Tips, Tricks, Tweaks, Mods and Fix for Tinji i9300 Part 3
- Swapping memory space to 2gb (vold.fstab) credits to inamie
- Changing the boot logo to samsumg logo credits to inamie
- Engineer mode for Audio,baseband etc credits to jimmykar and russian forums
- Test menu
- Deleting chinese and other system apps
- No service or lost or other IMEI problems
- GPS Fix credits to umangsagar
- GPS and WIFI Mod credits to jimmykar and garyo
- Entering recovery mode
- Gtalk app
- Home button tweaking as original S3 credits to pinotuning and jimmykar
- Battery saving and correction credits to chinamobiles.org
- Backing up your rom
more to come...guys comment below if you know any other tweak ?? i shall add that too
1. Swapping memory space (vold.fstab)
Edit this file /system/etc/vold.fstab to below lines
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard2 emmc@fat /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
2. Changing the boot logo to samsumg logo
rename the bootanimation2.zip & shutanimation2.zip to bootanimation.zip & shutanimation.zip in system/media then you can get the samsung boot animations.
3. Engineer mode
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Please use with caution i wont take any responbility if anything goes wrong you may brick the mobile if you dont know what are you changing.
Increasing Volume for speaker
Audio
Normal Mode
Type Select Sph
Below is an example
Level 0 below the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill and then press the Set button to save
Level 1 below the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill out the 80 and then press the Set button to save
Level 2 below the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill 100 and then press the Set button to save
Level 3 below, the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill out the 128 and then press the Set button to save
Level 4 below, the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill 136 and then press the Set button to save
Level 5 below, the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill out the 148 and then press the Set button to save
Level 6 below, the Value is 0 ~ 160 fill out the 160 and then press the Set button to save
Exit and restart.
Increasing touch sound
Audio
Normal Mode
Type Select Media
---------Change the values---------
Exit and restart.
Increasing the mic dound
Audio
Normal Mode
Type Select Mic
---------Change the values---------
Exit and restart.
4. Test menu
To enter in to test menu switch off the mobile and press Vol up + Power button
5. Deleting chinese and other system apps
Pls use this this with caution i wont take any responsibility
To delete china apps use of the following and your phone must be rooted
Titanium Backup
Root Uninstaller
SystemApp Remover
Root App Delete (uninstaller)
6. No service or lost or other IMEI problems
Please refer my guide for detail idea of backing up, restoring, creating imei etc
7. GPS Fix
NTP Server List (for GPS Fix)
Hello friends, I am pasting below the extensive NTP server list that you can use on your Tinji S3 or any other rooted mobile.
Source is : NTP ORG
Using Root explorer or other applications browse to /system/etc/gps.conf
Edit it and set any of the following servers based on your individual location.
For more details you may visit the link provided above as Source.
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Global — pool.ntp.org
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Europe — europe.pool.ntp.org
Asia — asia.pool.ntp.org
Oceania — oceania.pool.ntp.org
North America — north-america.pool.ntp.org
South America — south-america.pool.ntp.org
Africa — africa.pool.ntp.org
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Europe — europe.pool.ntp.org
Austria — at.pool.ntp.org
Switzerland — ch.pool.ntp.org
Germany — de.pool.ntp.org
Denmark — dk.pool.ntp.org
Spain — es.pool.ntp.org
France — fr.pool.ntp.org
Italy — it.pool.ntp.org
Luxembourg — lu.pool.ntp.org
Netherlands — nl.pool.ntp.org
Norway — no.pool.ntp.org
Poland — pl.pool.ntp.org
Sweden — se.pool.ntp.org
Slovenia — si.pool.ntp.org
United Kingdom — uk.pool.ntp.org
Finland — fi.pool.ntp.org
Ireland — ie.pool.ntp.org
Russian Federation — ru.pool.ntp.org
Belgium — be.pool.ntp.org
Portugal — pt.pool.ntp.org
Greece — gr.pool.ntp.org
Hungary — hu.pool.ntp.org
Bulgaria — bg.pool.ntp.org
Romania — ro.pool.ntp.org
Czech Republic — cz.pool.ntp.org
Yugoslavia — yu.pool.ntp.org
Estonia — ee.pool.ntp.org
Belarus — by.pool.ntp.org
