How to set up contact display on Xiaomi Poco X3: a complete guide to solving typical problems

Xiaomi Poco X3 is one of the most popular smartphones in the budget segment, but its MIUI firmware is not always intuitive in terms of contact management. Users often face problems: duplicate records, lack of synchronization with a Google account, inconvenient sorting or missing numbers after an update. This article will help you understand how to flexibly configure the display of contacts on Poco X3, avoid typical errors and optimize the address book for your needs.

The default feature of MIUI is that it uses its own Contacts app, which can conflict with Google services or third-party messengers. We'll look at all the ways you can customize it, from basic settings to hidden features, including working with the contact widget on the home screen, exporting/importing records, and solving avatar display problems. If you've moved from an iPhone or other Android device, here you'll find answers to questions about data portability and interface adaptation.

1. Basic settings for displaying contacts in MIUI

By default, Poco X3 It shows contacts from all connected accounts (Google, Mi Account, SIM-maps), which often leads to duplication of records, to organize the list:

1. Open the Contacts app (an icon with a person’s silhouette).
2. Slip on three dots in the upper right corner → Settings.
3. Select Contact Management → Displayed Contacts.
4. Uncheck the boxes from unnecessary sources (e.g. SIM 1, if the numbers are duplicated with Google).

For convenience, you can enable contact combinations — it automatically links entries to the same names or numbers. Activates in the same Contact Management menu → Contacts Combine. Note that after combining, some fields (such as additional phones) can disappear — you can return them by clicking on the combined entry and selecting Share.

2. synchronize contacts with Google and Mi Account

Display problems often arise from lack of synchronization. On Poco X3, it can shut down after updates or reset settings. Check sync status:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Accounts and synchronization.
• 🔄 Choose Google. → your account → Turn on the slider Contacts.
• ⚙️ For Mi Account, repeat the steps, but choose Xiaomi Cloud.
• 🔄 Click Sync Now if the data hasn’t been updated for a long time.

A critical feature of MIUI is that if you delete a contact from your local phone storage, it will disappear from your Google account when sync is enabled. To avoid losses, export a backup before mass editing (see section 5).

⚠️ Note: If contacts are missing after synchronization, check the Archive folder in the Contacts app. MIUI Sometimes automatically archives records that appear to be duplicates.

3. Set up sorting and format of names

By default, the Poco X3 sorts contacts by name, but you can change the order to a surname or phone number.

1. Open Contacts → Settings → Display Contacts.
2. Select Sort by: Name, Surname or Number.
3. In the name format item, specify how to display the name and surname (for example, Ivanov Ivan or Ivan Ivanov).

You can also turn on the display of only contacts with phones (records with no numbers are hidden), or show only frequently used contacts, useful if the address book is overloaded.

Unnecessary sources of contact are disabled

Sync with Google/Mi Account enabled

Selected a convenient format of the name (name or vice versa)

The option "Show only with phones" (optional) is activated)-->

4.The contacts widget on the home screen: how to add and configure

The Contact Widget allows you to quickly call or write to frequent interlocutors without opening the application.

1. Click and hold the empty space on the home screen → Widgets.
2. Find the Contact widget (usually 4×1 or 4×2).
3. Drag it on the screen and select the size.
4. Click on the widget → Settings → specify which contacts to show (for example, Favorites or Frequent).

If the widget is not updated, try:

• 🔄 Reboot the phone.
• 📱 Remove and add the widget again.
• 🔧 Check permissions for the Contacts app in Settings → Annexes → Permits.

⚠️ Note: The widget may not work if you have disabled sync with Google Contacts or Mi Cloud, and it does not display numbers saved only on the Internet. SIM-map.

5. Export, import and backup of contacts

Before resetting or changing your phone, it’s important to keep your contacts. On the Poco X3, it’s like this:

To transfer contacts from the iPhone:

1. On iPhone, export contacts to iCloud → Settings → Export vCard.
2. Send the file to your email or upload it to Google Contacts.
3. On Poco X3, sync with your Google account (see Section 2).

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If the contacts are displayed in hieroglyphics when importing, check the encoding of the.vcf file. Open it in the text editor and save it in UTF-8 format.

6. Solving typical contact problems

If contacts don’t show up or are not displayed correctly, try these steps:

• 🔍 Disappeared all contacts: check if they are hidden in the Contacts → Settings → Display contacts. Make sure sync is on (Section 2). Reboot your phone - sometimes helps with crashes MIUI.
• 📞 Numbers are displayed without names: Open contact → press edit → Check if the number is saved in an international format (for example, +79123456789, not 89123456789 in phone settings (Settings) → Additionally. → Regional settings: Select the right country.
• 👥 Duplicate contacts: Use the Connect Contacts function (section 1). Install a third-party application, such as Contacts Optimizer, to automatically clean up.

⚠️ Note: If after the update MIUI If your contacts are missing, don't try to restore them through resetting, which can make the problem worse. → Google → Restore contacts (available within 30 days of synchronization).

7. Optimizing Contacts for Calls and Messages

To speed up access to frequently used contacts:

• ⭐ Add to your favorites: open the contact → press the star at the top.
• 📞 Set up a quick dial: in the Phone application go to Contacts → Favorites and secure up to 5 contacts.
• 💬 Create shortcuts on the home screen: Press and keep contact in the Contacts app. Choose Create a shortcut. The shortcut will appear on the home screen - when clicked, you will be prompted to call or write.

It is useful for business users to set up contact groups (e.g., “Colleagues”, “Family”), this is done through the web version of Google Contacts (contacts.google.com), since the standard MIUI application has limited group function.

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Use favorite contacts and widgets to reduce the time you need to find numbers, which is especially useful for the Poco X3, where standard contact search is slower than on flagships.

FAQ: Frequent questions about contacts on Poco X3