Comment by Eische
In my case at least all contacts are there. But some are missing phone numbers, some are missing birthday entries I added using the people app.
View ArticleComment by JTMarjomaa
Yes. I did like I wrote. I took a backup of the People. After that I took ssh connection from laptop to phone and copied the all.vcf. The content of the file was a big disappointment. I don't know how...
View ArticleAnswer by JTMarjomaa for Export vcf from People
I took backup of the People and copied it (~/.vault/People/data/all.vcf) to my laptop. Unfortunately I noticed that the backup didn't contain even half of my contacts in People?!?!?! ..and some...
View ArticleComment by lumen
Seriously... It is instructed under: https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202459088-How-do-I-copy-my-contacts-from-Jolla-to-another-mobile-device-or-a-computer- how you can find the file...
View ArticleComment by luigitheluigi
i had a problem when saving the all.vcf to pc (win7), it started to open it up all of the contacts in separate windows...and when i tried to copy it to an old phone (nokia c7) it only copied one...
View ArticleComment by Jolla-be really different
you have to install “file browser” from the Jolla Store. Remember to permit to show hidden files in “Settings”.
View ArticleComment by zemideluxe
@jolla-be really different : @ibins : where do I find this folder and how? Do I need special rights or the developer mode or apps? Didn't find it with "file browser" and no developer mode...?
View ArticleAnswer by Jolla-be really different for Export vcf from People
solution without su privileges : use backup and in the directory ~/.vault/People/data the all.vcf will be there. No longer valid since 2.0.4.14: now you have to open the compressed backup file with...
View ArticleComment by pan tau
"**we don't have the right to export data we retrieved from external services**". well thats could be nice signal for public, to think more about clouding/sharing/publishing own privacy, your data are...
View ArticleComment by baptx
vcardconverter and commhistory-tool are awesome tools on Jolla / SailfishOS to backup contacts and messages using command line :) By the way, does anyone know why we can't export contacts to VCF file...
View ArticleComment by idro
so....we will have the option exporto contacts in future update? vcf, or syncronization with pc/meego/ different OS? now we have a perfect funcionally import but...in case of resetting phone would be...
View ArticleComment by dsilveira
I'm not really willing to care about unfair restrictions of what is already mine, maybe I'm stupid, but I believe that there are values which are more important than what the lobby sponsored weak user...
View ArticleComment by MattVogt
@dsilveira: while I understand how you feel, you may need to re-read the Terms of Service for the contacts service provider you use. Some (but not all) impose restrictions on what can be done with the...
View ArticleComment by dsilveira
@MattVogt "we don't have the right to export data we retrieved from external services" - WHAT?? It's MY DATA, I have the right to do with it whathever I want!!
View ArticleComment by torcida
Anything new here? I hope to see "export .vcf-files" in the next, soon available update.
View ArticleComment by axaq
Exporting with `vcardconverter` several times to different files without running People app the resulting vcf files are sometimes different:...
View ArticleComment by axaq
@MattVogt: You are right. I could have run the vcardconverter successfully. But running only `devel-su -p` I expected to see the root prompt. I should read the documentation of `devel-su` :-)
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