Easy Way to Backup & Restore XIAOMI POCO M2 Contact, Chat, Data, Picture, SMS Before Doing Hard Reset Format

Tips for backup all important data on XIAOMI POCO M2. There are several data that we have to backup like chat history, photos videos, contact, and some other more before some troubles happen at our XIAOMI POCO M2 or lost or damage or corrupt. We can choose to backup whether cloud or using external memory. This phone has its own dedicated external memory slot for MicroSD / MicroSDXC.

XIAOMI POCO M2 is Android 10 smartphone that run with Mediatek Helio G80 processor. There are four rear camera that we can use with different functions. Some photos or vidoes may deleted or removed by accident. How to restore deleted files/photos/videos from XIAOMI POCO M2? If we backup our important data or photos videos regularly, then we still have backup data to restore at other locations. Please read some information below for performing cloud backup.

There are several applications that we do not need to worry about data, because it is already saved at cloud like email or social media such as Facebook or Instagram and some other more.

 

BACKUP Procedure for XIAOMI POCO M2

Login With Google Account to Backup Contact or Phone Book on XIAOMI POCO M2

Almost all of us will have many contacts or phonebooks data at XIAOMI POCO M2 which are very important for our activity. We have to backup all important data at safety location. One important thing when use Android, that we can synchronize our contact data to Google account, what we have to do is make sure our phone already sign in with our personal Google account.

After login or sign-in, Android phone by default will automatically synchronize or backup data to Google cloud server, so we will have 2 phonebook storage, one is at our XIAOMI POCO M2 and the other one at https://contacts.google.com. Please check that address to make sure all data already backup at Google server.

This steps will show if our XIAOMI POCO M2 sync with Google cloud server:

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Open Menu Setting > Account > Google , make sure your Gmail account already setup
3. If you need to add Google / Gmail account, then click Add account
4. Please see at your account, and make sure the Sync is ON

 

How to Backup Phone Book or Contact on XIAOMI POCO M2 Manually to SDCard Memory?

We can keep contact files to external memory if available, or to internal memory and copy or send that files using email or other cloud storage like Dropbox or Google drive.

Beside having backup at Google cloud for our contact, we can also backup or export our contact or phonebook on XIAOMI POCO M2 using Export menu at Contacts menu.

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Open applications: Contacts
3. Choose all contact to backup: Contacts > Menu > Export / Backup contacts
4. Choose Export to storage / SD card
5. The filename of exported file will be show to tell us where the exported file is
6. Finish backup contact XIAOMI POCO M2 to memory card

 

How to Backup Picture/Photo XIAOMI POCO M2 ?

Photo also important to backup because with good camera quality on XIAOMI POCO M2, we will have many important pictures for special moment. There are several option to backup our media like Photo and Pictures to several location.

Backup or Copy at Computer:

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Connect XIAOMI POCO M2 with computer using USB data cable
3. Make sure computer can connect to XIAOMI POCO M2 memory card (otherwise, try to slide down the notifications area from XIAOMI POCO M2, choose to connect USB as media)
4. If the computer already able to read XIAOMI POCO M2 phone data, then use computer File Explorer to open the DCIM folders on XIAOMI POCO M2, copy all folder or files to specific location at our computer
5. If everything finish, please try to open all images from our computer to make sure all data already backup or export or copy without problem

Backup Photo / Videos of XIAOMI POCO M2 to Google Photos:

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Make sure we have installed Google Photos applications from Google Play Store
3. Open Google Photos applications from XIAOMI POCO M2
4. Choose Setting at Google Photos applications: Setting > Backup & sync (turn in on)
5. At Backup & sync menu, please choose our Google backup account
6. At Backup & sync menu, please choose Upload Size to High quality (free unlimited storage)
7. By default the photos and videos will backup to unlimited Google Photos backup when our XIAOMI POCO M2 connected to Wifi

 

Follow Tips and Tricks to Fix & Hard Reset XIAOMI POCO M2

 

Restore Procedure for XIAOMI POCO M2

Restore Back Backup Contact From Google Account on XIAOMI POCO M2

If we reformat or hard reset XIAOMI POCO M2, all data will be removed or wiped, so we need to restore back all contact to XIAOMI POCO M2. This is how to restore:

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Go to Menu Setting > Account > Google
3. Add our Google or Gmail account
4. In the first time, we can force Sync contact to restore Contacts from Google server to our XIAOMI POCO M2
5. Make sure Sync is on for keep synchronize our contact to Google cloud server

 

Restore Back Backup Contact From SD Card / MicroSD / Internal Memory to XIAOMI POCO M2

1. Turn on XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Choose Contacts
3. Choose Menu from Contacts > Import Contact
4. Choose Import from storage / SD card
5. Choose the place that we can save our contact
6. Choose Import vCard file

 

Restore Backup Photos and Videos from Google Photos on XIAOMI POCO M2

1. Install Google Photos to our XIAOMI POCO M2
2. Choose Setting at Google Photos applications: Setting > Backup & sync (turn in on)
3. Login previous Google account to our Google Photos applications.
4. Wait for several moment when our XIAOMI POCO M2 connected to Wifi, then our photos and videos will be restored to our phone.

 

 

How to Backup and Restore SMS / Text Message on XIAOMI POCO M2

There are some options to backup SMS / Text Message from our phone. We recommended to use and download SMS Backup & Restore applications from Google Play Store. We can backup all or specific SMS/conversations to phone memory (internal or external memory) or use cloud storage such as Google Drive or Dropbox. Please do the following steps to :

1. Download SMS Backup & Restore from Google Play Store
2. From menu inside this apps, please choose Back up now
3. Choose what to backup at our text message
4. Choose where to backup. We suggest to use Google Drive as long as we already have Gmail account to sign-in. We also can choose some other options for backup location like Dropbox or internal/external phone memory.
5. We can choose to backup only once or every specific time

 

Restore SMS / Text Message on XIAOMI POCO M2 :

1. This steps only can work if we have followed above steps to backup SMS / Text messages using SMS Backup & Restore application from Google Play Store.
2. Open SMS Backup & Restore application and choose from menu Restore
3. Choose where the location we have backup before (Local phone memory or Google Drive or Dropbox), and choose to Login or find the Backup files from our phone.
4. Choose what we want to restore from that backup files (Message or Phone calls)
5. Choose Restore button.

 

 

How to Backup Whatsapp Chat History on XIAOMI POCO M2 ?

Whatsapp is very famous at several country. We can communicate with any contact across devices. There are many important information that we keep from Whatsapp chatting communication, therefore we have to backup all Whatsapp chat history and restore at new or same phone when some troubles happen. Please follow this page to backup-restore Whatsapp Chat History or Media Photos Videos from our XIAOMI POCO M2.