Installation was a quiet ritual: drivers whispered into place, prompts accepted with the calm of someone who’d read the manual twice. When he connected the phone, the repair assistant lit up with a soft blue window that felt more like a tool and less like an instrument of finality. It scanned the device, catalogued its failures, and offered three choices: Quick Repair, Full Restore, Advanced Recovery. He hesitated only a second — Advanced Recovery promised the deepest reach.