[HTC EVO 3D] Ajthescot:
the white is your statusbar_background i just made it call for that file in statusbar expanded xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.ExpandedView android:orientation="horizontal" android:focusable="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_header_background" android:paddingRight="@dimen/clear_button_padding_right" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="60.0px">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.CarrierLabel android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/carrierLabel" android:paddingLeft="5.0dip" android:paddingTop="1.0dip" android:paddingBottom="1.0dip" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<com.htc.widget.HtcBlinkingTextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:textSize="20.0px" android:textColor="#ffffffff" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/plmnLabel" android:paddingLeft="0.0dip" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="0.0px" android:layout_height="0.0px" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:textSize="21.0px" android:textColor="#00000000" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/spnLabel" android:paddingLeft="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.CarrierLabel>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notification_title" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_header_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="60.0px">
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/custom_statusbar_title" android:background="@drawable/title_bar_portrait" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="60.0px" android:layout_marginTop="0.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="0.0px" android:text="@string/status_bar_system_title" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/slide_switch" android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small" android:paddingLeft="10.0dip" android:paddingRight="10.0dip" android:paddingBottom="0.0px" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35.0px" android:layout_marginTop="3.0px" android:layout_marginBottom="3.0px" android:text="@string/status_bar_recent_apps_title" style="\?android:buttonStyle" />
</LinearLayout>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<ScrollView android:id="@id/scroll" android:fadingEdge="none" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:overScrollMode="ifContentScrolls">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.NotificationLinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/notificationLinearLayout" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/noNotificationsTitle" android:background="@drawable/title_bar_portrait" android:paddingLeft="9.0sp" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_notifications_title" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/ongoingTitle" android:background="@drawable/title_bar_portrait" android:paddingLeft="9.0sp" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_ongoing_events_title" />
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/ongoingItems" android:background="[COLOR="Red"]@drawable/statusbar_background[/COLOR]" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Title" android:gravity="center" android:id="@id/latestTitle" android:background="@drawable/title_bar_portrait" android:paddingLeft="9.0sp" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_latest_events_title" />
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/latestItems" android:background="[COLOR="red"]@drawable/statusbar_background[/COLOR]" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/clear_button_font_size" android:textColor="#ffffffff" android:gravity="center" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/clear_all_button" android:background="@drawable/btn_default_small" android:paddingLeft="0.0px" android:paddingRight="0.0px" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="30.0dip" android:text="CLEAR" android_gravity="center" style="\?android:attr/buttonStyle" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.NotificationLinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<ImageView android:id="@id/shadow" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/title_bar_shadow" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView android:id="@id/tab_divider" android:layout_width="2.0px" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/notification_separator" android:scaleType="fitXY" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.ExpandedView>

think our xmls are different slightly

just delete the .zip extention