Easy Way to Backup & Restore XIAOMI REDMI GO Contact, Chat, Data, Picture, SMS

Tips for backup all important data on XIAOMI REDMI GO. This is entry level smartphone that work with Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 processor and have limited RAM 1 GB. Therefore we have to use Android 8.1 Go Editions to fit the hardware specifications.

We have to make sure all data has been backup properly before some troubles happen like phone lost or hardware corrupt. Android have several automatic backup procedure for some data, we have to make sure all process already run properly or not.

This page will give several information about how to backup important applications and data. There are several applications that we do not need to worry about data, because they are already saved at cloud like email or social media such as Facebook or Instagram and some other more.

 

BACKUP Procedure for XIAOMI REDMI GO

Login With Google Account to Backup Contact or Phone Book on XIAOMI REDMI GO

Almost all of us will have many contacts or phonebooks data at XIAOMI REDMI GO 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 REDMI GO 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 REDMI GO sync with Google cloud server:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
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 REDMI GO 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 REDMI GO using Export menu at Contacts menu.

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
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 REDMI GO to memory card

 

How to Backup Picture/Photo XIAOMI REDMI GO ?

Photo also important to backup because with good camera quality on XIAOMI REDMI GO, 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 to External Memory Card:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
2. Open Home Screen
3. Find and run File Manage / File Commander
4. Choose Internal storage, we will see many  folders
5. Press and hold one folder for select, after one folder selected, we will see menu at bellow
6. Choose Select all at menu bellow
7. Choose Copy (or move, but better use copy to reduce the missing files)
8. Choose Menu > SD Card
9. Choose the new folder that we want to copy that files
10. Choose Paste
11. Please make sure check manually at microSD folder that all files already copied

Backup or Copy at Computer:

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
2. Connect XIAOMI REDMI GO with computer using USB data cable
3. Make sure computer can connect to XIAOMI REDMI GO memory card (otherwise, try to slide down the notifications area from XIAOMI REDMI GO, choose to connect USB as media)
4. If the computer already able to read XIAOMI REDMI GO phone data, then use computer File Explorer to open the DCIM folders on XIAOMI REDMI GO, 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

 

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Restore Procedure for XIAOMI REDMI GO

Restore Back Backup Contact From Google Account on XIAOMI REDMI GO

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

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
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 REDMI GO
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 REDMI GO

1. Turn on XIAOMI REDMI GO
2. Choose Contacts
3. Choose Menu from Contacts > Import Contact
4. Choose Import from storage / SD card
5. Choose the folder that we have saved our contact
6. Choose Import vCard file

 

How to Backup and Restore SMS / Text Message on XIAOMI REDMI GO

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 REDMI GO :

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 REDMI GO ?

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 REDMI GO.

 

Please note, this phone has very limited performance with 1 GB RAM. Some applications maybe can not work properly at XIAOMI REDMI GO. They also may get some upgrade for improve the performance and may not work anymore at this phone.