Flashed and it seems to have solved the issue as the status bar is now correctly shown uppon reboot.
Howerver, there's still something a little odd...
I constantly get the "Updating Android OS - Opening App" message just before the launcher is launched after a normal reboot. Just like when you wipe the dalvik cache. The dalvik cache is not updated as I do not see the "updating apps" message with the number of apps being updated ... only the "Opening apps" message.
Nothing important, just thought I'd let you know.
P.S.: My phone runs in French, so I translated to messages I get. The translations are probably not exactly the same as what's displayed on your phone if it's running in English, but they should be close enough so you see what I mean. If not, let me know, I'll switch language, reboot and tell you the exact messages.