[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldDogEyes:
My Stock Rom N7 is stuck in a bootloop for the 2nd time.

Background:

This is the 2nd time my device has become stuck in a bootloop. First time detailed here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2088035

After the first crash detailed above, I thought that I had rooted my device with a one-click method presented here: http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/

But after using my 'supposedly rooted' N7 for a while I discovered that several of the rootcheckers available on the Play Store all reported that I didn't have root access. So now I'm not sure if it was rooted properly.

Details about the 2nd crash: A few months ago (yes, I was so disgusted that I just put the N7 back in it's box and have actively ignored it for about 2 months) I was using my N7, which at the time was my 'daily driver' for internet access / email / etc, and I suddenly started getting error messages saying that programs had crashed. One after another after another. Like an idiot I forced a power-off by holding the power button down. That's the last time it booted. FWIW, I am not into pirating or warez. I got burned about 12 years ago on my PC and swore it off. So I didn't have any software installed from rogue websites. All of the apps either came from the Play Store of the Amazon Android Store. I might have had one or two utilities that I got here on XDA but maybe not.

Where I am today: I can boot into the bootloader which is unlocked. The only way I can power the device off is to get into the bootloader and select 'Power off'... Otherwise it will just display the animated X forever.

If I try to go into recovery mode I am present with Clockwork Mod 6.0.1.0

In anycase, here is what I am asking for help with today...

I had progressed pretty far in several games (temple run 2, Real Racing 3 and a few others) and would like to try to retrieve my gaming save files before wiping the device. And yes, I know that RR3 NOW backs saves up to the cloud. My N7 crashed about a week before that feature was released... 8 > (

I know that ADB has a method to copy data off of a device via the command ADB GET PULL. I don't know what directories the data that I want is stored in and ideally would like to grab ALL the data off of the tablet except the OS (Android). I don't know who the partitions are laid out or if ADB GET PULL allows a wildcard to grab all directories? And lastly, given my impaired root state, I don't even know if I can access the partitions where the gaming save files are stored.

To be clear, I was signed into Google so all my other stuff was backed up. Just wanting my gaming save files.

Can anyone provide any tips/points or advice?

NOTE: I'm not above paying someone locally to help me if I could find such a person in the Denver area. I'm not sure if anyone will relate to this, but this has totally turned me off on mobile gaming. The first time my N7 crashed I was deep into several other games and lost all of those save files. It sucks. And I know that Google is moving in the right direction with the newly announced Play Games APIs, but each game developer has to implement it. But I yearn the transparent saving of my data like already happens with the native Google apps.

Many thanks!

Doug