How to connect contacts with Xiaomi Redmi 9C

The problem of duplicate phone book entries is familiar to many smartphone owners, especially after switching from one device to another or changing handsets. SIM-On the Xiaomi Redmi. 9C, shell-operated MIUI, This situation often arises from the dissynchronization of data between the phone’s internal memory, Google account and carrier card. Instead of one neat record with a full set of information, the user sees several cards with the same names, which creates chaos and makes it difficult to find the right number.

Fortunately, Android and Xiaomi’s proprietary shell provide powerful tools for automatically and manually managing a call list. You don’t have to delete every entry manually or rewrite numbers anew. The process of merging (or, as it’s often called, combining) is fast enough if you know where the switches are located. Contact pairing is a standard feature that analyzes names and phone numbers, suggesting that matching profiles be combined into a single card.

In this article, we will take a look at all the ways you can clean up your phone book in detail. We will look at both automatic methods and manual editing for complex cases where the system cannot independently determine a duplicate. The Redmi 9C has enough performance to handle large lists of recipients without delay, so the procedure will go smoothly even with thousands of records.

Preparation for work and creation of backup copy

Before making any changes to the structure of your phone book, it is critical to secure the data from accidental loss.The merger operation is usually safe, but a human factor or software failure can result in the removal of important information.

The most reliable way to save contacts on Xiaomi Redmi 9C is sync with your Google account, which allows you not only to create a copy in the cloud, but also easily restore the list on any other device, and you can use the built-in export tool to the.vcf file, which is stored in internal memory or on the SD card.

To create a local copy through the standard Contacts app, go to the settings menu and select Import/Export Contacts. Here you are interested in the Export to Storage option. The system will create a file with all current records. If there is an error during the process of combining, you can always perform the reverse procedure - import from the file.

⚠️ Note: If you keep your contacts exclusively on SIM-The card, the automatic association function may not be available or work incorrectly. SIM-Maps in memory of your phone or Google account.

Automatic combination of duplicates in the Contacts app

The easiest and fastest way to remove double entries is to use the built-in merging function. MIUI algorithms are smart enough to find matches by name and phone number, even if there are slight spelling differences in the entries. To start the process, open the standard Contacts app (the blue man icon).

At the top of the screen or in the menu (three dots or three bars, depending on the version of MIUI), find the "Contact Management" or "Settings" section. Within this menu, there is often the item "Combine Repetitive Contacts" or "Contact Mergers." When you click on it, you start a database scan.

Once scanned, the system will suggest a list of pairs or groups of contacts that it considers to be the same, so you can accept the system's offer and click "Unite All" or selectively go through the list. Automated merger combines all fields: if one record had only a number and the other had a number and an email, the result will be one full card.

In some versions of the firmware, the process is as follows:

• 📱 Open the Contacts app on the main screen.
• ⚙️ Click on the menu icon and select Settings.
• 🔄 Find the item Combine repetitive contacts.
• ✅ Confirm the action and wait for the process to end.

If the system says no duplicates have been found but you can see them visually in the list, the algorithm has found these entries to be different (e.g., due to different formats of the number or the presence of extra characters in the name), in which case manual intervention will be required, which will be discussed later.

Manually combining records through contact card

When automation fails, manual control comes to the rescue, which takes longer, but gives you complete control over what information is left in the final record, manually combining on Redmi 9C directly from a particular subscriber's card.

Find a contact that has a duplicate in the list. Open it (details). At the bottom of the screen or in the action menu (three dots in the corner) should be the option to Link contacts or Combine. After selecting this feature, the system will prompt you to select from the list other entries that you need to attach to the current one.

The manual fusion process looks like this:

1. Open the first contact card from a pair of duplicates.
2. Click the menu (three dots) and select Link Contacts.
3. In the list that appears, tick all duplicate records.
4. Press the Combine or Ready button.

Important: Once combined, the card can be called by the name that the main record had, and you can always edit the final name by opening the card again and pressing the "Change" button, which is especially useful if the contact was signed differently in different recordings (for example, "Mama" and "Mom Mob").

Managing Contacts through Google Account

The most effective way to bring order to a cloud level, not just a phone, is to use Google Contacts. Because the Xiaomi Redmi 9C runs on Android, syncing with Google is a native feature. The good thing about this method is that it clears the database for all the devices associated with your account.

First, make sure that sync is enabled. Go to Settings of the phone → Accounts and sync → Google. Make sure the switch opposite the Contacts item is active. If there are many records, it is better to clean through the browser on the computer, since the interface there is more convenient.

In the web version of Google Contacts on the left, there is a menu where the "Combine and Fix" item is often found. The system will show the contact groups that are worth combining. You can click "Combine all" for all the pairs offered at once. After that, just wait a few minutes for Redmi 9C to sync with the cloud and duplicates disappear from the phone book.

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Use the “Cancel Changes” feature in Google Contacts if important numbers are missing after syncing, which allows you to roll back the status of the phone book to 10 minutes, an hour or a week.

Display setting and list filtering

Sometimes the problem is not the duplicates themselves, but the display settings. The user can see the same contacts multiple times because it allows all the sources to be displayed simultaneously: SIM-If you have the same number stored in different places, it will flash in the list.

To solve this problem, you need to set up a display filter. In the Contacts app, go to the settings and find Contacts to Display or Contact Filter, where you can choose All Contacts or just one source, like Google.

It is recommended to bring all contacts to a common denominator. The best practice for Android owners is to store all records in a Google account, which ensures that they are safe when you lose your phone and convenient synchronization. SIM-It is better to copy the cards to the phone, and then to the cloud, after which the card itself is copied. SIM-The card can be cleared of the records to avoid confusion.

• 📂 Open the settings of the Contacts application.
• 👁️ Select Contacts to display.
• 🔍 Try to select only one account to check.
• ✅ Make sure the duplicates are not gone, but just hidden.

⚠️ Note: If you turn off the contact display with SIM-cards, they will not be deleted, but will simply cease to be visible in the list" →"Delete contacts with SIM-maps” (after prior copying!).

Cleaning the phone book from trash and empty records

After the merger, it is often found that the list is left “empty” contacts — records without a name and number, or with erroneous data that were left from remote applications (messengers, social networks), such records take up space and interfere with navigation. On the Xiaomi Redmi 9C, they can be deleted en masse.

To clean up, go to the Contacts app, press and hold your finger on one of the records to highlight it. Then, on the top menu, select "Select All" or manually mark unnecessary contacts. After that, click the Remove Bin icon. Mass deletion allows you to quickly clear the list of dozens of unnecessary entries.

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Regular cleaning of the phone book (every 3-6 months) prevents the accumulation of synchronization errors and speeds up the work of contact search.

Also worth paying attention to the contacts created by the apps. Often messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) create their own records with the application logos. They can not be deleted in the standard way, because they are part of the synchronization of the application itself. To remove them, you need to go to the settings of a particular messenger and turn off the synchronization of contacts or profile visibility.

If you notice that contacts return after deleting, check the shopping cart in Google Contacts. Deleted records are stored there for 30 days. For irrevocable deletion, go to the web version of Google Contacts, go to the Recycle Bin and select Clear the Recycle Bin.

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