[EVO Shift 4G General] riggsandroid:
CREDIT FOR MOST OF THIS THREAD GOES TO THE OP HERE

I did this just to get the ball rolling. Will update this more when there is a little time. Just wanted to provide a single place for all things related to CyanogenMod for our phone.

We are officially on the device list for CM7. This will be a source of information for the nightly builds and is NOT OFFICIAL. I am just compiling information to save people time and harassment in the IRC (Just kidding, its a great room, come chat with us)

Quick Links:

Nightlies (We do have official CM7 build up too!)

Google Apps - Download 8/28 version and new talk too

Commit Log

CM Forums Speedy - Evo Shift 4G - Experimental

Official Changelog at this link

List of features in CM7 Nightlies

Android 2.3.5

Kernel 2.6.32

Reorganization of CM Settings Menu

Changelog now in CM Settings -> System

T-Mobile Theme engine

Music app has updated 4x2 widget

Album art and song on lockscreen

Reorganized CM Settings

Battery % on lockscreen option

Lockscreen custom app launcher

Additional rotary lock screen options

Fix readahead values for NAND/MMC devices

Revamped notification widget - cvpcs

Updated various graphics for GB style - blunden

DSPManager updated for 2.3 - alankila

Restyled music app - Jason Asher

Rotary answer in Phone app - James Peterson

BT VoiceDialer fixes - Matthew Sparby

Calendar enhancements - James Peterson

Stagefright fixes for 7x30, 8x50, and 7x27 - Zinx, arcee, Cyanogen

Pacman package manager - Kmobs

Workaround for unknown phone number - Jiri Tyr

Trackball answer/hangup - Juan Rodriguez

CMParts reorganization - Robert Burns

New browser incognito mode - optedoblivion

New trackball/trackpad wake - Zinx, Cyanogen

Legacy sensor/GPS support - arcee

Enabled v8 javascript engine on armv6 (msm7227/msm7225) - arcee

Customizable overscroll - arcee

Torch cleanup - defer

2D compositor backwards compatibility - arcee

OpenGL backwards compatibility - Zinx, Cyanogen

SMS templates using gestures - Riccardo Ciovati

Phone Goggles - David Bidorff

Option to always show battery percentage on lockscreen - Robert Burns

CPU frequency/scaling control in CMParts - Robert Ramiega

Option to pause/play music with camera button - cvpcs

Allow SIP User-Agent configuration - arcee

Updated FLAC support - cvpcs, Cyanogen, kroot (laydros says YAY!)

Common: Updated wallpapers - Fitsnugly, Prash

Common: Customizable search/long-press search - Sven Dawitz

Common: New lockscreen styles - Rotary Revamped (default) and Lense - Sven Dawitz

Common: Customizable app launcher on rotary lockscreen - Sven Dawitz

Common: Now playing and album art on lockscreen - kmobs

Common: GPS fixes - CodeAurora

Common: Breakfast/Brunch - arcee

Common: Statusbar battery percentage with mini icon - Sven Dawitz, design by Jazz Kalsi

Common: SMS split for braindead carriers - Mike Wielgosz

Common: CMParts cleanup - Sven Dawitz

Common: Notification profiles - Martin Long

##########################################

Installation Info

You must be fully rooted (including NAND rooted) see the Perm root thread in the Dev section of the Shift forums for a few diff. ways to achieve this!

See links posted above.

First time CM7 user:

Confirm lastest recovery from ROM Manager is installed. Should be CWM 3.0.1.4

DL and transfer nightly and GAPPS to SD Card. Anywhere is fine, just remember where

Boot into recovery and make a NANDROID backup. Choose Backup/Restore from main menu - then backup. Or use ROM Manager to create a backup as well.

Once this is done, wipe data/cache (Factory Reset) this will reduce your chances of having any issues. You can use Titanium Backup to backup your apps from your original ROM, and restore them on CM7.

Flash the nightly zip file.

Flash the GAPPs file which adds the Market and allows you to download things like GMail, Goggles, Voice Search, and Maps.

Suggestion - If you have Ti Backup of your apps and plan to restore, don't sign into Google upon first boot, as this usually starts a download of all your apps, and will bog down your phone. There is no need to DL all of this when you have them all on your phone. The only thing you need to do is have an installable apk for Ti backup. After running through the initial setup screen, install Ti Backup and restore Apps.

Nightly Addict:

Flash to get your fix. Na0wz!

No need to re-flash GAPPs everytime and nightlies do not touch your installed apps. (Typically, bad things can happen so flashing nightlies are at your own risk)

There are now only two versions of GApps, one for Tegra CPUs and one for non. For the Shift you want the standard version without Tegra support

GApps changed for CM7 and only has the basics for market access. When you first log in you will be given a screen of checkboxes to download the apps you want. You can also add them manually later from the market.

Thanks again for your hard work to the entire CM team, but most especially ToastCFH who has been hard at work getting us a working ROM.