[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i5lee8bit:
I've got something really weird going on, and I'm not sure what to do next. And please bear with me as it's kinda weird to explain this. The crazy thing is that I have my phone (P7 Pro) and my wife's phones (P7) setup just about identically in terms of mods!

Magisk 25.2 stable, USNF "test" from this thread, Shamiko 0.5.2 (SAME EXACT core stuff hidden / denylisted on both, btw).

Other Magisk modules: ADB & Fastboot, BusyBox, skvalex Call Recorder, LSposed Zygisk, AOSP Mods (latest version of everything here)

Xposed modules: AOSP Mods, Classic Power Menu

** and EVERYTHING on the list above is identical on both our phones.

tl;dr - Chrome won't stay sync'ed. Can't log into GPay app (fails at the OTP verification, never gets sent to me). Random Google Support Services crashes.

Here's where it gets really weird - Chrome does sync, technically. But if the app ever gets killed (naturally or forced) and I need to open it again [[not sure if this is the exact conditions to cause it, but definitely makes the problem happen consistently]] it is no longer sync'ed and instead prompts me as if I weren't already signed in that I need to do so in order to have sync. But yes, I am signed into my Google account from the start (everything else still shows I'm signed into my account from the OS level). If I try to proceed to set it up, instead of using my already signed in account, it prompts me for the whole username / password again, which as soon as I type in my Google username, it says I'm already signed in device-wise. Now if I reboot the phone, if I open Chrome within the first few minutes, it'll just say "Sync is not set up, do you want to do that?" (or whatever), and it's a one-tap yes and it all looks good. Until the above happens (app gets killed or whatever), then the cycle repeats. No idea why it's doing this, and I've tried disabling all modules but no dice.

Now onto GPay - other than failing at the OTP verification step, if I hit the 3 dot menu and tap "Get Help", the screen will just flash really quick. Try again, and it'll say Google Support Services keeps crashing. Wtf? I guess the fly out window that normally pops up (tested on my wife's phone) uses that crap Google auxiliary system app (I dunno what to call it). I would guess this is also related to the app never actually getting to requesting the OTP code. And for whatever reason, I think these 2 things (Chrome and GPay problems) going on are connected. Also, my recent activity would never load (forever spinning circle), and even my balance at the top right (floating bubble over your user icon) would also just spin loading forever. Something weird is going on on the Google system / services apps side of things, it would seem.

Now here's where it gets really confusing (and frustrating!!!) for me. This seems to happen even after a factory reset. Not only have I factory reset and set up all over again today 3 times (well, on my 3rd as I type this), on the 2nd re-setup, I didn't even restore from any backup. I completely set up the device, NO RESTORED DATA AT ALL. I went and downloaded every single app one by one that I wanted to keep. It all seemed good, all mods were set up and configured, I even logged into GPay, rebooting several times seemed fine... and then it happened again. Chrome was fine when I opened it, and then when I came back to it later, it said "you need to set up sync if you want all your stuff" or whatever it says. Damn. Like I said before, I'd tried disabling all modules. I also disabled, even uninstalled after, AdAway in case it was AdBlock related. Clear data / cache for Google Play Store, Play Services. Going into system settings -> passwords & accounts -> remove my Google account entirely and sign back in. Nothing seems to fix it...

The very last thing I can remember doing this last time was setting up ReVanced (YT and Music) and using TeMeFI to detach from Play Store. But like I said, I have it set up this same exact way on my wife's P7 with no problems like this!

And as I just typed that last sentence, I actually may recall, I think I may have hit the Play Store and installed all of the pending updates (mostly the system app updates that don't install automatically during initial setup) before rebooting that last time... I wonder if one of those google service related apps is causing it?? But why TF me?? I mean, damn, I'm glad my pregnant wife doesn't have to deal with this, but it's crazy that her's is not doing this - and yes I installed all those Play Store app updates on hers too...

Ok, so here I am currently re-installing everything for the 3rd time... I guess let's see how this goes? Wish me luck. On one hand, I hope none of you end up dealing with this, but at the same time I'd be pretty upset if I'm alone in this for some odd reason.

Like I said though, here are the main bullet points that make this really strange for me:

- Wife's P7 has same exact mods setups as my P7 Pro. EXACT. Down to the configurations (like AOSP mods, Shamiko / Denylist, etc)

- Same problem happens even if I set up 100% from scratch (no backup restore, data transfer, NOTHING)

Also posting this NOVEL of a post, in case anybody happens to have ran into this at some point before?? Either way, I'm working on the 3rd full reset and set up, and I'll post an update later hopefully.

EDIT: I even checked the hashes on the installer zips I'm using vs. what's on my wife's phone. I patched init_boot again. None of the files I'm using are corrupted in any way afaik.