Easy Way to Backup & Restore XIAOMI REDMI 8 Contact, Chat, Data, Picture, SMS Before Doing Hard Reset Format

Tips for backup all important data on XIAOMI REDMI 8. Some users does not know about how important to do regular backup data before some troubles happen like hang or broken or phone lost. We will give more information about how to backup important data inside XIAOMI REDMI 8 like chat or contact or photos videos and some other more.

This phone run with Qualcomm SDM439 Snapdragon 439 processor with 2 options of internal memory. Using 32 GB or 64 GB. XIAOMI REDMI 8 has dedicated external memory slot for MicroSD, therefore we suggest to put MicroSDXC at least 32 GB or more capacity for backup.

XIAOMI REDMI 8 has dual camera with 12 megapixel for wide + 2 megapixel for Depth of Field or Bokeh. Some important photos may deleted or wiped. How to restore deleted files/photos/videos from XIAOMI REDMI 8? If we backup our important data or photos videos regularly, then we still have backup data to restore at other locations. Please read some information below for performing cloud backup.There are several applications that we do not need to worry about data, because it is already saved at cloud like email or social media such as Facebook or Instagram and some other more.

 

BACKUP Procedure for XIAOMI REDMI 8

Login With Google Account to Backup Contact or Phone Book on XIAOMI REDMI 8

Almost all of us will have many contacts or phonebooks data at XIAOMI REDMI 8 which are very important for our activity. We have to backup all important data at safety location. One important thing when use Android, that we can synchronize our contact data to Google account, what we have to do is make sure our phone already sign in with our personal Google account.

After login or sign-in, Android phone by default will automatically synchronize or backup data to Google cloud server, so we will have 2 phonebook storage, one is at our XIAOMI REDMI 8 and the other one at https://contacts.google.com. Please check that address to make sure all data already backup at Google server.

This steps will show if our XIAOMI REDMI 8 sync with Google cloud server:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Open Menu Setting > Account > Google , make sure your Gmail account already setup
3. If you need to add Google / Gmail account, then click Add account
4. Please see at your account, and make sure the Sync is ON

 

How to Backup Phone Book or Contact on XIAOMI REDMI 8 Manually to SDCard Memory?

We can keep contact files to external memory if available, or to internal memory and copy or send that files using email or other cloud storage like Dropbox or Google drive.

Beside having backup at Google cloud for our contact, we can also backup or export our contact or phonebook on XIAOMI REDMI 8 using Export menu at Contacts menu.

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Open applications: Contacts
3. Choose all contact to backup: Contacts > Menu > Export / Backup contacts
4. Choose Export to storage / SD card
5. The filename of exported file will be show to tell us where the exported file is
6. Finish backup contact XIAOMI REDMI 8 to memory card

 

How to Backup Picture/Photo XIAOMI REDMI 8 ?

Photo also important to backup because with good camera quality on XIAOMI REDMI 8, we will have many important pictures for special moment. There are several option to backup our media like Photo and Pictures to several location.

Backup or Copy at Computer:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Connect XIAOMI REDMI 8 with computer using USB data cable
3. Make sure computer can connect to XIAOMI REDMI 8 memory card (otherwise, try to slide down the notifications area from XIAOMI REDMI 8, choose to connect USB as media)
4. If the computer already able to read XIAOMI REDMI 8 phone data, then use computer File Explorer to open the DCIM folders on XIAOMI REDMI 8, copy all folder or files to specific location at our computer
5. If everything finish, please try to open all images from our computer to make sure all data already backup or export or copy without problem

Backup Photo / Videos of XIAOMI REDMI 8 to Google Photos:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Make sure we have installed Google Photos applications from Google Play Store
3. Open Google Photos applications from XIAOMI REDMI 8
4. Choose Setting at Google Photos applications: Setting > Backup & sync (turn in on)
5. At Backup & sync menu, please choose our Google backup account
6. At Backup & sync menu, please choose Upload Size to High quality (make sure we still have enough capacity)
7. By default the photos and videos will backup to unlimited Google Photos backup when our XIAOMI REDMI 8 connected to Wifi

 

Follow Tips and Tricks to Fix & Hard Reset XIAOMI REDMI 8

 

Restore Procedure for XIAOMI REDMI 8

Restore Back Backup Contact From Google Account on XIAOMI REDMI 8

If we reformat or hard reset XIAOMI REDMI 8, all data will be removed or wiped, so we need to restore back all contact to XIAOMI REDMI 8. This is how to restore:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Go to Menu Setting > Account > Google
3. Add our Google or Gmail account
4. In the first time, we can force Sync contact to restore Contacts from Google server to our XIAOMI REDMI 8
5. Make sure Sync is on for keep synchronize our contact to Google cloud server

 

Restore Back Backup Contact From SD Card / MicroSD / Internal Memory to XIAOMI REDMI 8

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Choose Contacts
3. Choose Menu from Contacts > Import Contact
4. Choose Import from storage / SD card
5. Choose the folder that we have saved our contact
6. Choose Import vCard file

 

Restore Backup Photos and Videos from Google Photos on XIAOMI REDMI 8

1. Install Google Photos to our XIAOMI REDMI 8
2. Choose Setting at Google Photos applications: Setting > Backup & sync (turn in on)
3. Login previous Google account to our Google Photos applications.
4. Wait for several moment when our XIAOMI REDMI 8 connected to Wifi, then our photos and videos will be restored to our phone.

 

 

How to Backup and Restore SMS / Text Message on XIAOMI REDMI 8

There are some options to backup SMS / Text Message from our phone. We recommended to use and download SMS Backup & Restore applications from Google Play Store. We can backup all or specific SMS/conversations to phone memory (internal or external memory) or use cloud storage such as Google Drive or Dropbox. Please do the following steps to :

1. Download SMS Backup & Restore from Google Play Store
2. From menu inside this apps, please choose Back up now
3. Choose what to backup at our text message
4. Choose where to backup. We suggest to use Google Drive as long as we already have Gmail account to sign-in. We also can choose some other options for backup location like Dropbox or internal/external phone memory.
5. We can choose to backup only once or every specific time

 

Restore SMS / Text Message on XIAOMI REDMI 8 :

1. This steps only can work if we have followed above steps to backup SMS / Text messages using SMS Backup & Restore application from Google Play Store.
2. Open SMS Backup & Restore application and choose from menu Restore
3. Choose where the location we have backup before (Local phone memory or Google Drive or Dropbox), and choose to Login or find the Backup files from our phone.
4. Choose what we want to restore from that backup files (Message or Phone calls)
5. Choose Restore button.

 

 

How to Backup Whatsapp Chat History on XIAOMI REDMI 8 ?

Whatsapp is very famous at several country. We can communicate with any contact across devices. There are many important information that we keep from Whatsapp chatting communication, therefore we have to backup all Whatsapp chat history and restore at new or same phone when some troubles happen. Please follow this page to backup-restore Whatsapp Chat History or Media Photos Videos from our XIAOMI REDMI 8.