OK, I had a Droid Razr that I attempted to root & flash. This ended up bricking it in the "Encryption Failed" boot loop. I had an upgrade available so I went to a Droid Razr Maxx HD which I loved. That phone took a little bath last night and so it is disassembled and drying out for a couple days.
After beating my head against the Razr all day, I was able to unbrick it and its running 4.1.2. (Jelly Bean). I am quite hesitant about trying to root this again and install a custom ROM since I no longer have a backup device.
I have gone through the how to's and such but I'm not sure what's the correct path to take forward. I am now somewhat familiar with how to boot in to Fastboot, recovery, transfer zip files to SD card, etc.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.