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I recently bought a Redmi,and I skipped the setup process,since I was in a different city from my old phone and now I cant get back my photos and videos,I tried copying it on a PC from phone to phone but it doesn't work,idk what to do

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[–] themachine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Copy them to your PC first them to the new phone.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I tried this with my wife's iphone and it failed. The transfer simply stopped at some point.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Might have to do it in chunks. On android I've noticed that the usb transfer speed is abysmal, you might be better off using software to sync it with your pc or nas or other phones or whatever.