I have searched the forum for other cases where the "Reconnect device" button has been missing from the installer, but I cannot find a single case.
At this point, I am very curious about which options you meant when you wrote the following:
Dusty I may give that a try but I can firmly state the only changes I made to Vanadium or the OS were to lock options down.
If that means you have disabled or revoked permissions to system apps, and you don't remember which ones, there is really nothing more I can do to help. Other than to advice you to try flashing from a computer or a different, supported, mobile device.