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You're steps worked for me.
I followed everything, then I cleared cache in messages and rebooted. (cap9qd )
In addition, after rebooting, I also turned off developer options.
Unless, someone can give me a reason why I shouldn't, I'm going to leave SMS and phone permissions ON in Play Services for a few weeks and see if RCS disconnects.
Thanks everyone. Now let's see if it lasts.