Academic misconduct appeal - need advice

So basically I got accused of cheating on a midterm and I haven’t slept properly since this whole thing started. I came into the exam just a few minutes before it started and was more concerned with getting settled in and I honestly forgot I still had my phone in my pocket, though I didn’t touch it and had never tried to. An invigilator eventually came up to me and told me to stand up (i’m still not really sure why unless he saw the phone which I find hard to believe) and then asked me to show him my pockets, which I did. After showing him the phone he told me to put it in my bag which I did and then he let me keep writing and I thought that was the end of it.

A week later I get an email from the academic integrity office saying i allegedly cheated on the midterm and that I would have to attend a meeting, and the decision maker decided to give me a 0 on the midterm, with the entire justification being that i had a phone in my pocket which is considered as ready access.

Now i understand that having a phone on you is wrong but i didn’t even use the damn thing and it was an honest mistake. Additionally, the incident report the aio sent me had a bunch of claims besides the phone in my pockets that just weren’t true and were never raised with me during the exam and it honestly made me upset reading it (such as talking and other things that i probably should not list). Though to be fair they weren’t even mentioned in the final decision rationale so i guess it doesn’t even matter.

I think i still have a decent chance of passing the course even with a 0 on my midterm but it still sucks and i also have a dn on my record now.

I kind of want to appeal and fight for a reduced penalty but i can’t unless i also fight the finding of misconduct which i am almost definitely not going to win and so i’m not sure its even worth appealing. do you think its worth appealing or should i just move on. This whole thing honestly has made me really stressed and angry and i have just been so exhausted. I dont even know why the fuck i decided to write this i just had to vent sorry