Hey bigmattfromg Welcome to Android Forums, you have came to the best place of knowledgeable individuals for the DX, unfortunately there is no way to infact change the status bar color without being root, if you want to root and want to learn more about it, step inside the All Things Root sub-forum, and post there, either myself or someone will gladly get you in the process of learning the art of rooting, and learning how to SBF, which is the most handy tool us rooting dxers have.
good luck to you, and we hope to get all your questions answered