How to recover remote music on Xiaomi phone: from shopping cart to deep scanning

Removing favorite tracks from your phone is a familiar situation, especially when it comes to rare recordings, live playlists or original songs that are not available on streaming services, POCO Music recovery is possible even without root rights, but success depends on several factors: time after deletion, type of storage (internal memory or internal memory). SD-map) and availability of backup copies.

In this article, we will discuss 7 proven ways to recover lost audio files, from standard MIUI tools to professional utilities. Importantly, the faster you start to restore, the better the chances of success. When you delete files do not physically disappear — their space on the disk is simply marked as free until it is overwritten with new data. So the first rule: immediately after deleting music, stop writing new files to the device (photo, video, download).

1. Checking the MIUI Recycle Bin: Where to Look for Deleted Files

Modern versions of MIUI 12-14 have a built-in basket similar to a computer that automatically saves deleted files for 30 days (sets can be changed), but it does not work with all types of data - for example, music deleted through some third-party players may not be recorded.

To check the basket:

• 📁 Open the Files app (File icon on the desktop).
• 🗑️ In the lower menu, tap on the Recycle Bin section (or Deleted files in older versions).
• 🔍 Use keyword search (track name, performer) or filter by file type (audio).
• 🔄 Select the files you need and click Restore (down arrow icon).

If the shopping cart is empty, it doesn’t mean that the files are permanently lost, but it may have been deleted through another application (like Google Photos or Mi Music) that has its own shopping cart. Also check the MIUI/Backup/RecycleBin folder through the root file manager (if any).

⚠️ Attention: Basket MIUI It doesn't work with files that are deleted through adb, formatting, or resetting settings.

2. Recovery through cloud services: Mi Cloud, Google Drive, Yandex Drive

If your Xiaomi has cloud sync enabled, the chances of returning music are much higher. Mi Cloud automatically backs up media files (when activated), and Google Drive or Yandex Drive can contain copies if you manually uploaded playlists there.

Instructions for Mi Cloud:

1. Open your Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Cloud.
2. Sign in (if not authorized) and go to the Gallery or Files section.
3. Use an Audio filter or type in the track name in the search.
4. Download files back to the device (Save button).

For Google Drive/Yandex Drive:

• 🌐 Go to the web version of the service through the browser or open the application.
• 🔍 Enter in search of extension.mp3,.flac,.wav.
• 📥 Select files and click Download (in Google Drive) or Save to your device (in Yandex Drive).

If the cloud doesn’t have the right files, check the cloud cart (it stores files for 30 days on Google Drive, 30-90 days on Yandex Drive depending on the tariff). For example, in Google Drive, go to the Recycle Bin section on the sidebar and recover files from there.

3. PC Connection: Finding Hidden Copies and Cache

A computer can be a powerful tool for music recovery, especially if Xiaomi has USB debugging enabled, and even without root rights, you can scan the memory for the presence of “remnants” of deleted files.

Step 1 Connect your phone in file transfer mode:

• 📱 Connect Xiaomi to your PC via USB-cable.
• 🔄 On the phone, select the file transfer mode (MTP) plug-in.
• 🖥️ On PC, open This computer - the phone will appear as a removable disk.

Step 2. Search for temporary files and cache:

• 🔍 In the address bar of the conductor enter the path: Xiaomi\Android\data\com.miui.player\cache Temporary copies of tracks played in the standard Mi Music player can be stored here.
• 📁 Check the folders: Xiaomi\MIUI\sound_recorder (Sometimes audio files are duplicated here after recording or editing).
• 🎵 Use a search throughout the phone’s drive with a filter.mp3 or.m4a.

Enable debugging over USB (Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version → 7 times tap)

Install Xiaomi drivers (download from en.miui.com/a-234.html)

Use the original USB-cable (not all cables support data transmission)

Disable antivirus on PC (can block access to system folders)-->

If you can't find files, try the specialized data recovery software (which is covered in the next section), but first check if you have any copies left in your instant messenger folders (such as WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Audio or Telegram/Telegram Audio) if you've ever sent tracks through chat rooms.

