mMaxScale is private and static

I need a greater scale than 3.0 due to Android pre-scaling the coordinate system to fit the huge bitmap I am using in a narrow view. A scale of 3.0 is only enough to get the image back to 1 to 1, and I need an actual zoom.
What would have been a trivial override is now impossible with private and static applied.
Unless there is a way to change the coordinate system base that scale uses, which there should be, since it clearly is pre-scaled.
Thanks!