How to change the contact in Xiaomi: detailed instructions

Xiaomi’s smartphone is not just a communication tool, but a central communication hub that stores hundreds of important numbers, work contacts, and personal records. Often users are faced with the need to make changes: fix a typo in a room, change a subscriber’s name after marriage, or update an email address. In MIUI or HyperOS, this process may seem unobvious due to the abundance of settings and integration with cloud services.

The main difficulty for owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO It's about knowing where the contact is, depending on the source of the data (SIM-A card, a phone memory, or a Google account, the algorithm of actions, and the available features can vary significantly. If you try to edit a SIM card record, you will find limited functionality, whereas cloud contacts allow you to add photos, addresses, and social networks.

In this article, we'll take you through the nuances of working with a phone book, learn how to quickly find the number you want, change its data, combine duplicates and transfer records between media, and also touch on synchronization issues so that your changes persist even after you lose your device or reinstall your system.

The main ways of editing contacts

There are several ways to make changes to your phone book, and the specific method you choose depends on your current task, and the easiest way to do this is to quickly edit one number directly from the call list or the main contact menu, and you just need to open the Contacts app, find the entry you want, and click on the edit button, which usually looks like a pencil or a three-dot icon in the corner of the screen.

However, if you need to change multiple records or do mass actions, the standard interface may not be flexible enough, and in such cases it is useful to use built-in management tools, for example, Favorites allows you to quickly tag important numbers, but for deep editing, it is better to go to the full subscriber profile, where fields are available to add an additional number, addresses, profile links and birthday reminder times.

⚠️ Warning: Before mass editing or deleting records, make sure that sync with Google is enabled.This will create a backup that can be restored in the event of an accidental error or system failure.

It is important to understand the difference between on-premises storage and cloud storage. If you change the contact you have saved on your Google account, the changes will instantly affect all your devices where you log in to that account. If the record is in your phone’s memory (‘Phone’ or ‘Device’), it will only be available on that particular device. For maximum security and convenience, it is recommended to store all data in the cloud.

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Use voice input to quickly find contacts: just say “OK, Google, call your mom,” and the phone will find the number in your book, even if the name is written in error or in another language.

Instructions for changing data in the Contacts app

The editing process in the standard MIUI/HyperOS shell is logical enough, but it has its own peculiarities. To change the contact information, follow the following steps: first open the Contacts or Phone app and go to the subscriber tab. Find the right person and click on their name to open the card.

In the window that opens, you'll see all the information available. In the upper right corner or at the bottom of the screen (depending on the firmware version), there's an edit button. Once you press it, the fields will become active. You can change your phone number, name, add new ways of communicating. If the number is written incorrectly, just erase the old numbers and enter the correct ones.

Special attention should be paid to the field "Name". In Xiaomi smartphones, there is often a problem of duplication of names when the system can not correctly combine records from different sources. If you see two identical names but with different numbers, you may want to use the unification function, which we will talk about below.

After making all the necessary changes, be sure to click the Save button or the box in the corner of the screen. If you just log out of the application without saving, all the data entered will be lost. The system may suggest saving changes to a particular account if you have several connected - choose one that syncs with the cloud.

Working with contacts on SIM-map and google

One of the most important aspects of managing a phone book is understanding where the record is physically stored. SIM-map, internal memory of the phone or Google account. SIM-The card has serious limitations: usually you can change only the number and name, and the addition of a photo, email or address will not be available.

To move the contacts with SIM-Google maps for full access to all features, open the Contacts app. Click on the menu (three dots or bars) and select Import/Export Contacts «SIM-map" and the purpose of "Google" or "Device" and after importing, you can edit all the fields fully.

If you store contacts on Google, you get access to your change history, and the service allows you to roll back changes if you accidentally delete an important number or rewrite it incorrectly. To do this, you have to go to contacts.google.com from your computer, click on the settings gear and select "Cancel Changes." This is a unique feature that is not available when storing data on the Internet. SIM-map.

Removing duplicates and combining records

A common problem with Xiaomi users is the appearance of duplicate contacts, which occurs when the same person is recorded twice: once in the memory of the phone, and the second time came from a synced account or was imported from another SIM card, resulting in the call you see two identical names, which creates confusion.

MIUI has a built-in tool to address this problem, so go to the Contacts settings and find the option "Combine duplicates" or "Clear duplicates." The smartphone will analyze the list and suggest combining the records with the same names or phone numbers, a secure operation that will not cause data loss, but only structure them.

• 📱 Open the Contacts app and click on three dots in the corner.
• 🔍 Select "Settings" or "Contact Management».
• 🔄 Find the option to combine repeated contacts».
• ✅ Confirm the action for all the pairs offered or select specific ones manually.

It's also easy to manually combine contacts. Open one of the copies of the record, click the menu (three dots) and select "Combine with another contact." The system will ask you to select a second entry from the list. Once confirmed, all numbers, addresses and email addresses will be collected in one card, and the extra entry will disappear.

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Regularly combining duplicates not only cleans the list, but also speeds up the Contacts app, as the system has to process fewer records when searching and synchronizing.

Setting up the display and sorting of the list

The ease of use of a phone book depends on how the display of names is configured. In different cultures and personal preferences, users may want to see first the name, then the surname, or vice versa. At Xiaomi, these settings are easily changed in the settings menu.

To change the format, go to the Contacts app settings. Find the Name Format section, and you can choose the Surname (standard for the Russian Federation and CIS) or Surname (accepted in some Western countries and databases) option, and the change will apply to the entire list immediately, which will simplify navigation.

Also worth paying attention to the filter of the displayed contacts. Sometimes users complain that they can not find the desired number, although they are sure that they saved it. Often the reason is that the settings are a filter “Contacts Only with Numbers” or hidden contacts from certain accounts (for example, a WhatsApp or Viber account is hidden if integrated), check the “Contacts to display” section and make sure that the check boxes are in front of all the necessary sources.

The solution: why the changes are not kept

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where after editing the contact, the changes do not apply or disappear after a reboot. The most likely cause is a lack of sync or overflow of account memory (although Google’s limits are huge, technical failures occur), and the problem can be an unstable Internet connection at the time of saving.

If you're trying to change a contact and the system is giving you an error, check the sync status. Go to Settings → Accounts and Sync → Google. Make sure the Contacts switch is active. If the error icon is on, try unchecking the tick and putting it again to start the process again.

⚠️ Note: If you use third-party calling apps (like Truecaller or GetContact), they can take control of the phone book, in which case you need to edit contacts through the settings of the aggregator application itself, and not through a standard Xiaomi call.

Another rare but possible cause is damage to the contact database, and if nothing helps, you can try clearing the Contacts and Contact Store app cache through the app menu, which won’t delete your numbers (if they’re synchronized), but reset your display settings and can fix the software bug.

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