This is what I do in the onResume override:
// Fix PreferenceFragment's padding...
int paddingSize = 0;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 14)
{
paddingSize = (int) (-32 * CLS_Gfx.scale);
}
else
{
paddingSize = (int) (-16 * CLS_Gfx.scale);
}
final View v = getView();
v.setPadding(paddingSize, 0, paddingSize, 0);