Problems since update

[HeatherLeah]

I installed Gingerbread earlier this week and it worked fine for a few days.  Now my notification bar has disappeared and I cannot get it back by swiping down.  Any ideas?????  This is quite frustrating.

[Asimoalex]

im missing contacts if that makes you feel better lol 

[TamaraH_VZW]

The notification bar disappeared? That would be frustrating! 

Have you tried the basics such as power off/on? If that doesn't work you can clear cookies/cache/history

1. From the browser main screen, select Menu.
2. Select More.
3. Select Settings.
4. Select Clear all cookie data.
    Cookies are used to store information that helps personalize the Web browsing experience. Cookies may contain information including: website preferences, login settings, shopping cart contents and more.
5. Select OK.
6. Select Clear cache.
    Visited website content stored on the device. The cache enables the browser to download only the content that has changed since the last time a website was visited. Since the browser only downloads changed content, pages are loaded faster.
7. Select OK.
8. Select Clear history.
    A listing of URLs (website addresses) that have been recently visited.
9. Select OK.