I'm at my wits end. Just switched from Palm Pre

[Kevin OQuinn]

The act of rooting won't wipe your device. I'm not sure why you're getting those errors (I haven't personally rooted an EVO since 2.1) but someone else will chime in with some ideas I'm sure.

 

[a1hildeb]

[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 S-OFF - Got the Game Upset Edition - Updated 12.16.10 - Page 183 - xda-developers

z4root is your friend....I got it to work! it's so easy i was able to do it after having several beers. I love it when that happens