I don’t recall having to do anything with fees for using the Node In the Phone. Are you just trying to pay a lightning invoice or send sats to someone? Or are you trying to fund the opening transaction ? I had some crazy stuff happen to me after updating Zeus but it all revolved around managing my Lightning Node channels.

Yeah I'm just attempting to send to another of my own wallets so I can pay a bill. (Gotta turn it back into fiat for the bill)