the lcd density was too low making everything small. I bumped it from 120 to 190 and rebooted and was shocked.. it was a different UI! It was like GB. Setting the LCD Density to 160 and below gave us the HC UI 170 and higher gave us the GB UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8m_Qawds9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8m_Qawds9o