A mobile wireless device comprising: a first receiver and a second receiver interconnected with a first antenna and a second antenna through a switching apparatus; a processor in data communication with the first receiver and the second receiver; and logic in data communication with the processor and the first receiver and the second receiver, the logic configured to: switch signal reception of a paging channel between the first antenna and the second antenna based on decoding of a received page indicator on a page indicator channel, wherein said switching signal reception is performed based on decoding of the received page indicator resulting in an erasure value indicating that neither an unequivocal "ON" nor an unequivocal "OFF" is present; enable signal reception through both the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing in the first receiver and the second receiver when multiple consecutive paging messages received on a paging channel decode with an incorrect error checking code; and re-enable signal reception through only one of the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing by only one of the first receiver and the second receiver when a plurality of consecutive paging messages received on the paging channel in consecutive discontinuous reception cycles decode with correct error checking codes. a first receiver and a second receiver interconnected with a first antenna and a second antenna through a switching apparatus; a processor in data communication with the first receiver and the second receiver; and logic in data communication with the processor and the first receiver and the second receiver, the logic configured to: switch signal reception of a paging channel between the first antenna and the second antenna based on decoding of a received page indicator on a page indicator channel, wherein said switching signal reception is performed based on decoding of the received page indicator resulting in an erasure value indicating that neither an unequivocal "ON" nor an unequivocal "OFF" is present; enable signal reception through both the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing in the first receiver and the second receiver when multiple consecutive paging messages received on a paging channel decode with an incorrect error checking code; and re-enable signal reception through only one of the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing by only one of the first receiver and the second receiver when a plurality of consecutive paging messages received on the paging channel in consecutive discontinuous reception cycles decode with correct error checking codes. switch signal reception of a paging channel between the first antenna and the second antenna based on decoding of a received page indicator on a page indicator channel, wherein said switching signal reception is performed based on decoding of the received page indicator resulting in an erasure value indicating that neither an unequivocal "ON" nor an unequivocal "OFF" is present; enable signal reception through both the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing in the first receiver and the second receiver when multiple consecutive paging messages received on a paging channel decode with an incorrect error checking code; and re-enable signal reception through only one of the first antenna and the second antenna and signal processing by only one of the first receiver and the second receiver when a plurality of consecutive paging messages received on the paging channel in consecutive discontinuous reception cycles decode with correct error checking codes.