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CM7 install hangs at red Motorola logo

ripsting

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I've just failed my 5th CM7 flash attempt. I've been using Liberty 0.8 up until now, and have plenty of experience flashing ROMs.

I have a Droid 2, and am trying to flash CM7 103 (but I've also tried nightly 100 with the same result).

Steps:
  1. Power + UpArrow, use RSD Lite v5.3.1 to flash the original stock firmware
  2. Power + X, flash gingerbread OTA update, clear data + cache
  3. Root with the Droid 3 one-click script
  4. Install Droid 2 Bootstrapper
  5. Bootstrap Recovery (5.x.x.x) & reboot
  6. Clear data, cache, and Davlik (I've tried various combinations, leaving one or more out too)
  7. Install CM7, G-Apps (I've tried leaving out G-Apps too)
  8. Reboot... Hangs on red Motorola logo
  9. Go back to step 1
I've also tried installing ClockworkMod through Rom Manager, but it fails - it simply reboots my phone without going into recovery. What step am I missing?

Edit:
The new nightlies are based off of Froyo, not Gingerbread, so my system files didn't match.
 
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If it's the latest Cyanogenmod 7.1 you have to flash it from froyo not Gingerbread, the latest froyo update since it's a froyo based kernel.. Do not do it from gingerbread.
 
Using the Cyanogenmod firmware CM4D2-GB-20111006 instead of cm_droid2_full-103 worked. Whew! I got a boot-loop at the CM7 stakeboard splash screen, but was able to fix it by clearing data & cache (I had only cleared cache and Davlik originally).

So why would they be going back to Froyo after having a Gingerbread version?
 
Using the Cyanogenmod firmware CM4D2-GB-20111006 instead of cm_droid2_full-103 worked. Whew! I got a boot-loop at the CM7 stakeboard splash screen, but was able to fix it by clearing data & cache (I had only cleared cache and Davlik originally).

So why would they be going back to Froyo after having a Gingerbread version?
So that it could be the biggest let down of all year.
 
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