Home Button Not Working After Upgrade to 2.2

I have a Gen 2 iTouch which I upgraded the firmware to 2.2. Since that occured, the Home button doesn't seem to work and then only way I can get back to the Home screen is for me to shut down the iTouch and then turn it back on. I tried to restore back to the original firmware but it appears that I can not go back to the previous version.
Is anyone else having this issue? Has anyone found a resolution? Is Apple addressing this issue?

Not sure exactly what caused the home button problem, but you can go back to the previous firmware. Just hold the shift key when selecting restore, and a window will pop up for you to select which firmware file you want to use. Drill down to the original firmware (you may need to change folder options to view hidden files etc) then you can restore as usual.
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