I don't have a clue how to fix it, but I know that the problem does effect many folks. I was in a Costco the other day, this guy was wandering around with a cell phone stuck in his ear, talking to who knows who, when his cell battery died. I actually saw fear on his face, when he tried and tried to make a call out and couldn't. From what we could hear of the conversation (not trying to, but he was a loud talker), this had not an earthshattering call, just BSing with someone, yet he appeared to be approaching the panic stage, as in "oh my God, I am all alone in this store full of people and my cell is dead"...