4. Deep scanning programs: EaseUS, DiskDigger, Recuva

When standard methods don't work, data recovery tools come to the rescue, scan the device's memory at a low level, finding fragments of deleted files, and both PC versions of programs and mobile applications will work for Xiaomi.

Top.-3 Windows:

How to recover music with DiskDigger (Android version):

1. Download DiskDigger from Google Play.
2. Launch the app and select Full Scan (requires root).
3. Mark the file types: MP3, M4A, WAV.
4. Wait until the scan is finished (it can take up to an hour).
5. Select the tracks found and click Restore by selecting the save folder.

⚠️ Note: When recovering from PC programs (e.g. EaseUS), don’t save files back to your phone — copy them to your computer’s hard drive first.

If you don’t have root rights, DiskDigger will only show thumbnails and cache files. To fully restore, you’ll have to unlock the bootloader and get root (the instructions for Xiaomi are on the 4PDA forum), but this is risky for beginners.

5.Recovery through MIUI backups

Xiaomi offers two types of backups: local (save on your phone) and cloud (in Mi Cloud). If you ever created a backup, the music could have been saved in it.

Local backup:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Additionally. → Backup and reset.
• 🔄 Select Local Backups and find the file with the date preceding the music deletion.
• 🎵 Click Restore and select only the Multimedia or Audio section (if available).

Cloud backup:

• 🌥️ In the same settings, select Backup in Mi Cloud.
• 🔍 Check the list of available backups and select the right one.
• ⚙️ Click Restore, tick Media Files and confirm.

Important: You can't restore individual tracks from the backup -- you'll have to restore the entire Multimedia partition, which can overwrite current files, so copy important data to your PC before you restore it.

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If the backup is too old, try to find music in the archives of messengers. For example, on Telegram go to Settings → Data and memory → Storage and check the cache of audio files.

6 Specialized services: how to recover music from metadata

If tracks were purchased or downloaded from legal sources (e.g. iTunes, Google Play Music, Boom), they can be restored through purchase history or the service's cache, and snippet-based music search services (e.g. Midomi or SoundHound) help, if you remember the tune.

Restore purchases:

• 🎵 Google Play Music: Go to the web version, open the Library → Shopping and downloading tracks again.
• 🍎 iTunes: Open the program on PC, go to the Account → Shopping and click Download next to the right compositions.
• 🎧 Boom (for India/Russia): Open My Music in the app → Purchases.

Search by fragment of the melody:

• 🎤 Midomi: Write down or water a piece of track (even if not exactly), the service will find the original.
• 🔍 SoundHound: Recognizes music by singing or whistling (there is a mobile app).
• 📱 Shazam: If a track once sounded next to a phone, check the story in the app.

These methods won’t return original files from your Xiaomi, but they will help you find copies of them online. If the music was unique (like a live recording), try contacting the author or searching the archives of the fan communities.

7. Contact Xiaomi Support: When It Makes Sense

Xiaomi’s official support does not deal with the recovery of user data, but in rare cases it can help if the loss of music is related to:

• 🔄 Firmware failure (for example, after updating) MIUI).
• 📱 Hardware defect (if the phone warranty and music was stored on the damaged memory chip).
• 🔐 Blocking your Mi Account (if files were linked to your account).

How to call for support:

1. Go to mi.com/support.
2. Select the phone model and the Memory and Storage category.
3. Describe the problem by specifying: - Phone models (e.g. Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G). - MIUI versions (Settings → About Phone → MIUI version). - Deletion dates. - Recovery methods that you have already tried.
4. Attach screenshots (for example, an empty music folder or recovery errors).

Usually, the answer comes within 1-3 days, if the problem is related to a hardware malfunction, you will be referred to a service center, in which case do not agree to a reset or flash before you try to restore the data yourself!

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Xiaomi Support does not restore deleted files, but it can help if the loss of data is due to a system error or hardware.

FAQ: Frequent questions about restoring music on Xiaomi