Recent content by Parkaboy

Thanks I had done that step before and still had the same issue. I shouldn't have assumed I had root though despite the # prompt. So if anyone had the trouble I did, I recommend you keep redoing that step and as the directions say use ls to check if you really do have root or not.

adb shell karnak:/ $ su /system/bin/sh: su: not found

Thank you. I downloaded the platform tools there again to be sure. I'm unable to start ADB as root though. I get the error "adbd cannot run as root in production builds"

Hello everyone, I just got an HD 8, on 6.3.0.0 and I'm stuck on step 7. When I run the dd commands I get permission denied. I also don't have any of the orig files there like boot_orig.img. I created /sdcard/00 and put the files the instructions say into there, but nothing says anything about...

Just to update, keeping it on max brightness did a lot to solve the issues, but it was still under warranty through Samsung so I sent it in, its on its way back, but according to the report they replaced the LCD

The first day it didn't seem to make a difference but I didn't check on it a lot, after that I've checked a few times and it does seem to make a difference it comes on much more frequently now, almost every time, but what could be the cause of the issue then? When I thought it was the ribbon...

The not using auto brightness does stop the screen from flickering so if I have to turn it down, I turn it down to just below where it starts happening but I still have the issue of the screen not coming on with the power button consistently, it flashes on for a second then back off, not nearly...

I've read a lot about the screen flickering issue, suggestions range from changing options in developer options, removing your SD, squeezing certain parts of the phone, slapping it, replacing the screen etc. I was rooted on lollipop using this method...