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Does your contacts app have an import/export to/from non-proprietary VCARD format?
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Arlen Holder
Apr 28, 2020, 2:11:26 PM4/28/20
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Does your contacts app have an import/export to/from non-proprietary VCARD format?
<https://i.postimg.cc/QtTs7bXX/contact01.jpg>
In a recent thread on <http://tinyurl.com/rec.photo.digital> about the huge
loss of privacy that uploading your friends and neighbor's and children and
grandchildren's contact information to the cloud
(aka "Someone Else's Computer")...
o Who's cloud?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/LXWKM7u7Yg8>
It was asked _how_ we can easily _not_ upload contacts to the cloud
o And yet, still sync our contacts among our own devices on our own LAN
Step 1 is a contact app that understands standard non-proprietary formats.
Step 2 is a contact optimizer/organizer/synchronizer that keeps it clean.
For step 1...
Does your contacts app have an import/export to/from non-proprietary VCARD format?
<https://i.postimg.cc/QtTs7bXX/contact01.jpg>
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Together we can accomplish on our phones far more than we can all alone.
<https://i.postimg.cc/QtTs7bXX/contact01.jpg>
In a recent thread on <http://tinyurl.com/rec.photo.digital> about the huge
loss of privacy that uploading your friends and neighbor's and children and
grandchildren's contact information to the cloud
(aka "Someone Else's Computer")...
o Who's cloud?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/LXWKM7u7Yg8>
It was asked _how_ we can easily _not_ upload contacts to the cloud
o And yet, still sync our contacts among our own devices on our own LAN
Step 1 is a contact app that understands standard non-proprietary formats.
Step 2 is a contact optimizer/organizer/synchronizer that keeps it clean.
For step 1...
Does your contacts app have an import/export to/from non-proprietary VCARD format?
<https://i.postimg.cc/QtTs7bXX/contact01.jpg>
--
Together we can accomplish on our phones far more than we can all alone.
Arlen Holder
Apr 29, 2020, 10:50:06 PM4/29/20
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Step 1:
This thread is only to ask what contact app you use to import/export
(via any non-proprietary format such VCard, CSV, etc.).
For step 2... there are so many optimize solutions, it's not funny.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4NFxDg84/contact02.jpg>
Some solutions simply clean up the contacts themselves.
o Other solutions sync them to desktop Excel or Outlook progs.
See details here:
o Which free contact optimizer duplicate removal contacts merger app do you like best & why?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YheUv3Cl5aM>
As just some examples...
o *123 Contacts Backup & Transfer*, by Alterora OU
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.alterora.apps.contacts>
Privacy in focus: Take full control of your private data and leave the
"cloud" solutions to others. CSV/Text and Excel (*.xlsx) format. The app is
available for iPhones, Android and Windows smartphones. This means that you
can transfer your contacts between phones of different platforms, e.g. from
Android smartphones to iPhones or vice versa. Proper duplicate entries
handling. All major contact fields are exported.
o *Contacts Import*, by The Prophet
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.stargw.contactsimport>
Imports contacts from Microsoft Outlook and/or csv.
o *True Contacts*, by Ondrej Psencik
<http://www.psencik.cz/true-contacts>
<http://www.psencik.cz/local-sync/local-sync-and-android-4-ics>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.psencik.com.android.contacts>
True contacts is good for local sync for all apps that create contacts.
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When there are so many choices, it helps to ask others what they like.
This thread is only to ask what contact app you use to import/export
(via any non-proprietary format such VCard, CSV, etc.).
For step 2... there are so many optimize solutions, it's not funny.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4NFxDg84/contact02.jpg>
Some solutions simply clean up the contacts themselves.
o Other solutions sync them to desktop Excel or Outlook progs.
See details here:
o Which free contact optimizer duplicate removal contacts merger app do you like best & why?
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YheUv3Cl5aM>
As just some examples...
o *123 Contacts Backup & Transfer*, by Alterora OU
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.alterora.apps.contacts>
Privacy in focus: Take full control of your private data and leave the
"cloud" solutions to others. CSV/Text and Excel (*.xlsx) format. The app is
available for iPhones, Android and Windows smartphones. This means that you
can transfer your contacts between phones of different platforms, e.g. from
Android smartphones to iPhones or vice versa. Proper duplicate entries
handling. All major contact fields are exported.
o *Contacts Import*, by The Prophet
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.stargw.contactsimport>
Imports contacts from Microsoft Outlook and/or csv.
o *True Contacts*, by Ondrej Psencik
<http://www.psencik.cz/true-contacts>
<http://www.psencik.cz/local-sync/local-sync-and-android-4-ics>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.psencik.com.android.contacts>
True contacts is good for local sync for all apps that create contacts.
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When there are so many choices, it helps to ask others what they like.
Arlen Holder
Oct 29, 2020, 2:49:47 AM10/29/20
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UPDATE:
See also:
o Syncing Outlook Contacts in Windows to Android
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/vary6nhv4qo>
See also:
o Syncing Outlook Contacts in Windows to Android
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/vary6nhv4qo>
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