Anyting I can do to get better reception on Mogul or it's just like this?

[Procter]

I've been using Mogul for like a week or so, and had a Palm 755p before that (DOA and exchanged).

With Palm, I had 3-4 bars at home, and solid 3 bars in my office. But this Mogul only holds 1 bar or no bar at all at home, and even roaming in my office. The indicator changes to "1x" with more bars (2-3) when there's a call ongoing, then switched back to EV with no bar or 1 bar.

From the Sprint coverage map, both my home and my office are in deep green area.

My battery drains fast because of this ev-1x switch and weak signal, a fully charged battery will have only less than 50% remaining after a day. I don't have a lot phone calls during the day, and seldom have time to surf the web. I close the data connection once done with the email checking and stuff.

Is there anything missing to tweak the phone for better signal, or it just sucks as a phone. I remember I saw someone posted here highly praising the reception of Mogul, but my personal experience is just the opposite.