[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ohh_Trenton:
Steps to remove toggles and ugly gap completely from notification drawer ----- ONLY on NOVELLA ALLIANCE ROM:

Assuming you know how to decompile/recompile with your favorite tool. I love to use "Trent's tools" aka Apktool. That was for you Froid.

If you aren't familiar with it, watch NunHugger's tutorial HERE.

All you need:

Apktool

Notepad++

7-Zip

SystemUI.apk

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Step 1: Copy your current systemUI.apk to your sd card. --> Transfer that to your computer and into the apktool directory.

Now you will open Command Prompt from your computer and change your directory to where the apktool folder is.

So for example mines will look like this::

C:\Users\Trent>

Type cd C:\apktool (or wherever your apktool folder is at; I recommend you have it on the root of your C drive)

It will now read:

C:\apktool>

Now type:

apktool if systemui.apk

Then type:

apktool d SystemUI.apk ---> This will decompile systemUI.apk into a folder called SystemUI.

I: Baksmaling...
I: Loading resource table...
I: Loaded.
I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
I: Loading resource table from file: C:\apktool\framework\1.apk
I: Loaded.
I: Regular manifest package...
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values */* XMLs...
I: Done.
I: Copying assets and libs...

C:\apktool>

2. Now go to systemUI/res/layout and using something like

NotePad++

, open tw_status_bar_expanded_header.xml and copy (Red Text)

<LinearLayout android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="#ff000000" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="[COLOR="red"]39.0dip[/COLOR]" android:baselineAligned="false"

3. Now in systemUI/res/layout, open tw_status_bar_expanded.xml , Find & change your value with my value in RED

<com.alliance.systemui.quickpanel.PowerWidget android:id="@id/exp_power_stat" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="[COLOR="red"]0.0dip[/COLOR]" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/tw_notification_panel_header_height" />

4. Next, go to systemUI/res/values and open dimens.xml.

Find

<dimen name="notification_panel_quicksettingbtn_height">128.0dip</dimen>

and change to (Red Text):

<dimen name="notification_panel_quicksettingbtn_height">[COLOR="Red"]39.0dip[/COLOR]</dimen>

5. SAVE all your changes and close the window.

Go back to command prompt & type

apktool b systemUI systemUInew.apk

I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
I: Building apk file...

C:\apktool>

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You have officially decompiled and recompiled systemUI.apk. But you aren't done.

6. Using something like

7-zip

, take the META-INF folder and AndroidManifest.xml file from your ORIGINAL systemui.apk && COPY them to the NEW systemuinew.apk.

(So you should have assets, meta-inf, res, androidmanifest, classes.dex, and resources.arsc all in SystemUInew.apk)

7. Rename systemUinew.apk to SystemUI.apk and MOVE to phone.

8, Through File Explorer move SystemUI.apk to /system, && set permissions to Rw-r-r. **Must do this FIRST**

9. MOVE to /system/app and replace the original systemui.apk.

10. Restart phone.... && Congratulations!

ENJOY

TrentB.​