How to transfer contacts, sms messages, photos and videos from BlackBerry Evolve to Xiaomi Mi 12s Pro 5G
![BlackBerry Evolve](/dynamic/phone_images/blackberry_evolve.png)
![Xiaomi Mi 12s Pro 5G](/dynamic/phone_images/xiaomi_12s_pro_5g.png)
Transfer contacts, sms messages, photos and videos from your BlackBerry Evolve to the cloud server
PhoneCopy.com is a web service which is free for personal purposes (with few limitations). This tutorial will show you how to backup your data from BlackBerry Evolve . The whole process can be completed in few minutes.
This guideline also works for similar devices like BlackBerry Aurora, BlackBerry KEY 2, BlackBerry KEY 2 LE, BlackBerry KEYone CDMA, BlackBerry KEYONE DUAL SIM, BlackBerry KEYone Dual SIM TD-LTE, BlackBerry Motion.
Download PhoneCopy for Android to your Android phone, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installing, go through the following steps.
Login
Run the app and create new account. If you already have an account choose "sign on".
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.
![Contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts.png)
![Contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts2.png)
![Choose contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts3.png)
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).
Getting media from your old phone
If you want to download photos and videos from your previous phone (which was synchronized with PhoneCopy.com) you can select them like its shown in the image below. Then start the Synchronization using the Synchronize button.
And now it's time to transfer data to your Xiaomi Mi 12s Pro 5G
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.
![Contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts.png)
![Contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts2.png)
![Contacts](/dynamic/images/android/contacts3.png)
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 14 Ultra, Xiaomi Poco F5 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Poco M3 5G, Xiaomi POCO M6 Pro, Xiaomi Poco X6 5G, Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 13C 5G, Xiaomi Redmi A3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo 5G.
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:
Just as a reminder, the contacts are transferred via your mobile phone service provider, so you need to have data plan activated for the service to work. If you don't have a special data scheme, your carrier will charge you additional fees.