He sat in the darkening room, the rain now a steady roar. He opened the iPhone’s Settings app and wandered through menus out of desperation. Personal Hotspot. He tapped it. Options: Wi-Fi Password, Bluetooth, USB Only.

But then he noticed something else. Under Network Adapters , a second new item appeared: Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device. And this one had no yellow triangle. Windows had a built-in, generic driver for USB tethering. It was ancient, clunky, and slow, but it was there.

He exhaled.

It worked. The file landed in his "Downloads" folder. Now came the tricky part.

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