Storage full reboot loop, please help
First of, apologies for not knowing how to flair this correctly.
For context, I've had my Xiaomi for 7 years (Technically 5 due to factory reboot in between). The storage has been full for some time and I was planning to free it today.
So come today. I check my phone in the morning and a notification pops up saying xiaomi system stopped working. The notification popped up, closed itself a few time, then the phone turned off and turned back on the recovery mode screen.
I tried to reboot but it's been stuck on a loop. Rebooting screen, turns off for a couple second, then turns back on the rebooting screen. I tried to turn it off but it won't, it just keeps rebooting.
I only have three options on the mi recovery mode. "Reboot", "Factory Reset" and a Mi assistant. I tried to Reboot again, and it immediately brought me back to the recovery screen after not even a minute. I had a few back and forths like that. So while rebooting, I spammed the volume and power buttons, it didn't throw me back to the recovery screen.
It's back to the reboot loop. I doubt I can do anything about it. Is there any solution other than Factory Reset? Help. I have all my pictures and notes on this phone. None saved to a Xiaomi Cloud- Or any for that matter. But I really don't want to lose them, so I'll take any solutions you all have.
I do have a SD card so I'm waiting for my phone to run out of battery to take it out safely. Then, I'll see.
- I also tried to connect the phone to my PC via USB but it won't recognize it.
- I tried to give it 15 minutes to restart but it won't
- I tried to cry about
- As I said, I tried to reboot many times
- Tried spamming the buttons
Nothing will do. Is there really no solutions other than Factory Reset?