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Real talk, service centers aren’t lying. They’ll just reset it
Yeah saw that, don’t wanna risk making it worse.
There was a method with flashing eng firmware, but risky and can wipe data anyway.
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.
Before you give up, double check Mi Cloud + Google Photos from browser. Sometimes stuff is there without realizing.