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The "R" for roaming uses less battery than the no signal icon. If you have roaming disabled. the phone seems to keep searching the spectrum for sprint signals instead of hanging out on the roaming signal for awhile. this becomes evident by how hot the phone gets while searching for a signal when there isn't one. I leave roaming on since it is included in my contract. If you're worried about battery usage while roaming 1xRTT on verizon, disable data roaming in phone prefs. BTW, alltel allows you to roam on EVDO.
I do have to use airplane mode in one of the buildings at work, because there is barely any signal in that building at all. While in this building, the phone gets uncomfortably hot while searching for a signal.
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