yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Thank you for your suggestions.

I tried the duplicate removal app you mentioned and several others, but none did the trick, until I found Compelson's Contacts Optimizer which was extremely helpful, since it had the best dupe find algorithm and also helped by NOT aggregating the contacts, so I was able to manually do a lot of clean up. I was able to do all this with the free features. This app is really impressive an stands way beyond the other apps - I am writing this so other people will be able to use this reference.

So, I did a lot of work, and was able to get a clean contact base.

I also merged with another phone by adding the owncloud contacts and then the local contacts (where there was of overlap, but some where new) and then again used the Contacts Optimizer to remove the dupes and some manual cleanup later. Was this the right way of doing it, or was there a quicker way that I missed?

Now on my other devices where there are no contacts to be added from, I delete all contacts, then use your app to create a new webcontact and then just bring them in from the owncloud server. Is this right?

I have a few more questions: Obviously the owncloud password is stored on the device? Is it encrypted? What cipher is used?

On some of my devices, the birthdays are already showing from the contacts, even without your event handling activated. Should I activate it nevertheless?

How can I best delete unused accounts (for example I tried another sync program before which created another webcontact) so that everything is really clean?

I just set up a sync with Thunderbird, so I will have all the contacts on my PC also. I have followed this procedure and it worked flawlessly.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Thank you for the suggested app. If only a small amount of contacts should be taken over then moving only this missing contacts is likely the fastest approach (the features of the mentioned Contacts Optimizer app read as it would also allow to sync only e.g. selected contacts) if you know which contacts are missing.

Yes exactly, or you can also simply hide the none ContactSync contacts. Most contact apps can be configured in a way that only contacts from a specific source/sync account are shown.

Of course the password must be stored, the app cant guess it :) Note, that it is only stored on the device and nowhere else and that its stored in the private device database which is not accessible for other apps then ContactSync. And yes its encrypted, multiple encrypting algorithms were used over the time. Latest releases focus on standard AES encryption.

Sync accounts from other apps should be automatically removed by Android if you uninstall the respective sync app.

Combining Thunderbird and ContactSync should work fine, I have many users that use that specific combination with great success.
[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Hello Annemarie,

I just made a test which app does the best job in importing a difficult vcard generated by MyPhoneExplorer.

The result was that your app was BY FAR the best. Please see more details here: http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26848

However your app still had a problem with the notes section. Could you please examine the data in that thread and tell me, if the problem is in your app or in the way MPE exported it?
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
ContactSync supports the QuotedEncoding Style used in that contact. However, the contact data is incorrectly specified which leads to the observed behavior. So what is the problem with the definition of the NOTE:

NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:*800# Data Plan selection (sometimes more data wil be credited than show=

n)=0A*121# Rs Balance & limited plans booking=0A*125# Internet Data & Re=

charge Balances=0A*121*4# Self Service Menu=0A=0AMy Idea Nr. +91-981-123=

-4567

There are two issues:

1) The first line is not folded correctly. The vCard Standard requires that the line is folded to 75/76 (depends on the app that created the contact) characters. This is not the case here for the first line. Interestingly the second/third one are folded correctly. But the issue at the first line already results in your parsing issues.

2) There is (at least at the contact data posted in the forum) a space after the final equals sign (=). This is incorrect and must not be placed there. However this space could be placed there because of the forum software used by FJ. Nevertheless the first issue is still present.

I checked it and if the line folding would be done correctly then the contact is parsed fine by ContactSync. So its not a problem of ContactSync but of MPE. If necessary I can add a workaround for this MPE error if MPE is unwilling to fix it on their end.
[Android Apps and Games] ltGuillaume:
With "folding" you mean "wrapping"? Either way, for this user (and any MPE user) I think it would be best if you -if you're willing- added a workaround, since MPE development has stagnated for quite some time now. I know that the MPE developer is a great guy and there is still some forum activity, but the latest version is over a year old and I don't see a new version coming out any time soon.

HTC Desire CM7/2.3.7

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[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Thank you so much for looking into it. That was extremely helpful and your offer to adapt CS is very generous and well received.

You are quite correct in your suspicion of the forum software being the culprit:

I opened the vcf file in Notepad++ and directly after the equal sign there is a CR/LF, no space on the final or any other line after the equal sign of the note.

There is one more unrelated thing I wanted to ask you: Quite a bit of my contacts have empty spaces in the notes section where they do not belong, f.e. the word company is written "comp any" or Japan becomes "J a pan". You think this comes from MPE or could it come from synching with your app and an owncloud server - where I would suspect the server and not your app of course.

P.S.: I have solved my problems now (not the empty space one directly above) without needing to resort to ContactSync - therefore if it is a lot of work, it is not necessary to do the workaround for me.

MPE has slowed down in development a bit, but nevertheless new features are added to the beta version (f.e. synch between different devices) and a new beta comes out every couple of weeks.
[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Hello Annemarie,

I was just starting to write a post to FJ telling him about the discrepancy and wondered if he used too many or too little characters in his first line,

So I opened the vcf file in Notepad++ and highlighted every line of the note. To my surprise every single line (except the short last one) from the first character up to and including the "=" showed me exactly 73 characters.

Now I am confused, because this seems to be in opposition of what you stated in your previous post.

So that everything is clear, I enclosed the file as an attachment.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Yes I mean the "wrapping", that refers to that all lines in the file have a maximum length and if they get longer a break is added.

Can you post an example vcard file that shows that issue?

