[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] glfsd:
I managed to get it working! (just luck? :laugh:)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.PhoneStatusBarView android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/status_bar" android:background="@drawable/stat_sys_indi_bg" android:focusable="true" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<LinearLayout android:gravity="left" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/nav_buttons" android:focusable="false" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyButtonView android:layout_width="64.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="0.0" systemui:keyCode="26" systemui:keyRepeat="false" systemui:glowBackground="@drawable/ic_sysbar_highlight" />
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView android:id="@id/notification_lights_out" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:paddingBottom="2.0dip" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot_small" android:scaleType="center" />
<com.lge.systemui.widget.StatusBarLinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/status_bar_contents" android:paddingLeft="3.0dip" android:paddingRight="3.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layoutDirection="ltr">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/statusbarleftside" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<com.lge.systemui.widget.OperatorTextView android:textStyle="bold" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/operator_text" android:paddingLeft="2.0dip" android:paddingRight="2.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDx="0.0" android:shadowDy="0.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr" lge:textStroke="@bool/config_systemui_stroke_effect_text" lge:textStrokeWidth="0.5dip" lge:textStrokeColor="#b2000000"
xmlns:lge="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui" />
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notification_icon_area" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr">
<AnalogClock android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock" android:id="@id/clock" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginRight="3.0dip" android:singleLine="true" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.DateView android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Expanded.Date" android:gravity="left|center" android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/date" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginLeft="2.0dip" android:layout_marginRight="2.0dip" android:maxLines="2" android:singleLine="false" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDy="2.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:id="@id/statusbarrightside" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<RelativeLayout android:id="@id/statusbarinsiderightside" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/rightsidetop" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/statusIcons" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layoutDirection="ltr" />
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/system_icon_area" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layoutDirection="ltr">
<LinearLayout android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notification_icon_area" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarIconView android:id="@id/moreIcon" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/stat_notify_more" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.IconMerger android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notificationIcons" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layoutDirection="ltr" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/signal_battery_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
<com.lge.systemui.widget.VoLteImageView android:id="@id/volte_icon" android:paddingLeft="1.0dip" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<include android:id="@id/signal_cluster" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" layout="@layout/signal_cluster_view" />
<com.lge.systemui.widget.TextViewStroke android:textSize="13.0dip" android:textColor="#ffffffff" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/level_percent" android:paddingLeft="1.0dip" android:paddingRight="1.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDx="0.0" android:shadowDy="0.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr" lge:textStrokeTicker="@bool/config_systemui_stroke_effect_text" lge:textStrokeWidthTicker="0.5dip" lge:textStrokeColorTicker="#b2000000"
xmlns:lge="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui" />
<ImageView android:id="@id/battery" android:paddingRight="1.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/rightsidebottom" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@id/rightsidetop" android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.Traffic android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Traffic" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/traffic" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDy="2.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</com.lge.systemui.widget.StatusBarLinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/ticker" android:paddingLeft="6.0dip" android:animationCache="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageSwitcher android:id="@id/tickerIcon" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_marginRight="4.0dip">
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.AnimatedImageView android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.AnimatedImageView android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
</ImageSwitcher>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TickerView android:id="@id/tickerText" android:paddingTop="2.0dip" android:paddingRight="10.0dip" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0">
<com.lge.systemui.widget.TextViewStroke android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.PhoneTicker" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDx="0.0" android:shadowDy="0.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr" lge:textStrokeTicker="@bool/config_systemui_stroke_effect_text" lge:textStrokeWidthTicker="0.5dip" lge:textStrokeColorTicker="#b2000000"
xmlns:lge="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui" />
<com.lge.systemui.widget.TextViewStroke android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.PhoneTicker" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" android:shadowColor="#ff000000" android:shadowDx="0.0" android:shadowDy="0.0" android:shadowRadius="2.0" android:layoutDirection="ltr" lge:textStrokeTicker="@bool/config_systemui_stroke_effect_text" lge:textStrokeWidthTicker="0.5dip" lge:textStrokeColorTicker="#b2000000"
xmlns:lge="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui" />
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.TickerView>
</LinearLayout>
</com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.PhoneStatusBarView>