Once the command finishes (usually takes around 3 minutes), run fastboot reboot.

If you would like to reproduce or share this guide, please give credit to @FliphoneBochur.

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Basics but nice. You can rename it to “how to flash any phone with fastboot”.

And about Mr. katzen elenboigen, he’s my cousin… kidding

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It has some specifics for TCL

Also @TripleU - Guess we share cousins then

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