[Droid Ultra General] TEPEM:
Hey guys, thank you for assistance. Now let me lay out the whole story together to keep you on the same page.

So it was XT1080MDEV phone running 4.2.2

- System Version 12.7.7.obake-maxx_verizon.Verizon.en.US

- Baseband MSM8960PRO_BP_2323.011.75.00R

- Build Number 12.9.0Q2.X-160-OBK_TA-14-7

It was bootloader unlocked but with a stock reovery and unrooted. I operated fastboot so I took to flash custom recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img while in fastboot mode.

It worked out great: it flashed and also offered to install SuperSU after 1st start so I rooted and was playing with phone for a while. The phone was on Wifi without SIM and I never customized system - rather installed few apps and played Asphalt. I turned it off and on few times and even did a full backup with TWRP.

Then I left my phone on and unattended for 15 mins maybe and when I was back I discovered that it shows standard boot message "Warning Unlocked Recovery....etc" but after hanging a bit it does not show droid splashscreen and boot but turns black a shows "Warning Unlocked Recovery....etc" message again.

So primarily I got this bootloop with no possibility to even power off the phone. By holding Power and Volume Down buttons for 10 seconds and releasing them I am able to get into fastboot mode. I tried "Normal Powerup", "Factory", "Recovery" and "BP Tools" - all result in the same bootloop. "Barcodes" shows IMEI etc.

Since bootloader mode was the only option available for me I was trying out flashing different recoveries. Here's the list of what I tried with no luck:

- openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-obake.img

- philz_touch_6.19.3-xt1060.img

- twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img

- stock recovery (stock one taken from VZW-4.2.2-SU1-15-3-release-keys.xml.zip FW)

After all those runabouts with recoveries I caught myself thinking that it all looks like it's not a recovery which is "broken" - but rather a boot.

So I tried flashing boot.img (from VZW-4.2.2-SU1-15-3-release-keys.xml.zip FW) - no results. It is the same bootloop.

This is where I decided to flash the whole stock firmware VZW-4.2.2-SU1-15-3-release-keys.xml.zip with RSDLite 6.1.5. It flashed firmware without any errors as I removed <step var="max-download-size" operation="getvar"> from the xml file as indicated in how-to- guide, but the phone is stuck in the same bootloop.

Now behavior has changed a bit and it seems I can power it off. However I left it in bootloader mode and hooked to USB on a working PC since this is the way it's charing.

When selecting either "Normal Powerup" or "Factory" it displays

static

"Warning Unlocked Recovery....etc" message.

When selecting either "Recovery" or "BP Tools" it result in the same bootloop: "Warning Unlocked Recovery....etc" message

appears and disappears in loop.

"Barcodes" still hows IMEI etc.

I can see now that bootloader version has changed from 30.70 (sha-88483d6, 2013-07-02 15:32:03) to 30.B0 (sha-e8687f9, 2013-08-20 21:05:17) but phone still won't boot.

I tried flashing stock 4.2.2 two times with RSD - just to make sure everything is done fine and any occasional factor is excluded but results are the same.

Please help!

P.S. I attach a screenshot of the bootloader - this is the only operable mode I am able to access.