Someone did all the work of decompiling, reworking, and recompiling the background_holo_dark.xml for me? NICE
All I want is the settings background so I removed the system/app folder, removed everything from system/framework/res except for drawable and nodpi, and replaced the .png in nodpi with my own background image.
Currently creating a nandroid before I flash it and see if it works

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So after doing everything listed above, I have a black settings background instead of the .png I added to /nodpi (using v10.5)
Anyone know why this is? I'm almost certain it has to do with the background_holo_dark.xml file
I can live with the all black. It's MUCH better than the stock gradient. However, I'd love to use my own image. It was so easy to do with with 4.2.2 and below but with 4.3 we need to decompile the XML file.. I tried doing it once and just kept getting FC's haha
I don't mind decompiling it myself if someone wants to tell me what I need to change to get the image to show?