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I just joined the Android community. I have been using a Nokia E72. I am a bilingual user (Hebrew/English). I have succeeded in importing my address book 838 contacts with the help of this blog http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-transfer-contacts-from-a-nokia-symbian-phone-to-htc-desire

My Android OS came with Hebrew/English pre-installed. The problem is that in the imported address book all of the Hebrew in contacts show as gibberish.

I tried switching back and forth the default language, but that made no difference.

Any help would be appreciated.

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I found the solution here iandroid.co.il/forum/topic1999.html – user2498 Jan 27 '11 at 23:14
If it's the answer you were looking for, post it as an answer. – gary Jan 28 '11 at 1:09

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Sounds like an encoding problem. Have you tried importing the .vcf into Google Contacts (on the web) and then syncing your phone with your Google account contacts? That might provide better results; Android doesn't play nice with multiple languages right now.

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What if I do not have internet connection nor wifi on my Android? what then? how the google contacts can be of any help what so ever? – user13300 Mar 10 '12 at 15:06
@Miki800 I honestly wouldn't consider a phone without Wi-Fi a smartphone. If you're in that situation, however, consider asking your own question -- most everyone has Wi-Fi so in the absence of evidence otherwise, those considerations aren't relevant here. – Matthew Read♦ Mar 11 '12 at 22:49

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