Easiest way to stock?

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Is there a recovery partition that I can just do reset to factory defaults and it place all the bloat back on the phone, or do I need to add it all back then reset to factory defaults.

Reason I ask is that I just started getting a couple dead pixels on the left side of my screen and I want to get a replacement (i've only had the phone about 3 weeks).

You need to place all the apps your removed back. There is no "backup partition" that holds a copy of the phone the way it came from the factory.

Restore all the apps then you can do a Factory Reset.

Factory resetting on one with missing apps (required apps) will cause more damage.