Filefield and Image field half work with editablefields

I have a content type with two filefields and an imagefield. They are put into regions using panels. It seems to "kind of" work.

The ajax edit will show the browse and upload if there is no file, and if there is a file, then there is a delete. Once clicking delete, the browse and upload appear, BUT it is as if the editablefields is not saving the result: once I view the page by reloading, or looking at it in a new window, the change has not taken place. It either is still empty or still shows the previous file.

I tried in firefox and safari to see if it was a browser issue, I also tried using the ajax edit or the click to edit.

There are some other issues about files and editablefields but some sound like issues were fixed and others sound like they are not. A couple were:
#386000: Support filefield module
#1018056: Imagefield compatibility with editablefields

Is this only an issue because I'm using panels?
Or does this work if a page has only one file field, and this doesn't work for me because I have more than one?

Note: each field is separate, none allow more than one field, and I'm not using any kind of "add another".