space bar and other buttons exit applications and go to today screen / call history

[JonAllen816]

so this just started happening this morning and as the title says the space bar and other buttons (option key, period and caps lock) exit texting (tmail.exe) Opera Mobile and other applications and then it goes to the today screen or my call history. I have backed up my phone with sprite backup, hard reset and then restored with sprite and the issue remains. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?