[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Diabetic:
So, I have been theming a few aspects of my phone (very minor), but one thing I had wanted was to completely remove the statusbar as I really wanted that extra space, and I found it was very unneeded for my frame.

I did some Googling till I found a couple of sources, and dove in. A few stressful hours later, I had no status bar, but could still use gestures from Nova / Pie to access it when I wanted to.

I am not the greatest at explaining things, but hopefully I will convey the steps on how to do this easily.

Pre-Reqs:

1) ADB installed on Computer

2) Windows

-That's what I used. I'm sure it's possible to use a Mac, but this guide is solely for Windows

3) Rooted

-Not tested on non-rooted

4) 7zip (I found it worked better than winRAR for this)

5) Download this file: http://www.speedyshare.com/n6ahB/download/resources.arsc

-This file is the file with all the measurements inside it that is taken from my Note 2

-Click the file name on the very top of the link to start the download. Tricky Ads

Because the file I edited contained very basic sizing, dpi, etc information, it should work on any custom ROM that is 4.1.2 or 4.2.2. I am currently running Team Whomps 4.1.2 ROM (V. 4.2).

The file that I edited should in no way brick your phone. Worst case scenario, it may cause boot loops. But, as always, I am not responsible for what happens to your phone if it does burst into flames, or any other negative scenario.

Steps:

Optional (Recommended): Make a nandroid backup before proceeding)

1) Boot your phone into recovery and make sure your system / root is mounted to your computer on your recovery screen

2) Connect your phone to your Windows PC

3) First, make sure it is showing up on ADB by opening up command prompt on your PC, and type "adb devices" - without quotes

-If it doesn't show up, make sure drivers, etc, are installed and don't continue until it shows up

-If it DOES show up, please continue

4) Change directories to your C drive by typing in command prompt: "cd / " without quotes, and a space in between the 'cd' and '/'

5) Now type the following commands in command prompt:

adb remount
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
(Once it fully transfers the ~24Mb, Continue)
adb shell
cd /system/framework/
rm framework-res.apk

Now, you have the framework-res.apk file on your computer's C Drive, and have removed it from your device. Close the command prompt.

6) Make a backup of this framework-res.apk file just in case this doesn't work for you, you can push your old framework back to your device.

7) Right click on the framework-res.apk file, and click "Open Archive"

-I don't recommend extracting it, then rebuilding it, as that caused boot loops for me. So, just open the archive so you can see the inside of the file

8) Click on the "resources.arsc" and delete it from the archive.

9) Drag the "resources.arsc" that I PROVIDED into the archive. It should give you a prompt, asking if you are sure to add it. Click Yes.

10) Exit out of 7zip. Now we need to push this file back on our device.

11) Upon up command prompt, and type the following commands:

adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb shell
cd /system/framework/
chown 0.0 framework-res.apk
chmod 0644 framework-res.apk

This sets the permissions on the apk file, and pushes it to where it is supposed to be on your device.

12) Close command prompt, and on your device wipe cache/dalvik

13) Reboot

The first time you boot, it will take a little longer than normal. It may freeze for about 5 seconds when loading apps. Just give it a minute.

If you have waited longer than 5 minutes, then reboot into recovery and "Fix Permissions" and reboot again.

If it still doesn't work, then let me know and I'll post a guide on how to modify your own "resources.arsc" file from your own "framework-res.apk" file. You will have to repeat the above steps, deleting the "framework-res.apk" file on your device, and then pushing the "framework-res.apk" file that you had backed up back onto your device. Then everything should be back to how it was.

Let me know if this helped anyone! :P. I know that statusbar was driving me crazy, personally.

REMEMBER, because the status bar is no longer "Click-Able" - you can't pull it down anymore. You have to use PIE / Gestures / Apps to force pull it down in order to go to your Toggles, etc.

BUGS:

The only bugs I have experienced after a day with this MOD, is that once you use PIE / Gestures / Etc to pull down the notification bar, you can no longer push it back up by flinging it. Instead, you have to hit the "Back" button. Not a huge deal, but thought I'd mention it. I think if I adjust the DPI of my screen to account for the loss of the status bar (which had a width of 25 units), it may work again.