[WanderingMinstrel]

Also check the Epic 4G development section. djgallis has started several threads overviewing the latest EI22 options. Most of them come with root, ACS recovery or latest CWM5, no CIQ, and other essentials already baked in. Practically all of them are flashable if you have CWM3.x or later. You can odin the EI22 modem or get it OTA from Sprint in the official OTA release and take it from there.