Is anyone else experiencing issues with menus showing up in the LCD in OVF mode?



Here is a detailed explanation of what I'm experiencing below:
I'm not sure if my X100 started doing this or I just never noticed but I like to shoot without the LCD, I rarely use it. With this habit, I noticed some quirks/pet peeves of mine so this is all written from the perspective of keeping everything VF Only.

1a) When in OVF, hitting the Menu button always throws the display to the LCD. And although the view mode can be changed to VF Only, it doesn't seem to stick. Meaning once I exit out of the menu and go back in, it will be at the LCD again.

1b) Same when going into the camera settings (blue) menu. It always wants to display on the LCD in OVF mode and can only be changed to Eye Sensor mode by hitting the View Mode button with my eye held up to the VF.

1c) This also happens with any of the control dial menus such as Macro and Drive and WB mode but WB is the only one that can be changed to VF Only but it also doesn't stick just like the Menu. But with any of these, you can set it to Eye Sensor and it will stick and all show in the VF only when your eye triggers the sensor.

What that means is I can't really shoot discreetly in OVF mode and frankly, its a little annoying.

2) When in AF-S/C mode, I have my AE/FL button set to lock focus only but once locked, turning the aperture ring does nothing and doesn't affect the outcome of the photos. So essentially, its locking both exposure and focus. It doesn't do that if the aperture is set to A though.

I'd like to know if my camera is the only one doing this or if its the same across the board. Also to note may be that my FW is only 1.21. I'll upgrade if that seems to be the culprit as I've been meaning to do it but just wanted to get feedback first.