Just did the factory reset last night everything is back to normal I got all my stuff back including bookmarks. The only thing missing is minor tweaks like Wifi passwords, and minor system settings I had set up but other then that everything is back to normal. What a headache lol
It is a headache but I guess my phone needed it anyways so might as well
After updating my galaxy a7 with 6.0.1, quick notofication panel was missing. I restarted the phone in safe mode (please google how to restart a7 in safe mode) and then disabled the safe mode. suprisingly quick notification panel reappeared.
I found this in the LG G2 discussion, but the solution that worked for me was to clear all data from "Calendar Storage." Then, I got all my notification icons/info back.