Bottom keys light up before screen when turning display back on

[lipidfats]

Anyone heard of this? My friend said this is how his evo is acting (even after a hard reset) when pressing the power button to bring it out of sleep...
The bottom row of keys light up first, then the bottom of the screen lights up, followed by the rest of the screen.

The uneven screen glitching is weird to begin with... but for me, the screen turns on first, then a second later the bottom row of keys. His is in like reverse for some reason...

Something is up. I'm on Android 2.1 and he's 2.2 btw (he just bought his evo).

edit: just discovered that this is an android 2.2 thing... i finally took the plunge and installed it... sure enough, first thing i noticed was the 1 sec lag for the screen turning on after the keys light up. No idea why they think this is better than the screen turning on instantly first... sometimes I think monkeys come up with update ideas.