Crazy fun this is...
Ok just my two cents on this since I 'thought' I had a problem with this, but after speaking to a fellow tweeter online, it's a totally separate issue for me...
First, had the random "Airplane Mode" thing with all connections shutting down on the second day of having my Moment. Wife's was fine, so I figured it might be a glitch. Read up on widgets and issues and such and realized that many of the widgets I had installed were only for 1.6 and up. Oooops!
The first thing to look at is that is your phone really in "Airplane Mode" or do you have the 'No Network' indicator of an "X" above the bars. The no network indicator happens "Very often" according to the tech for various reasons and often has the same message removing your phone from airplane mode to make a call.
Usually the Moment suffers from this for one of two reasons: inside buildings (concrete) or in fair-poor coverage areas on the Sprint map. The fix for this will be increasing the radio's strength (which will cause more drain on the battery) but they did not want to implement this is CL14 due to the fact that battery life was so poor to start with. It will be coming in the next MR when they have a few other bugs worked out that cause excessive drain.
The second was an "overload" of data that causes the phone to drop the network connection. Streaming music from Pandora, Videos from Qik, etc... are ways to overload the phone. Sure, the device will do it, but there may be side-effects from it.
Now, if your phone is actually switching to 'Airplane Mode' where the little plane appears above the bars, not an "x", they recommend a better locking program as an easy fix for you as the usual cause is the phone unlocks, then gets pushed into airplane mode by your pocket.
Again,these were just a few tips that the tech gave me on this topic, take them for what they are worth. I trust that the underpowered radio issue will get a patch in 2.1 and hopefully things will hold together fine until then with minimal widget use.
Good Luck!
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