[Q] Move Status Bar to Bottom of Phone? topic

Hi is there a way to edit the decompile/edit/recompile system files to move the status bar to the bottom? I tried searching and all replies point toward running PA or CM based ROMs which we can't do with a locked bootloader.

TabletUI is preferred of course, but not feasible yet for us. An example of this alternative to TabletUI is found within CM7 settings of...
Menu-Settings-CyanogenMod settings-Tablet tweaks-Bottom status bar

and here's a pic of "Reloaded ICS" mod that does it as well...