"Homemade" tweaks for your S3. (updated 27/3/13)

nfsmw_gr

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Hi all. :)
I was wondering,what "homemade" tweaks like init.d/script manager scripts or build.prop do you use with your S3...

When i say homemade i mean tweaks you apply on your own,not any tweaks that come with the rom you use.
Tweaks that you've tried and liked,tweaks that you'd recommend.


Here's the things i do to make my S3 more lag free:

-Use Greenify
-Custom script for script manager attached below(updated 27/3/13)
-Build.prop almost clean as i found many of the tweaks unusable in 4.1 or to interfere with the System.
-No init.d tweaks currently (sometimes zipaling and sqlite defrag)
-Custom STweaks settings(Perseus) including overclock,they're too many to write if you want i can attach some screenies. :)
-Currently testing Crossbreeder mod but with the above my S3 was already fast enough so not much differency,if any.

-zRam 650mb script for a kernel that supports zRam attached below also to be used for script manager.

User's tweaks:

Build.prop tweaks

This one is for the soft keys, tablet-like home, menu, back buttons on screen (with respective screen reduction). Adding the line on build.prop:

Enable
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Disable
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1

Popular tweak, for the sake of those who don't know them yet.


So that's my list right now.
Got anything good to share? ;)
 
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ArbiterGR

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Bump?
No one uses his own tweaks,only what comes with the rom?
well, yes :p But i'm interested in the script you posted. What exactly did you change the minfree values and ratios to ? Would these values give more multi-tasking or are they engineered towards having free ram ?

Also Greenifying google maps (as a user app) gives a huge boost to battery life, unless you have Google Now enabled ;)
 

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well, yes :p But i'm interested in the script you posted. What exactly did you change the minfree values and ratios to ? Would these values give more multi-tasking or are they engineered towards having free ram ?

Also Greenifying google maps (as a user app) gives a huge boost to battery life, unless you have Google Now enabled ;)
Hehe..:p
Well this is leaning towards better multitasking and most importantly lag free system and multitasking. ;)
I lowered the adj values a bit because stock S3 were killing my apps a bit too fast for me,they're "inspired" from the original Galaxy S only a bit modified to suit the S3.
I found them to be working nicely for me,give them a go if like and post here or pm me. :)
Except from the adj values i modified a bit the values of sysctl.conf like dirty ratio vfs cache pressure and some nr_request config.
I changed my values a bit right now and also disabled iostats to make it even more less laggy so i'll upload this when i get home.
I usually have around 70mb free ram but my S3 doesn't lag at all,yay!
Now trying 500mb zRam and it's going very nice...i may add it to the op soon...