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brew22crew

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Hello all,

I have a Samsung Mesmerize, Model Number SCH-I500. I recently exported my contacts to the SD card in my phone. My phone named the file "00001.vcf" I then copied the file to my computer so I could edit the file with Notepad. I have done so with no problems. When I was finished with the edit I saved the file as "00002.vcf". I then copied the file to the SD card on my phone. When I tried to import the 00002 file, I received the following error:

"Reading of vCard data has failed

Failed to parse vCard though it seems in valid format, since the current implementation does not support i (This vCard has nested data in it.)"

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why or what the problem is. Can anyone help?
 
I can't help with what your doing with Notepad, but I can give you an easy solution...

The overall goal is to get your contacts added to your Gmail account, then you can edit them on your computer and they will update automatically on your phone...

From your contacts screen, press menu - more - export/import - import from SD Card (since you already exported to SD Card). Choose your Gmail account and then the correct file (the one thats not corrupt).

So basically you export your contacts to the SD card, then import from the SD card to your gmail account.

This process will send all your contacts from your "phone" to your "Gmail" account. Then all you have to do is log into your Gmail account on a computer, and edit away!

Hopefully that all makes sense, let me know if I forgot a step.

Best.
 
Thanks, I understand your instructions, but it isn't going to help with what I am trying to do.

I have already exported/imported my contact information into my gmail account. In doing so I noticed that when I look at a contact, I have double the information. For example, if I have a phone number under both "Phone" and "GMail", I will see two of the same phone numbers when I look at the contact information. The same goes for emails, address's, etc.

So after I was satified that my GMail account had all of my contact info, I deleted all contacts under "Phone". I edited my exported vCard file from my "Phone" contacts and renamed. I simply got rid of all information per contact except the phone numbers. That's it. I made sure the syntax was correct. I then wanted to import the new file under "Phone", delete the phone numbers from my GMail account, thus giving me only one phone number per contact (in theory). This is when I discovered my import problem.

It isn't a huge deal. I just noticed I couldn't group any of my contacts in my phone because I didn't have any "Phone" contacts. I don't know if I am missing any other functions due to not having any "Phone" contacts.

Any more help with the new information?
 
This is probably a non-issue for the original poster, but might help new viewers. When creating .htaccess files, I was instructed to turn off the Word Wrap feature within Notepad, because it will add unseen carriage return characters to the file. Turning that feature of may help. I don’t know :)
 
Hello guys.
How can one delete ALL contacts at once or in just a few clicks?
I know how to delete the contacts one by one but I want to delete a 1000 contacts in just a few clicks.
can anyone help please.
 
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..

And believe me...it worked like a charm..!!
 
harsh123 said:
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..

And believe me...it worked like a charm..!!
Click to expand...

Thanx dude!!
i inserted END:VCARD at the end of .vcf file.. and it worked like a charm :)
 
harsh123 said:
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..

And believe me...it worked like a charm..!!
Click to expand...
Thank You very much Dear, it works for me :)
 
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..
 
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I succeeded in importing a .vcf contacts file from a PC to a Galaxy Tab, the Contacts app would see the .vcf file and attempt to import it but didn't add them to Contacts.

I found the Address Book app and imported the .vcf file without problems. I then exported the Contacts from the Address Book App to a .vcf file which I then imported into the Contacts App without any problems.
 
You can edit it and save it as Unicode or UTF-8 and then upload it back and see if that works.
These days its better to backup your contacts and mails etc using some plugin, like EVO Collaborator for example.
It allows me to backup my files and put them back in when I like, as well as import/export.
 
harsh123 said:
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..

And believe me...it worked like a charm..!!
Click to expand...

Well won't work with mine.
I did a factory reset and prior to that exported all contacts via "import/export" as a .vcf file. Then saved it on the SD card with a backup on a local computer.
After the reset I tried to re-import it but it won't work (same error as above).

The vCard format is like this:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:contact1;01234567;;;
FN:01234567 contact1
TEL;VOICE:01234567
END:VCARD
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:;02345678;;;
FN:02345678
TEL;CELL:02345677
END:VCARD
...etc...etc

So it's all there and yet it won't do it.
 
I had the same problem. I created cvf files through script and the phone kept rejecting.
All it needs is that the file must begin with BEGIN:VCARD
and
end with END:VCARD
and last line must be blank
No trailing blanks on each line.
 
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harsh123 said:
Hey Guys...U know what...there is a damn easy solution to all this crap.!!
I guess everyone is facing a problem in importing the vcard.(some crappy error,etc....)
I also had the same problem.
1. what i did was i opened the .vcf using wordpad.
2. when i opened it, i saw that at the end of the log, i was not able to see the syntax END:VCARD,
3. Basically there are two syntaxes one is BEGIN:VCARD and the other is END:VCARD..( Like any other languages)
4. So just check whether all ur contacts are beginning and ending with these given syntaxes..

And believe me...it worked like a charm..!!
Click to expand...
THIS IS THE MOST FREQUENT SOLUTION
 
I found the issue with my import file so I want to share it in case it is helpful to others.
The VERSION: keyword apparently is sensitive to spaces, so I had VERSION: 2.1 and that seemed to cause an issue.
I found this by comparing my import file with an export file and for a given vcard item, that was the only difference.
HTH
 
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