kindof an older thread, but i have a similar problem...
im new to Android, and i just got this phone and im still trying to get used to it. im not going to Root my phone just yet... but i need to fix something i did, and i dont know how...
i was poking around, exploring what some of the stock aps were, and i clicked on Sprint ID. when it opened, it replaced my homepage, and entire layout with something else entirely! its almost like its a new phone, but with the same wallpaper! i HATE it! i want my old "stock" homepage layout back! with the Time and Date and weather bug thing... not the Google search and nothing else!
i was just getting used to where everything was and now its all gone! (its there, but not how i want it)
other than a factory reset, what can i do to undo the Sprint ID and get my stock homepage layout back??
I had the same problem. I tried to fix it myself, but could not find an obvious way to do it. I got so frustrated that I called Sprint for help. After being put on hold numerous time and passed around a few times, the last person said all they could do was walk me through a factory reset. I said no way. The person created an open ticket and said I could visit a Sprint retail store for (possible) assistance.
I went to a local Sprint store, and one of the attendants was able to fix the problem. At first, he was just as baffled as I. I brought my wife's phone (same Galaxy SII) and showed him they were both on the same level of Ice Cream Sandwich, and showed him the extreme differences in the desktops and the desktop features. He played around with it for a while (maybe 20-30 mins) before trying out something that worked.
Cut right to the solution... the Sprint Attendant downloaded another ID Pack. Once there were multiple different IDs packs available to the app, the default samsung ID pack was able to be loaded correctly; returning all my desktop icons to where they were before and all the features I was used to using, such as the ( . . . . . . .) panel widget, quick slider-switching between desktop panels, Google search widget only on one desktop rather than all, and ability to go from the last desktop panel directly back to the first (rather than hitting a brick wall and have to back-pedal).
Here's what the attendant and I believe was happening. The Sprint ID app has a default ID package (probably based on Gingerbread), and originally it matched the other ID pack which shows up as samsung. However, I updated my phone to Ice Cream Sandwich, and therefore the default Samsung desktop changed too. When I clicked on "My ID" the old default ID pack was loaded. However, when I went back into the Sprint ID app and clicked the "samsung" ID pack, it just reloaded its default. After downloading another ID Pack to the app (which must be done on the Sprint Network only - can't use wi-fi), then the Samsung ID became distinguishable as a separate ID pack. In my case, the attendant downloaded the Sprint ID pack (of course). He did not change the Sprint ID app settings to use the Sprint ID pack, he only download the Sprint ID pack so that it shows up as a possible ID Pack to use. After that, there were three ID options "My ID", "samsung" and "Sprint" and clicking the samsung ID re-loading the desktop to the exact same state it was in before it was hi-jacked.
Hope this helps someone out there.