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Anybody successfully imported vcf to the Captivate address book?

I've exported my address book and now when I import it I get a parse error. I'm getting frustrated here.

gunnyman said:
I've exported my address book and now when I import it I get a parse error. I'm getting frustrated here.
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Have you tried to import using gmail contacts? I have always used that.
I did see that when you open the contacts > menu > more > import/ export > import from SD card or Export to SD card.............searching for vcard

Palmetto_X said:
Have you tried to import using gmail contacts? I have always used that.
I did see that when you open the contacts > menu > more > import/ export > import from SD card or Export to SD card.............searching for vcard
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I am able to export all the contacts but importing the resulting vcf file fails with a parse error.

gunnyman said:
I am able to export all the contacts but importing the resulting vcf file fails with a parse error.
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i exported to my sd card... then imported.. got an error importing the first time around... tried again, and i was successful...
just a lot of clutter because it double loaded half of my contacts

gunnyman said:
I am able to export all the contacts but importing the resulting vcf file fails with a parse error.
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What are you exporting from? Vcard isn't as universal as it should be. You could try creating a contact on the phone, then export it - import on your pc and try to find out what is different.

alphadog00 said:
What are you exporting from? Vcard isn't as universal as it should be. You could try creating a contact on the phone, then export it - import on your pc and try to find out what is different.
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I'm using the import/export feature built into the phone. I chalked it up to having 500 some odd contacts.

gunnyman said:
I'm using the import/export feature built into the phone. I chalked it up to having 500 some odd contacts.
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So you are trying to export contacts on the phone and re-import them - like the group/ringtone fix - making dupes on phone of the ones in google?
Someone on another forum, found that birthday's with no year caused a problem for google contacts. It could be something like this, but I don't know where to start looking.

Having same issue.

Captivate cannot read vcards it sends to itself through email
I created a new contact on my Captivate, sent namecard for the contact using email, sent the email to myself. After receiving the email on my phone, I clicked Open using Contacts. I then get an error:
Reading of vCard has failed ... I/O error.
WTF ? Crazy !!

I had some trouble trying to put contacts directly into the phone.
So, I just loaded them into the gmail website contacts from the PC.
Since then, no problems, and they stay synced up.
In any standard .vcf file, you should be able to open it with a text editor to eliminate corrupted entries. Just compare files that import to those that don't and you will figure out what is breaking import.

Sync contacts to gmail?

Hi
I tried to serch buy didn't find any good info... How do I sync my contacts on my sim to my gmail account? I want to use pics for my contacts witch I can't when they are stored on my sim for some reason :S

Import from sim to phone and click on accounts to sync them to gmail. Open your Gmail from a PC or Mac...add pictures and it will update your contacts with pics. Any editing you do on Gmail contacts will affect your phone contacts.
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youngpic48 said:
Import from sim to phone and click on accounts to sync them to gmail. Open your Gmail from a PC or Mac...add pictures and it will update your contacts with pics. Any editing you do on Gmail contacts will affect your phone contacts.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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I can only choose to import/export to external sd

Lirkaren said:
I can only choose to import/export to external sd
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You could export to sd card and then take the file and import into gmail through a computer if you are unable to convert the contacts on the phone itself to gmail. I dont have experience with contacts on SIM but other contacts you can change from phone to gmail so they get backup and also sync images with gmail.

Lirkaren said:
I can only choose to import/export to external sd
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Yes. First, export all your SIM contacts to SD card. This will create a .VCF file. Once done, on your mobile, select that VCF file and it will give you an option to export to your phone or your GMAIL accounts. Once exported to GMAIL, you can easily edit, add pics etc.

rajuki said:
Yes. First, export all your SIM contacts to SD card. This will create a .VCF file. Once done, on your mobile, select that VCF file and it will give you an option to export to your phone or your GMAIL accounts. Once exported to GMAIL, you can easily edit, add pics etc.
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Worked perfectly thanks

cant
i cant find the option of exporting my contacts on to sd card HELP.......

razer_rulzs said:
i cant find the option of exporting my contacts on to sd card HELP.......
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Contacts->Option/Menu key-> Import/Export?.
That is not that hard. Isn't it?

[Q] Import Contacts from CSV

Good day folks!
Is there any app available for importing contacts saved in a CSV file?
I recently exported my contacts to Outlook using HTC sync prior to S-OFFing.
I had also used a crappy backup tool which completely failed to restore anything
(in case you wanto know the fauly app was Backup Master, stay away)
Well, now i have the contacts in a CSV file on my SD card and i want to import the contacts to my phone book.
Tried the import through Gmail option (which i am not very keen on doing.. for obvious reasons), but even having that as a last option does not hyelp as the 'import' button does not appear in my gmail account on the mobile.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks

You could log into you gmail account on a pc, then import the contacts csv, then sync your phone contacts with your gmail account

Doing it through GMail would really be the best option

well, i did not wanto use google...
not sure if i want to voluntarily give up all my contacts...
though am quite certain they have it anyways
for anyone who may have this issue, this is what i did...
the contacts were saved in outlook...
i exported all the contacts in .vcf format to a directory on the SD card.
the stock contacts app provides an option to import contacts from memory card...
that's about it...

[Q] how i import VCF Contacts from computer to WP7 ?!

how i import VCF Contacts from computer to WP7 ?!
im using htc hd7 wp7.5
thx

I guess you have a live account added to your phone. so just go on your web browser on your pc to your live account and go contacts import. than click import from pc find your vcf and done your contacts are going to be synced automatically after you sync your account on your phone again

when i try to import vcf files it says " Internal error importing file "
so ?

promarko said:
when i try to import vcf files it says " Internal error importing file "
so ?
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It says that on your PC right?? if that's the case try with another account like google or yahoo. I have contacts form gmail, 2 live accounts and facebook syncing.

[Q] Contacts BackUP

Hi, I want to know how I could do a full backup of my contacts, that is doing the backup saves me also my contacts combined with facebook, skype, etc.
Thanks!

Open Contacts
Select All
Export to SD Card
Or
Sync with Google Account

sahilarora2003 said:
Open Contacts
Select All
Export to SD Card
Or
Sync with Google Account
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Hi Sahilarora, I did that before and only save me all like google contacts, what I want is that when I import the contacts I don't have to combine all again.

Diegocsn said:
Hi, I want to know how I could do a full backup of my contacts, that is doing the backup saves me also my contacts combined with facebook, skype, etc.
Thanks!
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My Backup Pro should do it. Find it in the play store

Diegocsn said:
Hi Sahilarora, I did that before and only save me all like google contacts, what I want is that when I import the contacts I don't have to combine all again.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5pZGVhLmJhY2t1cC5zbXNjb250YWN0cyJd
or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5yZXJ3YXJlLmFuZHJvaWQuTXlCYWNrdXAiXQ..

Go back-up is the best way to go.