Questions tagged [vcard]
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How can I import a VCARD file (contact information) via a QR code into Android contacts?
I would like to generate a QR code for my contact information to put on a website or my phone to show people. They should be able to scan it and import it automatically to their phone contacts. All I ...
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How to create QR contact code from vCard
Just came across a website with a QR code that when I pointed the mobile phone camera towards it (I am using a mobile phone with Android 10), it opened a window with Name, Phone, Email, Website, Title ...
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preview a vCard without adding it to the contact list [duplicate]
Is it possible to preview a vCard (placed online, as a file or QR code), the same way it's done for NFC?
How it works for NFC: https://youtu.be/NCkBAELTODk
Firefox just saves vCard silently, without ...
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Import contacts with group
I'd like to import around 1000 contacts within a group into an android phone (OS 7.0). I have the vCard only. Is it somehow possible?
Hope this is the right place for that, thanks in advice.
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I imported my Android contacts to Google contacts, and now they are all duplicated
I was under the impression my Android contacts are not syncing with my Google contact list, but after importing them to Google contacts they are all duplicated in Android.
Any tips how to undo this ...
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Samsung Galaxy A3
Can someone help me please. I imported a vcf card into my Samsung which asks if I want to save it to my contacts. I say yes, I have even selected edit and then done, I have set my contacts to view all ...
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What vCard formats/versions and encodings are supported for import?
I have tried to import vCard files using default Contacts app in Samsung Galaxy S6 (details here), but I am not sure about format required (vCard version supported) and Encoding to be used.
I have ...
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Hangouts doesn't show the content of vCard
When I receive a vCard (.vcf), Hangouts does not show the content of it! Is there a setting for this or simply this feature is omitted in Hangouts?
Here, in this picture I sent a vCard and the other ...
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How to read contact details sent from iphone?
When someone with an iPhone sends me a contact, it appears as a blank MMS message. I found that this happens because group chat is on on their end, but these people are not always my friends, so I can'...
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How do I read a vCard?
so someone tells me i need to call a few people. they send me a vCard called contacts.vcf. i import it. i open my phone app and start to dial, but wait...i don't know their names.
How do i look up ...
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Android Beam - vCard Not Init'ing
When I try to send a contact from one nexus 5 to another, Android Beam fails (everything is enabled). Other things such as a pic, a Play App link, etc. work just fine.
When I pull the log, I can see ...
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Sorting the contact by VCard's categories
My contacts are currently stored on a CardDav server (more specifically, an OwnCloud instance) and I am using DAVDroid to do the synchronization.
The problem I have is that I want to be the VCard ...
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Which VCF field do I use to specify a group in Android?
I'm creating a VCF file on my website. It works nicely with the export, and most data are being imported, but the group is not created or used on Android.
I've tried using CATEGORIES and ORG. I also ...
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vCard sent to my android from an iPhone arrives as text message
Is there any easy way to save a contact which has arrived like
<Subject: PXT> - BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID blah blah blah
Into the contacts? I believe it happens when someone "shares" a ...
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Add calendar event from QR-encoded vcard
Is there any way to BOTH
decode QR codes for vcard-format calendar events without mangling the dates, AND
add them to the calendar (ICS or newer) when recognized?
So far, using QR codes generated ...
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Problem opening VCF files on tf300
I am trying to help my Father debug an issue he has on the TF300 since it upgraded to Jelly Bean. We are both unable to open a vCard file from email or from Astro file explorer. It appears to the ...
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Is there a way to write a full vCard via NFC?
Is there a way to write a full vCard to a NFC tag? All of the apps I've tried off Google Play seem to only write the email address or other subset. I've tried apps such as NFC Task Launcher, NFC ...
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vCard sent to my Android shows up as text
A friend sent me a couple of contacts via vCard mms. I received them as text messages, with for example the contact avatar rendered as plain text and some of the characters replaced with android ...
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Can I generate a QR code for a contact?
I'm pretty sure I remember someone showing me a tool they were using to generate QR codes for individual contacts on their Android.
How do I generate a QR code for a contact?
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MMS vCard displaying as playable media file
I am having difficulty viewing a vcard received via text message. My phone recognizes it's an MMS but views it as a Multimedia file and tries to play it.
My phone is rooted running Cyanogen 7.0.1....
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