Not able to save document using React Native 0.81.4 & firebase

I am using react-native 0.81.4 CLI along with the following Firebase packages:

"@react-native-firebase/app": "^23.5.0",
"@react-native-firebase/firestore": "^23.5.0",
"@react-native-firebase/messaging": "^23.5.0",

My code:

import {
  useCallback
} from 'react';
import {
  Alert
} from 'react-native';
import {
  getFirestore,
  collection,
  doc,
  setDoc,
  serverTimestamp,
} from '@react-native-firebase/firestore';
import {
  getApp
} from '@react-native-firebase/app';
import {
  TUser
} from '@/typescript/types/user';

const useSaveUser = () => {
  const onGetUserById = useCallback(async (userId: string, userPayload: Partial < TUser > ) => {
    try {
      console.log('Saving user to Firestore:', userId, userPayload);
      const db = getFirestore(getApp()); // modular way
      console.log('Modular way crossed');
      const userDocRef = doc(collection(db, 'users'), userId);
      console.log('Document reference has been created');

      await setDoc(userDocRef, {
        ...userPayload,
        createdAt: serverTimestamp(),
      });

      console.log(' User saved successfully for ID:', userId);
      Alert.alert('User saved successfully');
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(' Firestore Save Error:', error);
      Alert.alert("Unable to save user's information");
    }
  }, []);

  return {
    onGetUserById
  };
};

export default useSaveUser;

Usage:

const {
  onGetUserById
} = useSaveUser();
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);

const handleSubmit = async () => {
  try {
    setIsLoading(true);
    const userPayload = {
      id: 'id as string',
      firstName: 'givenName as string',
      lastName: 'familyName as string',
      email: 'email as string',
      photo: 'photo as string',
    };
    console.log('just before');
    const response = await onGetUserById('1', userPayload);
    console.log({
      response
    });

  } catch (e) {
    console.log('Sign-In error:', e);
  } finally {
    setIsLoading(false);
  }
};

return ( <Pressable disabled = {
    isLoading
  }
  onPress = {
    handleSubmit
  }>
  <Text>Continue</Text> 
  </Pressable>
)

Logs:

The main issue I am facing is that when I trigger the Firebase function, my code gets stuck on the save method, and I don't get an error, success or even a timeout!