I'm not sure if themes in general work on the storm 2 yet to be honest. Usually with each new device there needs to be a plazmic update, but since the storms are fairly similar I can see S1 themes working.
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my new best guess is that I purchased the 9000 and not the 95xx. My bad!! Thanx to everyone for getting back to me so quick. this is my first blackberry and I'm very excited to play with all the new toys as well as my work apps.
All of the themes for the original Storm were written for the 4.* operating system. Since the Storm 2 is sporting the 5.* operating system, they will not work without some type of hybrid/workaround.
the real problem was i ordered and downloaded for the wrong phone....i ordered for the 9000 and not the 95xx which is for the storm ...........sorry. thanx to all for trying to help me! when they send the correct download i'm sure it will work - with the slight tweaking for the wallpaper
My bad, I thought I was still in the 8330 Curve section.
That being said, while themes written for the earlier 95xx models generally work, there can be a few bugs (even you mentioned the "white bar" issue) and it makes me wonder what else is going down we don't know about. I have had themes that don't place icons correctly, menus that don't appear when/where they should, and so on. Nothing to stress about, but to say they are problem free is incorrect as well.