Thanks....I took your words literally in the OP that all I had to do was follow those steps and voila! I would be unbricked!
So, lets say that someone doesn't know what version they are running and is bootlooping...what steps would you follow?
Well if you have no idea on what system your on. Use the 173 Fastboot file unzip it to your desktop, download the edited xml file, replace the xml in the 173 folder, then fire up RSD Lite. Then it's as simple as run, sit back, let it finish and update, then after it boots or tries to boot, do a hard reset then enter stock recovery and do a factory data reset aka a wipe.
YOU MUST ALWAYS WIPE AFTER USING RSD. Then reroot via "moto-fail". Boom done in about 20 min. :-)