brick?

[cozmic]

please excuse the cross posting, but i'm desparate for an answer.
my tp2 touch screen stopped working, so i'm getting a new one via extended warranty and have to send my old one back. so i need to flash the stock rom back and have it relocked.
the steps i took in this process are:
1) loaded a custom rom and it was working.
2) tried to install the relocker - it got stuck on a white screen "loading......" i read in another thread that the phone has to be locked before i can load the stock vzw rom which is why i did'nt load the stock rom before relocking. (i did try to install the stock rom but it wouldn't work, which is why i started at step 1 above (reload a custom rom))
3) now i can't install anything. in the tri-color screen it gives me an error message, but i can't read it before it goes to "loading....." again.

is there any help for this? i doubt i can send it back to vzw like this.

thanks in advance!