[Q] Black screen after boot (Briefly see notification bar/clock)

taylorad

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T-Mobile Moto X Developer edition, rooted, SuperSU

It shows the motorola animation, then the screen goes black.
For a split second, the notification bar (empty save the clock) and the three on screen "buttons" at the bottom both show up, then quickly disappear.

I can get into twrp recovery. Wiped cache & dalvik, rebooted to system. Got the "android is upgrading" box, screen stayed on while this was completing, but then went off and once again I only see the notification bar and the buttons for a split second.

I had installed "delayed lock" and "adblock plus" earlier today, but the phone has been restarted since then without incident.

The reboot immediately before this first happened was initiated from within ROM Toolbox Pro.

The notification bar and the three on screen buttons reappear for a split second when i pick the phone up as well (presumably when it would be showing me active notifications)

I am fairly certain I know how to reflash to the moto dev edition factory image, but was hoping to avoid if at all possible. Any simpler suggestions?

Supposedly there is a "SAFE MODE" (no 3rd party apps) you can access by holding both volume buttons once the motorola splash appears, but I can't seem to get that to work.
Additionally, within the moto recovery img, you can hit volume up for 10 seconds then press and release power to access these options: reboot, apply update from sdcard, apply update from ADB, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition.
 
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