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I logged in, but gallery sync wasn’t enabled sadly.
That sucks. Xiaomi & locked bootloader is a bad combo in this case. Did you have Mi Cloud sync on?
Changed my pattern yesterday and now I can’t remember it at all. Fingerprint not working without pattern. Bootloader locked, USB debugging was on but now PC isn’t authorized. I’ve got a lot of important photos/videos. Really don’t want to factory reset. Any ideas?
Makes sense. I’ll try a recovery scan first and avoid using the phone.
Really hoping the data is still there!
Also check if your phone saves temporary video files somewhere (some apps do). Rare, but worth a look.
Exactly. Right now your files are like empty shells.
Try recovery first. If you get back videos that don’t play properly, then you move to repair tools.
Repair tools usually won’t work on 0KB files because there’s basically nothing to repair.
You first need to recover the actual video data. Repair comes after that, if needed.
Got it. I haven’t used the phone much since then. Should I try repairing these 0KB files directly?
You can try scanning the phone storage with an Android data recovery software. If the raw video data is still present, it might recover a proper version of those files.
Don’t record anything new meanwhile, that could overwrite it
Not necessarily gone, but 0KB is tricky. It means the file system entry exists, but the actual video data might not be linked properly.
Sometimes the data is still there, just not accessible.
That’s frustrating… they were important clips 🙁
So are they gone for good or can something fix them?
Yeah, Android cameras don’t always “save” the file properly until recording stops normally. Sudden shutdown = broken file.
I’ve lost a couple of clips like this too.
0KB usually means the file didn’t get finalized properly. Happens a lot if recording gets interrupted like that.
Basically the video was being written but never completed.
My phone randomly shut down yesterday while I was recording some videos. When I turned it back on, all the videos I recorded that day are still there in the gallery… but they show 0KB size and won’t play.
Tried copying them to my laptop, same thing. Files exist but no data.
Did the phone just wipe them out or is there any way to recover these?
Then honestly your options are super limited. Xiaomi encrypts everything, so no pattern = no access.