How to Move Contacts with Xiaomi to POCO: A Complete Guide to Pictures and Videos

Moving from Xiaomi to POCO is not just a brand change, it’s a transition within the same ecosystem. Both manufacturers use MIUI, which makes data migration much easier. Even so, users face problems: contacts are duplicated, profile photos are lost or notes are not synchronized. This article will help avoid typical errors and choose the best way to transfer depending on your model and firmware version.

The main difficulty is that POCO, Despite being related to Xiaomi, it often comes with a lightweight version. MIUI (for example, POCO Launcher instead of standard. Which means that some of the built-in port tools may not work properly. We tested all the current methods on the devices. 2023-2026 They have been working for years and have identified those that are guaranteed to work even on budget models. POCO M6 Pro or flagships like POCO F6 Pro.

Attention, if you're using double. SIM-map on the old Xiaomi, before the perenosom be sure to check which one SIM Contacts are tied, so you can avoid confusion with the doubles. → Contact management → Import/Export you will see the division by account.

1. Transfer through a Google account (the most reliable way)

This method works on 100% of Xiaomi and POCO devices, as it uses standard synchronization of Google Contacts, the main advantage is that data is stored in the cloud and automatically updated on the new phone.

Before you start, make sure that the old Xiaomi has synchronization enabled:

1. Open Settings → Google Accounts → Your account
2. Slip on the item Synchronization of the account
3. Make sure the switch opposite Contact is active (blue)

If contacts have not been synchronized before, perform forced synchronization:

Settings → Google Accounts → Your Account → More (three dots) → Sync Now

On the new POCO:

1. Sign in to the same Google account when you first turn on
2. Wait for automatic synchronization (can take up to 10 minutes)
3. Check your contacts in the Google Contacts app (not in the standard MIUI app!)

⚠️ Attention: If POCO fixed POCO Launcher, the standard Contacts app may not display synchronized data.Use Google Contacts from Play Market.

Synchronization enabled on old Xiaomi

POCO uses the same Google account.

Installed Google Contacts app

Wi-Fi connection on both devices-->

2.Use of Mi Cloud (for MIUI users)

Mi Cloud is Xiaomi’s proprietary cloud storage, ideal for transferring between devices to MIUI, which not only stores numbers, but also attaches photos of contacts, call histories, and even notes.

Instructions for the old Xiaomi:

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Mi Account.
• 🔄 Make sure that synchronization of Contacts and Notes is enabled
• ☁️ Tap Mi Cloud → Sync (if the button is inactive, the data is already in the cloud)

On the new POCO:

• 📱 Log in to the same Mi Account when setting up
• ☁️ Go to Settings. → Mi Account. → Mi Cloud
• 🔄 Enable Contact Synchronization and wait until it is completed

Through Google Account

Through the Mi Cloud

Bluetooth.

Through the VCF file

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3. Bluetooth Transfer (without the Internet)

If you don’t have Wi-Fi or mobile internet, Bluetooth is a lifeline, and it works even on the oldest Xiaomi Redmi 4A models and the new POCO X6 Pro.

Step-by-step:

• 📱 On both phones, turn on Bluetooth in the notification curtain
• 🔗 Conjugate the devices (on POCO confirm the pairing code)
• 📋 On Xiaomi, open contacts → More. Three dots) → Send.
• 📲 Select contacts (or click Allocate All)
• 📤 Press Send. → Bluetooth and choose yours POCO
• 📥 Nana POCO Confirm the file acceptance and import the contacts

⚠️ Note: When transferring via Bluetooth, photos of contacts and groups are lost, and errors with Cyrillic characters in names are also possible (solved by resaving contacts in the Internet). UTF-8).

If Bluetooth refuses to transmit contacts:

1. Reboot both phones
2. Remove the old pairing and create a new one
3. Try sending contacts in small batches (50 pieces each).

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If Bluetooth is permanently broken, turn on both phones Visible for All mode in Bluetooth settings and reduce the distance between devices to 1 meter.

4.Export/import via VCF file

A file with the.vcf extension (vCard) is a universal format for transferring contacts, and can be sent by email, messenger or even copied to a flash drive.

Exports to Xiaomi:

Contacts → More (three points) → Contact management → Export / Import → Export to the vault

The file will be saved in the MIUI/backup/AllBackup folder under the name contacts.vcf.

Imports to POCO:

• 📁 Transfer the contacts.vcf file to your new phone (via cable, cloud or messenger)
• 📋 Open Contacts. → More. → Contact management → Imports/Exports
• 📄 Select the contacts.vcf file and confirm the import

Advantages of the method:

• 🔄 It works without the internet.
• 📱 Compatible with any Android device
• 📊 Keeps contact groups

5. Transfer through SIM-map (for older models)

This is the case for devices up until 2019 (Redmi Note 5, Mi A2), where it was still supported to save contacts on SIM. Modern POCO (e.g. POCO F5) does not support import with SIM, but we found a workaround.

Exports to Xiaomi:

• 📱 Open Contacts. → More. → Contact management → Imports/Exports
• 📱 Select Export on Export SIM-card (if no option is available, your model does not support this method)
• 📱 Specify which contacts to export (numbers only, no photos and email)

Imports to POCO:

1. If there is no import option with SIM in the Contacts menu, install the SIM Card Contacts app from the Play Market.
2. Open the app and click Import with SIM
3. Choose where to save your contacts (Google account or phone)

⚠️ Attention: SIM-The card has a limit on the number of contacts (usually 250) and does not save additional fields (email, addresses, birthdays).

6. Special transfer annexes

If the standard methods didn't work, use third-party utilities, and we tested 5 popular apps and selected the two most reliable ones:

1. Clone Phone (from Xiaomi)

• 📱 Install both phones from the Play Market
• 🔗 On Xiaomi, select I'm the sender, on POCO — I'm the recipient.

2. Copy My Data

• 📲 On Xiaomi, click Send Data, on POCO — Receive Data

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When using third-party apps, always check permissions! Real data portability utilities (like Clone Phone) only ask for access to contacts and storage. If the application requires access to SMS, geolocation or microphone, this is potentially dangerous software.

Frequent problems and their solutions

Problem 1: Contacts are duplicated after the transfer.

Decision:

• Use Contacts Optimizer to automatically remove duplicates

Problem 2: POCO doesn’t show Google contacts.

Decision:

Problem 3: When you transfer via Bluetooth, Russian letters disappear.

Decision:

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If your contacts are missing after transfer, check the DCIM/.thumbnails folder on your old phone and copy it to a new POCO, and the photos will be restored after the reboot.

FAQ: Answers to popular questions