Slovakia — sk.pool.ntp.org
Ukraine — ua.pool.ntp.org
Lithuania — lt.pool.ntp.org
Macedonia — mk.pool.ntp.org
Moldova — md.pool.ntp.org
Latvia — lv.pool.ntp.org
Croatia — hr.pool.ntp.org
Republic of Serbia — rs.pool.ntp.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina — ba.pool.ntp.org
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Asia — asia.pool.ntp.org
Philippines — ph.pool.ntp.org
Malaysia — my.pool.ntp.org
Turkey — tr.pool.ntp.org
Singapore — sg.pool.ntp.org
India — in.pool.ntp.org
Hong Kong — hk.pool.ntp.org
United Arab Emirates — ae.pool.ntp.org
Japan — jp.pool.ntp.org
Bangladesh — bd.pool.ntp.org
Israel — il.pool.ntp.org
Korea — kr.pool.ntp.org
Thailand — th.pool.ntp.org
Iran — ir.pool.ntp.org
Taiwan — tw.pool.ntp.org
China — cn.pool.ntp.org
Indonesia — id.pool.ntp.org
Vietnam — vn.pool.ntp.org
Pakistan — pk.pool.ntp.org
Oman — om.pool.ntp.org
Uzbekistan — uz.pool.ntp.org
Sri Lanka — lk.pool.ntp.org
Kyrgyzstan — kg.pool.ntp.org
Cambodia — kh.pool.ntp.org
Qatar — qa.pool.ntp.org
Saudi Arabia — sa.pool.ntp.org
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Oceania — oceania.pool.ntp.org
Australia — au.pool.ntp.org
New Zealand — nz.pool.ntp.org
New Caledonia — nc.pool.ntp.org
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North America — north-america.pool.ntp.org
Canada — ca.pool.ntp.org
United States — us.pool.ntp.org
Mexico — mx.pool.ntp.org
Guatemala — gt.pool.ntp.org
Panama — pa.pool.ntp.org
Bahamas — bs.pool.ntp.org
Costa Rica — cr.pool.ntp.org
El Salvador — sv.pool.ntp.org
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South America — south-america.pool.ntp.org
Brazil — br.pool.ntp.org
Chile — cl.pool.ntp.org
Argentina — ar.pool.ntp.org
Venezuela — ve.pool.ntp.org
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Africa — africa.pool.ntp.org
Tanzania — tz.pool.ntp.org
South Africa — za.pool.ntp.org
Angola — ao.pool.ntp.org
Madagascar — mg.pool.ntp.org
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8. GPS and WIFI Mod
Use a almunium foil tape as below
and stick to improve your GPS and wifi signal. Left is for WIFI and right for GPS.
9. Entering recovery mode
1. Switch off your mobile and connect the usb cable to charger and wait for the charging message to disappear and then press Vol up + power button together for few secs (The key combination may vary on different mobile models and usb cable is required only for tinji i9300)
2. Using MobileUncleTools
3. Using MTKDroidTools and selecting the button reboot to recovery
10. Gtalk app
http://www.gogi.in/dwnload/Talk.apk
or this
https://www.box.com/shared/6bbf163e230089c8a6aa
or this
copy to sd card, recovery mode, install from zip....
http://www.mediafire.com/?meqci90hacq5056
11. Home button tweaking as original S3
Open root explorer and go into path: /system/user/keylayout ( you make a backup of the file mtk-kpd.kl )
Push on "button" "install R/W"
Click and hold click on the file mtk-kpd.kl and choose “open with” command
Choose “text editor”
A window opens
You must be go into code 172 line that is HOME default command and to change and insert “WAKE” string
Save changes (Root explorer automatically saves a backup copy )
Now change file permission: check all boxes into “ administrator”, “group” and “others” and push “OK”
Reboot the smartphone
Now HOME key is same POWER key function
12. Battery saving and correction
Battery saving
Use any of the app in your rooted mobile:
SetCPU
CPU tuner(Rooted phones)
Using this app you can control and minimize or maximize the CPU for battery saving
Battery Correction (Many users at chinamobiles.org say they had good improvement using this trick)
1.Install battery calibration.
2.Allow your phone to charge until 100%
3.Then open the app can click calibrate button.
4.Allow your mobile to discharge completely to 0% till its gets powered off.
5.Now again follow step 2 to step 4 upto 5-6 times
13. Backing your MT65XX rom
There are three ways for mediatek phones to achieve this
1. Using the CWM recovery and selecting the backup option.
2. Using the MTKDroidTools (you should be rooted first) and selecting the backup button.
3. Using SP Flash Tool v3.1222.00.7z credits to hardi75
Tell me you if you want more detailed guide for this.
Start the flash-tool -> load the scatter-file -> click on 'Read back' -> click on 'Add' -> double click the new entry -> give a name for your backup -> enter start-address and length -> click OK -> click on readback button -> connect your phone.
