How to unite contacts with Xiaomi 9A: the complete guide

A modern smartphone like the Xiaomi Redmi 9A becomes a communications hub where thousands of important data are stored, including phone numbers. However, when changing devices or recovering from a backup, users often face a nasty problem: duplicates appear in the phone book. The same subscriber can be recorded twice or even three times, creating chaos and making it difficult to quickly find the right person.

Fortunately, the MIUI operating system installed on your gadget provides built-in tools to solve this problem without the need to install third-party software. The process of merging records (Murj) allows you to save the entire history of calls and correspondence in one card, this not only cleans up the list, but also frees up space in the cloud storage if synchronization is active.

In this guide, we will take a look at all the available methods for combining numbers on the 9A model. We will look at both manual merge for single cases and automatic cleaning, which will save you time.

Why are there duplicates on Redmi 9A?

Before we start fixing a problem, it is useful to understand the nature of the problem, most often duplicates are formed when transferring data from an old phone. SIM-card, part in the phone memory), when imported to the new Xiaomi system creates separate records for each source.

Another common reason is cloud services being out of sync, and if you're syncing through Google Contacts and Mi Account at the same time, there can be a conflict that causes the same record to be added twice with different identifiers, especially if you change accounts frequently or reset settings.

Also worth mentioning is the manual factor: users often save a new acquaintance number immediately after a call without checking if the person is already listed, resulting in pairs like "Alexei" and "Alexei Mob," which are formally separate contacts but belong to the same person.

• 📱 Import of data with SIM-Maps simultaneously with recovery from the cloud.
• ☁️ Synchronization conflict between Google and Mi Cloud.
• 📝 Manually create new records without checking an existing list.
• 🔄 Change the device without first cleaning the phone book.

⚠️ Before starting a mass merger, we strongly advise you to make sure that your data is stored in the cloud. Although the merger process is safe, it is always possible to accidentally delete important information when manually editing.

Preparation for networking

You start by checking the display settings, and in some cases, duplicates are just a visual effect, where the phone shows the same number stored in different sources as two separate records, and to see the real picture, you go to the Contacts app and open the settings menu.

Find "Display settings" or "Contact filter" and select "All contacts" to ensure that you see the full list, including those that may have been hidden or grouped, and then start analyzing the list.

It is also important to check which account is the default to save, so if you are planning a cleanup, it is best to temporarily shut down the Internet so that changes do not start syncing to the cloud until the check is completed, which will prevent the errors from spreading to other devices.

It is not superfluous to update the application Contacts and Phone through the GetApps store or Google Play. Xiaomi developers regularly release patches that improve the algorithms for finding duplicates. The old version of the software may not have the automatic unification feature that appeared in the more recent builds of MIUI.

Automatic combination of duplicates

The fastest way to get things in order is to use the built-in auto-merge feature, and MIUI can find repeating numbers and suggest that they be combined, so open the Contacts app and click on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen.

In the drop-down menu, select Contact Organization (or Tools) and you will see the option "Combine Repeats" here, click on it, run a scan, and the system will analyze the database and give you a list of pairs that it believes are duplicates.

You can combine all the pairs you find at once by clicking the "Combine All" button, or you can go through the list manually, confirming each action. Automation is especially convenient when there are too many duplicates, and there is no time to manually check each. The algorithm usually works precisely, matching not only names, but also phone numbers.

It's worth noting that once you're automatically combined, the original records disappear, giving way to one new, combined card, which stores all the numbers, email addresses and addresses that were in the original duplicates, so you don't lose any detail when you clean them.

Manual contact fusion via card

Sometimes the automation gets wrong or misses notes with slightly different names (like "Ivan" and "Ivan Petrovich"), and in these cases, manual integration comes to the rescue, which takes longer, but gives you complete control of the process. Find the contact you want to use as your primary contact.

Open the contact card and click on the menu button (three dots). In the action list, select "Unite with another." It will open a list of all your contacts. Find a second entry in it that you want to attach to the current one. After the selection, an instant merger will occur.

The result is one record that contains information from both sources, and if the first card had a home number and the second card had a mobile number, the final record would have both numbers, and that's the perfect way to structure the data about the people you're communicating with across different channels.

It's important to understand the difference between editing and combining. Just changing the name in one card, you don't delete the second entry. It's the "Combine" feature that physically links two IDs in a database, making them one entity, and that's the key to keeping the database clean.

Contacts with your Google account

For Android users, including Xiaomi 9A users, Google accounts are a powerful contact management tool. It is often easier and more efficient to clean the web interface than the phone itself. This is especially useful if there are too many duplicates and the screen seems too small for comfortable work.

Go to contacts.google.com from your computer or directly from your browser on your phone. Log in to the same account that you use on your Redmi 9A. In the left menu bar, find the "Combine and Fix" section. Google will offer a ready-made list of duplicates that it found automatically.

Here you can combine contacts one by one or all at once, and the main advantage of this method is that changes are instantly synchronized with the smartphone as soon as it connects to the Internet. You don't have to export or import anything, everything happens in the cloud.

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Use the web version of Google Contacts to edit names on a large screen, and it's much faster and more convenient to do that than pointing your finger at a 9A display.

And the web interface also allows you to filter contacts by source, so you can see which records are only stored on Google and which are synced with other services, and it helps you to identify hidden duplicates that are not visible in the standard phone app.

⚠️ Note: When syncing through Google, make sure that the phone is two-way synced. If it only costs "download", the changes to the site will not get into the phone. → Accounts and synchronization → Google.

Removal of contacts with SIM-map

One of the common causes of confusion is the storage of numbers on the SIM-The operator's memory card has very limited functionality: it does not support additional numbers, email addresses, photos and often trims long names. SIM And in the memory of the phone at the same time creates the same duplicates.

It is recommended to release completely SIM-a card from contacts and transfer them to internal memory or the cloud. To do this, go to the Contacts app, open the settings and select Import/Export Contacts. SIM-Maps and select destination – your Google account or device memory.

After successful import, do not forget to remove the originals from the SIM-cards via the same menu ("Export to the same menu") SIM-You don't need a map, you need a cleanup. MIUI There is a separate switch for displaying contacts SIM-cards - it can be simply turned off so that they do not callouse your eyes, but it is better to transfer the data.

• 🗑️ Contacts to SIM They do not have a history of calls and messengers.
• 💾 Google Transfers Automatic Recovery for Phone Loss.
• 🚫 SIM-The card does not support the combination of fields (only one number will remain).
• 🔄 After transfer, duplicates often disappear by themselves.

Modern smartphones like Xiaomi Redmi 9A, They have enough memory to store thousands of contacts without any problems. SIM-map, except for compatibility with very ancient push-button phones.

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