OK, I got it. I flash UD just to straighten this out :biggrin: and then downloaded the theme from the very link posted in the OP. Here is what my pull down looked like before any changes:
Not very pretty at all!
Then I went into User Interface > Date and provider > Carrier PLMN and Carrier SPN are both black. Then went into Notifications colors > ticker color is white / notifications count color is black / no notifications title color is black (just realized I always have stuff ongoing so I didn't test this ... it may need to be white) / clear notification is red (choose what you like) / Ongoing notification title color is white / latest notification title color is white / ALL items under Items notifications (title, text, time) are black.
Here is my end result:
Hope this helps!!
I appreciate ALL the effort you went through and changed everything to what you just did, but it's still a no-go. Don't worry about it.
That's strange ... maybe try clearing your cache??