I tried the Yahoo uninstall trick and so far it has fixed my problem. Auto Sync has stayed on for the last hour. I uninstalled Yahoo news, Yahoo email, and Yahoo fantasy sports apps.
I am also having this issue. My Sync is turning off seconds after I turn it back on. This has been happening the last two days. I have a Galaxy S9+
My last software update was Dec 13th.
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