there is no other way
Not really..
I think rooting is what people buy an Android for anyway if I am not mistaken. Not sure if there is even an "HomeBrew" community.
i just scarred, i wanna test my evo out before i root it. does rooting make it faster? on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is rooting i pretty good with computers. i flashed all my balckberrys all the time
im also interested in this. I want to get get rid of nascar, sprint tv, etc