I had an accident with my 8830 the other week and had to get a new 8830. I am on sprint and I noticed when it started it up it has a new splash screen that sasys something like "sprint speed" (in yellow letter with a black background). Says its version 4.2.2.176 platform 3.0.0.76. And I can report that I have not had the annoying loss of data yet, and I would have it almost daily on my other 8830, and in the past few weeks I have been downloading a lot of junk to get it back all the stuff my old 8830 had and not a single disconnect.

So judging by a poll I made about the people who have the issue and dont have it, it could be possible that in the end its a hardware issue, unless that software version I posted above for Sprint is different than whats on the site for download (I am almost 99% positive they are the same)