That's very intresting, and I will look into it. I cant give you a honest answer right now, all I did was baksmail the apk edit StatusBarPolicy.smali apkt()V and recompile it. did you get my pm on xda?
if you want to be lazy I already made the smali edits in the systemUI.apk I can send you the file if you want it here is the link
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24231068/SystemUI.apk