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ADB tricks won’t work now since your PC lost authorization. Without root it’s basically locked out.
Yeah tried that, still asks for pattern first.
Have you tried rebooting and using fingerprint right away? Some phones allow it before forcing pattern.
Then honestly your options are super limited. Xiaomi encrypts everything, so no pattern = no access.
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.
There was a method with flashing eng firmware, but risky and can wipe data anyway.