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How to backup contacts and sms messages from Huawei P9 Lite Mini (SLA-L22)

We used PhoneCopy.com service for this guideline. Using it, your can backup your contacts from your Huawei P9 Lite Mini (SLA-L22) easily. The whole backup, including the settings, can be done in several minutes.

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

Now you have all your contacts backed up on PhoneCopy and you can edit all your contacts in your online account. If you lose your phone or the stored data, or if you just run out of battery, you can see your contacts online.

Some additional tips:

You can easily remove duplicate items among your contact list or SMS messages. Just go to the Contacts (or SMS) section and choose More Actions -> Search for duplicates. Detailed wizard will help you to solve this kind of problem easily.