[Q] Rooted on 2.3.4, upgraded OTA now cannot root - Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I was running 2.3.4 on my Defy+, and sucessfully rooted it using SuperOneClick.
Then installed 2ndinit and tried to install CM7.1, but it failed (as per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21272667#post21272667), so I tried an OTA update, and it updated it to 2.3.6
Now however, the phone is not rooted (presume the OTA 'unrooted'), but superuser is still in app drawer and 2ndinit boot menu is there still.
In boot menu, if I try 'customer recovery', it fails, telling me something doesn't exist - I presume because it's not rooted.
However, now I cannot root it running 2.3.6 - I have tried a heap of different methods posted in threads, but I still cannot root it...
So... other than a new rooting method, I was thinking to restore it to 2.3.4 where I can root it and try CM again.
I did a stock recovery on the phone, and it returned it to it's factory state, BUT still updated as 2.3.6 - stock recovery did not return it to 2.3.4, nor did it remove superuser app or 2ndint.
How do I / can I revert it back to 2.3.4 so I can essentially start again?
I can't 'uninstall' 2ndint or access Nandroid (I have a nandroid backup of original 2.3.4...) as it's not rooted!
Thanks in advance!
Rob

Fixed by completely bricking the phone (black screen, no boot at all, but RSDLite recognised it) by installing some unusable ROM (don't ask why), and then using RSDLite to flash a new 2.3.6 Defy+ Rom and then that rom was rootable using SuperOneClick.
The ROM that I got on there working was "DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-132_BLUR"

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First, I may have misspoken, apologies -- the terminology is new to me. Safestrap has a version of TWRP, and that is what I mean when I say that I have TWRP installed. I don't have it separately installed. Does that change your advice?
Second, can I flash a zip of SU from Safestrap? Would I navigate to the Titanium Backup .zip and use the install function of Safestrap?
I deeply appreciate the advice. I may indeed have to go back to stock with the 1.20 utility, as you note.
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