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30 floors up, any suggestions?

My office is on the 30th floor of a high-rise in the middle of downtown Chicago. On a workday, I'll take my phone off the charger at 7AM, and my battery will be toast by 1PM with minimal use. On a weekend, with minimal use, I can leave the phone unplugged from Saturday morning until Sunday night and still have a little charge left over.

While I'm at my desk, the phone fades between low signal 1xRTT, high signal 1xRTT, low signal 3G, high signal 3G. I've tried different spots on my desk, even in a drawer, but it constantly flips around.

I have tried turning off the GSM radio, which didn't help, I also tried using an app called AutoPilot to automatically shut off the cell radio when signal got too low, but I don't think it ever got low enough to actually trigger the shutoff. Anyone else have anything I can try, besides just giving up and putting the device in airplane mode while I'm at work?

Thanks!

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mortb

Have no idea why your battery loses power so fast in your office. The only thing I can think of is because of all the steel and concret surrounding you, the phone has to work doubly hard to maintain a signal. My suggestions, first lose the AutoPilot apps, it probably is always on and eating up power, second, invest in a second charger and keep it in your desk drawer. If you have wifi, bluetooth and GSP on, unless you absolutely need them, shut them off.

pool_shark

Since you're in the office take a usb charger with you, that's what I do. I charge mine all day long in the office.

nixternal

Go up 2 more floors! I at times work on the 32nd floor of another building in the center of downtown Chicago and I actually get a good signal up here. I can see Presidential Towers from the office, and I am told that Verizon has something on top. Though when I was working in the West Loop Gate area I had the same issue, though with a Blackberry back then. Your only option is to plug it into a power source.

The reason the phone dies so quick, and this did it on Blackberry's and other phones as well, is that it sits there and does a 'Searching for Signal'. This kills a battery quick. I have this same exact problem at home out here in the burbs. I guess that mob of Verizon people are afraid of my ghetto, so this is a place they don't show up behind me like in the commercials :smileyhappy:

FYI, I have tried the extender in various downtown locations w/o any luck.

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