-        setSupportProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(mSyncInProgress);
-            // always AFTER setContentView(...) ; to work around bug in its implementation
+
+        mProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
+        mProgressBar.setIndeterminateDrawable(
+                getResources().getDrawable(
+                        R.drawable.actionbar_progress_indeterminate_horizontal));
+        mProgressBar.setIndeterminate(mSyncInProgress);
+        // always AFTER setContentView(...) ; to work around bug in its implementation