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hola all - I've been out of the Moto modding scene for awhile so haven't been keeping up on all the happenings. I have an E2 I purchased in Hong Kong last year that I've loaded different firmwares on, but never really used. I would like to load a stable, functional firmware onto the E2 now and give the phone to a friend who will *not* mess with it at all.

Which firmware should I load for:

- English :)
- all basic functions working correctly (SMS, MMS, Camera, etc.)
- for use on AT&T USA (aka Cungular USA), 850 already enabled (or I can enable post-install)
- AT&T Websessions file
- no constant hacks needed (i.e. no "thing" that needs re-done every time you reboot the phone)

As mentioned, the person I want to give it to is a phone *user*, not a phone nerd or hacker. I want to give it to her as a good, working phone to replace her piece of shit she's using (and calling me on, it sounds awful). The E2 hardware is a good phone for her (she used to use my E398 before actually breaking it in half, oops!) now all I need is good software to go with it for my friend.

Thanks!

ROKR Ultimate, but you need to setup the AT&T websession yourself. Quadband enabled of course. ;) I suggest this because this was the best MP with great stability and looking nice.

awesome, thanks. just so I'm sure what you mean 100%, this is the (only?) Ultimate firmware that you refer to:

R564_G_12.01.48P ROKR Ultimate
http://www.e2mod.com/content/view/197/26/

Anyone have a AT&T/Cingular web session they'd like to donate to my cause? (call me lazy, I don't care :) )

yeahh ROKR Ultimate is better for HER..

not much American here.....so we might not be able to help with web session setting.....after you flash to Ultimate,you might want to overclock the phone using APMD changer.....

ROKR Ultimate.....if you want music then K4RE

yeah ULTIMATE is the first firmware i've ever flashed ^^
but now i'm using K4RE for better sound in music ^^
its up to you bro

Only You v3...It's fast and stable....The best MP I've ever used for now.

honest question - why do you say Only You v3 instead of Ultimate? Is there something you like about Only You better?

(thanks for all the replies, everyone)

Coz it's the fastest MP among others that use Kaledoiscope patch.Ultimate is stable enough but slow perfomance.I've tested some monsterpacks and I dare to say that I'll give Only You v3 the number one rank...

OK, cool - so being faster, is it still just as stable in your opinion? are there any glitches you're aware of? remember who my target audience is here, this person doesn't mess with phones like we do; so everything has to "just work" without much craziness. she's nerdy, but not that nerdy. :)

If U mean that U need a simple one,U can consider Rokr Ultimate...Coz sometimes Kaledoiscope patch makes someone confused.

Only You V3,K4RE,and Self V2 is for advance user.. so if u just wanna give to whom is noobie.. better use ROKR Ultimate..

Yup ultimate is the answer for most stable n simple.
But you might consider latest stock f/w for her cos there is no add-on apps or mpkg  at all and that makes more simple :)

Ultimate is a gr8 choice, but if she is not in to modding and MPKGs, then u can use something else.
Also the only glitch is 'master clear' and 'master reset' dont work that well on most or all 48P fw.

In my experience, girl only care about the look and interface of the phone. So she will be change many skin.
You can't install skin on stock MP, so the best is Rokr Ultimate.
Actually that what I flashed when I give it to HER :)

Rokr ultimate is the best in my opinion..only u v3 is good but sub menu icon (like kaleidoscope) annoying me..u can make it (ultimate)faster  by overclocking programs(with shorter battery life)...and increasing the volume by volomodder one..and many other features...plus high stability of it

Whatever firmware you're going to use,just remember to download lots of skins for her....oh,and solidsnake,from what i know,we can install skin on stock MP,but we have to telnet to do it...

vote for ROKR Ultimate. simple, stable and nice looking

American AT&T user here.

ROKR Ultimate is gravy.  A SEEM edit will open up the 850 band if after flashing it's disabled.  Disabled the Chinese languages while texting and such and just added WAP/MMS settings which are listed on AT&T's site.

Good luck.