PLEASE HELP: MI 8 -> bootlooping (I need my data)


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I'm clueless and I need help!


My Phone:

A Xiaomi MI 8 I've been using for years (bought new). Standard OS nothing unusual.


Prior Observations:

-had issues with some video files in the Galary app in the last few days

-had the Galary App freezing on me


What I did:

Causual Browsing of known sites.


What happend:

-Phone Crashed

-started bootlooping

-broke out of the loop a couple of times for a short period. I was able to turn the Phone off. However, it still began the bootlooping process again.


What I've tried:

Pressing power+volume up; Pressing power+volume down;
-> Showed me three options then crashed and looped again; Showed me Fastboot then crashed and looped again


What happened:

-It did the bootlooping until the battery was completely drained

-recharging it starts bootlooping again


What I want:

1. Restore the phone to it's prior state

2. Save the data on the phone

3. if those are not possible, make the phone work again even if I loose my data (which would be a sad loss for me)


If there are any tutroials I can follow or any advice you can give, it is greatly appreaciated. I am a noob and would need a tutorial to execute anything out of the ordinary.
 
I'm clueless and I need help!


My Phone:

A Xiaomi MI 8 I've been using for years (bought new). Standard OS nothing unusual.


Prior Observations:

-had issues with some video files in the Galary app in the last few days

-had the Galary App freezing on me


What I did:

Causual Browsing of known sites.


What happend:

-Phone Crashed

-started bootlooping

-broke out of the loop a couple of times for a short period. I was able to turn the Phone off. However, it still began the bootlooping process again.


What I've tried:

Pressing power+volume up; Pressing power+volume down;
-> Showed me three options then crashed and looped again; Showed me Fastboot then crashed and looped again


What happened:

-It did the bootlooping until the battery was completely drained

-recharging it starts bootlooping again


What I want:

1. Restore the phone to it's prior state

2. Save the data on the phone

3. if those are not possible, make the phone work again even if I loose my data (which would be a sad loss for me)


If there are any tutroials I can follow or any advice you can give, it is greatly appreaciated. I am a noob and would need a tutorial to execute anything out of the ordinary.
Feel free to send me a dm.