[Sony XA2 Ultra ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LuK1337:
Sounds like AOSP broke your /persist perms lol.

Try comparing selinux labels, users and groups with that:

H3113:/ # ls -laZR /persist
/persist:
total 88
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root u:object_r:rootfs:s0 4096 2019-06-16 12:24 ..
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_alarm_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 21:51 alarm
drwxrwx--- 2 audio audio u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 22:40 audio
drwxrwx--- 2 bluetooth bluetooth u:object_r:persist_bluetooth_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 bluetooth
drwx------ 2 root system u:object_r:persist_bms_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 bms
drwx------ 2 system system u:object_r:persist_drm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 data
drwxrwx--- 2 system graphics u:object_r:persist_display_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 display
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_drm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 drm
drwxrwx--- 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs_shared u:object_r:persist_rfs_shared_hlos_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 hlos_rfs
drwx------ 2 root root u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 lost+found
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_misc_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 misc
drwxrwx--- 2 radio system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 2019-04-28 12:44 pc
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 properties
drwx------ 2 system system u:object_r:persist_qti_fp_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 qti_fp
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 rfs
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_secnvm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 secnvm
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 sensors
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 4096 2018-12-05 00:15 speccfg
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 21:50 time
drwxrwx--- 2 media media u:object_r:persist_vpp_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 vpp

/persist/alarm:
total 16
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_alarm_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 21:51 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
-rw------- 1 system system u:object_r:persist_alarm_file:s0 49 2019-04-25 22:57 data

/persist/audio:
total 16
drwxrwx--- 2 audio audio u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 22:40 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
-rw------- 1 audioserver audio u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 8 2019-04-22 22:40 audio.cal

/persist/bluetooth:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 bluetooth bluetooth u:object_r:persist_bluetooth_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/bms:
total 12
drwx------ 2 root system u:object_r:persist_bms_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/data:
total 12
drwx------ 2 system system u:object_r:persist_drm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/display:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 system graphics u:object_r:persist_display_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/drm:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_drm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/hlos_rfs:
total 16
drwxrwx--- 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs_shared u:object_r:persist_rfs_shared_hlos_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
drwxrwx--- 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs_shared u:object_r:persist_rfs_shared_hlos_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 shared

/persist/hlos_rfs/shared:
total 8
drwxrwx--- 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs_shared u:object_r:persist_rfs_shared_hlos_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--- 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs_shared u:object_r:persist_rfs_shared_hlos_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/lost+found:
total 12
drwx------ 2 root root u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/misc:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_misc_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/pc:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 radio system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 2019-04-28 12:44 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 system cache u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 0 2019-04-28 12:44 boot.complete

/persist/properties:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/qti_fp:
total 12
drwx------ 2 system system u:object_r:persist_qti_fp_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:23 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/rfs:
total 28
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
drwx------ 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 apq
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 mdm
drwx------ 5 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 msm
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 shared

/persist/rfs/apq:
total 12
drwx------ 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 gnss

/persist/rfs/apq/gnss:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 3 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/mdm:
total 24
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 adsp
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 mpss
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 slpi
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 tn

/persist/rfs/mdm/adsp:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/mdm/mpss:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/mdm/slpi:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/mdm/tn:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/msm:
total 20
drwx------ 5 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 adsp
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 2019-06-16 12:30 mpss
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 slpi

/persist/rfs/msm/adsp:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 5 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss:
total 12
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 2019-06-16 12:30 .
drwx------ 5 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
-rw------- 1 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 5 2019-06-16 12:30 server_check.txt

/persist/rfs/msm/slpi:
total 8
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 5 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/rfs/shared:
total 12
drwx------ 2 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 6 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 vendor_rfs vendor_rfs u:object_r:persist_rfs_file:s0 15 1971-04-01 23:24 server_info.txt

/persist/secnvm:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_secnvm_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

/persist/sensors:
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
drwx------ 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 registry
-rw-r--r-- 1 system root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 2 2018-12-04 22:51 sensors_settings
-rwx------ 1 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 25468 1971-05-26 14:09 sns.reg

/persist/sensors/registry:
total 12
drwx------ 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..
drwx------ 2 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 registry

/persist/sensors/registry/registry:
total 8
drwx------ 2 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwx------ 3 root root u:object_r:sensors_persist_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 ..

/persist/speccfg:
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 4096 2018-12-05 00:15 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 0 2018-12-05 00:15 .not_triggered
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 4 2018-12-05 00:15 devicetype
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 0 2018-12-05 00:15 mbnversion
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 0 2018-12-05 00:15 partition
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 57 2018-12-05 00:15 spec
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 1 2018-12-05 00:15 submask
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 109 2018-12-05 00:15 vendor_persist.prop
-rw-r--r-- 1 system system u:object_r:regionalization_file:s0 110 2018-12-05 00:15 vendor_ro.prop

/persist/time:
total 36
drwxrwx--- 2 system system u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 4096 2019-04-22 21:50 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 12:34 ats_1
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 12:07 ats_12
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 12:07 ats_13
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 11:58 ats_15
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 12:34 ats_16
-rw------- 1 system net_raw u:object_r:persist_time_file:s0 8 2019-06-16 12:34 ats_2

/persist/vpp:
total 12
drwxrwx--- 2 media media u:object_r:persist_vpp_file:s0 4096 1971-04-01 23:24 .
drwxrwx--x 21 root system u:object_r:mnt_vendor_file:s0 4096 1971-04-07 15:08 ..

[ btw I wiped my phone few weeks ago and it was still working ]