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How to transfer contacts, sms messages, photos and videos from Sony Xperia to Xiaomi Redmi A1+

Sony Xperia
Xiaomi Redmi A1+

Transfer contacts, sms messages, photos and videos from your Sony Xperia to the cloud server

We used PhoneCopy.com service for this guideline. Using it, your can backup your contacts from your Sony Xperia easily. The whole backup, including the settings, can be done in several minutes.

This guideline also works for similar devices like Sony Xperia 10Plus I4213, Sony Xperia 5 j8210, Sony Xperia 5 j8270, Sony Xperia L2 (H3321), Sony Xperia XZ 2 H8296, Sony Xperia XZ1 701so, Sony Xperia XZ1 sov36 (KDDI).

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".

Welcome Create new account Login to existing account

Permissions

To allow correct functionality of PhoneCopy application we will kindly ask you to confirm access permissions for it.

Permissions Permissions

When you confirm access to contacts you can set which "contacts databases" you want to backup.

Contacts Contacts Choose contacts

If you also want to back up your SMS, enable access to the SMS in the next step.

SMS SMS Messages

After enabling media access, you can set up media backup (photos and videos).

Media Media Choose 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.

Other devices Sync

And now it's time to transfer data to your Xiaomi Redmi A1+

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.

Welcome Login to existing account

Permissions

To allow correct functionality of PhoneCopy application we will kindly ask you to confirm access permissions for it.

Permissions Permissions

When you confirm access to contacts you can set which "contacts databases" you want to backup.

Contacts Contacts Contacts

If you also want to back up your SMS, enable access to the SMS in the next step.

SMS SMS Messages

After enabling media access, you can set up media backup (photos and videos).

Media Media 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.

Other devices Sync

This guideline also works for similar devices like Xiaomi 13 5G, Xiaomi 13T 5G, Xiaomi Poco C55, Xiaomi POCO M5 5G, Xiaomi Poco X5 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 12 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 13C, Xiaomi Redmi A2, Xiaomi Redmi Note 11E Pro, Xiaomi Redmi Note 12s.

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.