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How to backup contacts and sms messages from Honor 20 Pro (yal-l41)

PhoneCopy.com makes it simple to back up your contacts from Honor 20 Pro (yal-l41) to the cloud. In this guide, we will walk you through the entire process step by step.

Download PhoneCopy for Huawei from Huawei AppGallery to your Huawei phone, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installation, go through the following steps.

Run the app and create new account. If you already have an account choose "sign on".

Welcome Create new account Login to existing account

To allow correct functionality of PhoneCopy application we will kindly ask you to confirm access permissions for it.

Permissions Permissions 2

When you confirm access to contacts you can set which "contacts databases" you want to backup.

Contacts Contacts 2 Contacts 3

PhoneCopy allows to back up SMS too.

SMS SMS 2 Messages

Then you can set up backup for media (photos and videos).

Media Media 2 Photos and videos

If you want download photos and videos from old phone (which was synchronized to PhoneCopy.com before) you can choose it in the next step. Then you can synchronize.

Other devices Sync

You can access all settings later by bottom menu of the application or by main menu. In case you exceed limits for a free account we recommend you to buy Premium

Side menu Bottom menu Premium

Your data is now safe on PhoneCopy. The service stores a full copy of your contacts online, so you can access them from any device or restore them whenever needed.

Some additional tips:

It is a good idea to run a sync before any major change, such as a factory reset or an OS update. That way, your contacts are always protected before anything unexpected happens.