How to transfer contacts, photos and videos from Alcatel SmartFlip to Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition
Transfer contacts, photos and videos from your Alcatel SmartFlip to the cloud server
We used PhoneCopy.com service for this guideline. Using it, your can backup your contacts from your Alcatel SmartFlip easily. The whole backup, including the settings, can be done in several minutes.
This guideline also works for similar devices like Alcatel 3078 3G, Alcatel 4052c, Alcatel 4052o, Alcatel 4052w, Alcatel 4052z, Alcatel Go Flip 3, Alcatel MyFlip A406DL.
If you already have a PhoneCopy account, fill in your password. To export your contacts, press "Synchronize". Then select synchronization direction between three options: From your DEVICE to server, From SERVER to your device or Combine both. If you are not sure, use Combine both.
Select "contacts" and/or "photos" and press Synchronize. At the end of synchronization you will see status of synchronized items. In the Settings, you can set "auto sync daily".
And now it's time to transfer data to your Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition
Download PhoneCopy for Android to your Android phone, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installation, go through following steps.
Login
Run the app and create new account. If you already have an account choose "sign on". Fill in your username and password. Here you can check where will be stored contacts from PhoneCopy.
Log in to your existing account where you stored your data from the old phone.
Permissions
To allow correct functionality of PhoneCopy application we will kindly ask you to confirm access permissions for it.
When you confirm access to contacts you can set which "contacts databases" you want to backup.
If you also want to back up your SMS, enable access to the SMS in the next step.
After enabling media access, you can set up media backup (photos and videos).
You can download photos and videos from old phone (which was synchronized to PhoneCopy.com before) you can choose it in the next step. Then you can synchronize.
This guideline also works for similar devices like Xiaomi 12 5G, Xiaomi 12 Pro, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi Mi 11i 5G, Xiaomi Poco C31, Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 10 Prime, Xiaomi Redmi 10c, Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S.
Now you have all your contacts backed up on PhoneCopy and you can edit all your contacts in your online account. If you lose your phone or the stored data, or if you just run out of battery, you can see your contacts online.
Some additional tips:
Contacts can be then transferred to another device (eq. iPhone, other Nokia, SonyEricsson, Samsung, LG etc). You can always edit your contacts in your online account. Also, you will see full history of your contacts, as well as the data that you have deleted between two synchronizations.