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Root oops, deleted stock loodeleted stock lockscreenockscree

wmarkhay

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Noob to Android after years of BlackBerry, but LOVING the Android freedom, I rooted my HTC Sensation 4G (not all that easily, I might add). In trying to remove bloatware, I deleted the stock Android default lockscreen, thinking that it was superfluous since T-Mobile/HTC had included the HTC lockscreen. What I failed to realize was that apparently the HTC one works on top of the default one (I even "quarantined" the deleted one before fully removing, and it still functioned fine, but must have been from cache or something because it no longer did after reboot). So, now no lockscreen comes up at all, no ring tab to pull, just a blank screen of wallpaper, effectively meaning I've bricked my phone. I'm hoping that I can do some kind of restore, perhaps an apk I could load from my PC onto my phone's SD card, or alternatively have some kind of recovery whereby I don't lose everything, programs and data such as contacts. I do have a Clockwork backup on the SD from a month or so ago, and can get my HBOOT menu offering me both factory reset and Recovery options, but not sure what I might lose doing either of those. Still learning Android, not even sure of terms like SuperCID and ICS, though reading much as I can to learn. I am looking for suggestions as to how I might recover just my lockscreen, or failing that, the best path to recovery after some sort of restoration. Have never yet flashed a ROM or done anything with firmware, but maybe this is the time since I may have nothing to lose, in a sense, don't know about either of those processes but want to learn and do.:rolleyes:
 
OK, seeing as nobody came to my info rescue, I'll post to myself in case it helps somebody in the future. Finally just got brave enough to push some buttons, and came out smelling like a rose. Did the HBoot via power button together with down volume after battery pull, chose Recovery, then Advanced, and then chose to just recover the System only from the one available recovery. Worked like a charm. Phone no longer rooted, but I'm going to try the OTA of ICS anyway and eventually re-root after that. Know I will have to flash stock recovery to replace the CWM (Clockwork) one that allowed me this recovery, as OTA ICS requires stock recovery, but that doesn't sound like a problem.
 
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