A method (100) in a multi-transmitter mobile device (201) can include transmitting (102) a signal in a first mode causing an interrupting signal to a transmission in a second mode, receiving (104) commands to increase power in the second mode as a result of the interrupting signal, and circumventing (106) the commands to increase power in the second mode when transmitting the signal in the first mode interrupts the signal in the second mode. The method can circumvent commands to increase power by alternating (108) a power control bit up and down and masking a true bit coming from a base station to the multi-transmitter mobile device. In another alternative, the method can circumvent by storing (110) a power control setting prior to the interrupting signal with a stored value, waiting for a removal of the interrupting signal, and overwriting a calculated power control setting with the stored value.