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One question on linear combinations of roots of unity

For $n \geq 1$, I want to find all solutions $x_i$ of the equation

\begin{equation} \begin{cases} x_i \in \mathbb{Z}, i=0,1,2...,n-1 \\ x_i^2 = 1, i=0,1,2...,n-1 \\ \omega = \cos(2\pi/n)+i\sin(2\pi/n) \\ z = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} x_i \omega^{i} \\ (z*\operatorname{Conj} z ) \in \mathbb{Z} \end{cases} \end{equation}

As an example, $x_i = 1, i=0,1,2...,n-1$ is one solution to this equation. And $x_i = -1, i=0,1,2...,n-1$ is another solution. For small $n$, all solutions can be found by mathematical software. Is there any good idea for bigger $n$?

Here is the computational result for small $n$:

$n$ Number of solutions $2^n$ Percentage
$1$ $2$ $2$ $100.00\%$
$2$ $4$ $4$ $100.00\%$
$3$ $8$ $8$ $100.00\%$
$4$ $16$ $16$ $100.00\%$
$5$ $12$ $32$ $37.50\%$
$6$ $64$ $64$ $100.00\%$
$7$ $44$ $128$ $34.38\%$
$8$ $144$ $256$ $56.25\%$
$9$ $80$ $512$ $15.63\%$
$10$ $244$ $1024$ $23.83\%$
$11$ $68$ $2048$ $3.32\%$
$12$ $1816$ $4096$ $44.34\%$
$13$ $132$ $8192$ $1.61\%$
$14$ $2020$ $16384$ $12.33\%$
$15$ $1628$ $32768$ $4.97\%$
$16$ $4480$ $65536$ $6.84\%$
$17$ $36$ $131072$ $0.03\%$
$18$ $17200$ $262144$ $6.56\%$
$19$ $116$ $524288$ $0.02\%$
$20$ $33416$ $1048576$ $3.19\%$
$21$ $6644$ $2097152$ $0.32\%$
$22$ $30364$ $4194304$ $0.72\%$
$23$ $140$ $8388608$ $0.00\%$
$24$ $530512$ $16777216$ $3.16\%$
$25$ $1032$ $33554432$ $0.00\%$
$26$ $173164$ $67108864$ $0.26\%$
$27$ $14336$ $134217728$ $0.01\%$
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