"Internet Tethering" won't stop searching when set to "Airplane Mode"

Question

I recently went abroad to Brazil and I set up my iPhone in Airplane mode, I notice that "INTERNET TETHERING" was constantly "SEARCHING" and in turn shortening my iphone's battery life.
I went to the Apple store and show them an I was told " NO it won't use up your battery life..." I know my phone and when I had it on version 3 I didn't have this issue.

Answer 1

Hey,
> Do you run into the issue in Photoshop it the case when you use <CMD>+< - > ?
No, works fine. Although its not the best alternative, because my method allows to "specify" the zooming region (due to the mouse position)
> Did you try to reset the zoom tool (Right-click on the magnifier icon on the option bar?)
I did do a reset, but it didn't influence the "bad" behavior.
> Do you have a key repeater function activated in the OS (accessibility?)?
None that I know of. Couldn't find any. But if so, shouldn't it affect the zooming in as well (which isn't the case)?
> If you never use the animated zoom, you can disable it in Photoshop>preferences>general>animated zoom.
I tried both: enabled it causes the mentioned "error" behavior. Disabled the zoom out stops but its remarkably unresponsive: Once I use the key combination and click the left-mouse-btn it takes seconds before the zoom out happes; the process _feels_ quite long.
Best,
j