The vCard file which you have posted contains following NOTE:

LINE 1: NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:*800# Data Plan selection (sometimes more data wil be credited than show=

LINE 2: n)=0A*121# Rs Balance & limited plans booking=0A*125# Internet Data & Re=

LINE 3: charge Balances=0A*121*4# Self Service Menu=0A=0AMy Idea Nr. +91-981-123=

LINE 4: -4567

Line 2 to 4 are fine. But the first line contains, based on my counting, about 108 characters. Which is more then the about 75 that are recommended in the standard based on my knowledge.

Ps: I did a quick check and I assume that a correct formatting of the lines would be:

LINE 1: NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:*800# Data Plan selection (sometimes more d=

LINE 2: ata wil be credited than shown)=0A*121# Rs Balance & limited plans booking=

LINE 3: =0A*125# Internet Data & Recharge Balances=0A*121*4# Self Service Menu=0A=0A=

LINE 4: My Idea Nr. +91-981-123-4567
[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Ah, so you mean the tag "NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:" is also counted, not just the actual line of the note?

I assumed it was just the text of the note itself that you referred to.

I also enclosed an anonymized vcf that shows the symptom. "take" is changed to "ta ke" here.
[Android Apps and Games] 4ugui:
Anyone know blackberry emul except official blackberry 10 sim on VM ?
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Yes based on my knowledge the length of the whole line is the one that counts. (all this line folding stuff is related to display purposes, i.e., to display the raw vcard definition of a contact, thats why its for the whole line and not only for the content)

I think I can help you with this issue, can you contact me at consync@gmx.at? Then I can send you app version which addresses this.
[Android Apps and Games] binser:
Today I updated your app and I noticed that it now wants to have location permissions.

Is that really necessary for your app?

Maybe you would consider removing that permission, there are enough apps that track their users and I and many other users do not feel comfortable with an app asking for non-essential permission outside of their scope.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Yes the app needs this new permission, however not to detect or use your location. The app has a feature that you can tell it to sync only when it is connected to a specific WIFI network (e.g., to sync only when you are connected to your office or home network). The feature is in quite a long time but never was as easy to configure as I had intended it. To ease the configuration of this feature the app now displays a list of all networks that are currently in range to the device (the user can simply click on the ones he wants to configure). Unfortunately to get access on the list of available wifi networks that are in range Android requires the app to get the "coarse grained location permission".

I'm also not really happy about this permission but I like the feature because it really simplifies the configuration. So maybe it will stay in maybe not. Not really sure until now.
[Android Apps and Games] tigerputzi:
i have some problems when i activate tls1.3 on my apache webserver i got in the app handshake failure

with tls 1.2 i have no problems, android version 9
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Thank your for reporting this. This is already known and an update will be released soon (most likely next week). If you need immediate access please contact us at consync@gmx.at
[Android Apps and Games] tigerputzi:
when will the update available, still see only version 9.0 in play store
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
The update is already available. However, Google does not allow me currently to distribute it through the Google Play Store. Nevertheless you can download the latest app version (which includes the changes for the update) from the app website: Click me

PLEASE NOTE: The app version (9.0) stays/stayed the same as only the internal build number was increased. But the app contains the changes which address the respective situation. The next "big" version change will take place as soon as Google lets me push the update through the Play Store again.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
The update is now also available in the Google Play Store. However currently it is only available through the BETA track of the app. You can install the beta versions of the app as follows:

For the "full" version use following url: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.vcard.android

For the "trial" version use following url: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.vcard.android.free

You can find the same link on the Google Play Store App description page. Note, different beta links are used for ContactSync and CalendarSync, i.e., both have their own independent beta versions.
[Android Apps and Games] tigerputzi:
thx, i testet it with my server and tls 1.3 now it works without problems
[Android Apps and Games] Crashdump:
Hello. Your contactsync.apk destroys photos when two-way-syncing with server . The base64 data of photos are replaced by a 40 byte hex string. The same applies when exporting local VCards. Photos are also broken.

Looks like your app tries to make a SHA1 hash frome base64 data. The order in PHOTO tag is reversed PHOTO;TYPE=JPEG;ENCODING=b: -> PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:. Really strange.

Original data on Server:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
NICKNAME:Slartibartfast
X-RADICALE-NAME:bartfast-slarti-0-0
FN:Slarti Bartfast
PHOTO;TYPE=JPEG;ENCODING=b:[...base64-data...]
BDAY:19111111
UID:bartfast-slarti-0-0
N:Bartfast;Slarti;;;
END:VCARD

Data after sync:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//NTBAB//Android//ContactSync//9.0//167
UID:bartfast-slarti-0-0
BDAY:1911-11-11
FN:Slarti Bartfast
N:Bartfast;Slarti;;;
NICKNAME:Slartibartfast
PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:bfa1f1b8a0a2858fd9352e58a9fc97edcad4ebc5
X-CONTACTSYNC-STARRED:FALSE
X-RADICALE-NAME:bartfast-slarti-0-0
END:VCARD

Server is latest Radicale / Debian-Linux and works without any problems since years.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
ContactSync creates a backup of each photo to ensure that the original data can be reatached to each contact when syncing it (some devices are known to change the photos resolution or format internally).

In your case your mobile device silently truncated this backup as it does not support to add long enough backup data to each contact entry - but also did not inform ContactSync about this limitation.

The easiest fix is to install the latest beta version of the app which takes this in mind. See here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78569069&postcount=64
[Android Apps and Games] Crashdump:
TXH for your fast answer. My wordaround is to switch contactsync temporarily to readonly one-way syncing until an update is available from your website, because I've a contactsync license for use outside Google PlayStore. That's no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
I can send the beta also by mail to you if you like (just send me a pm) or you can install the trial version of the app (from the Play Store) and activate with the license - it will work as well as if you had installed it outside of Google.
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Hi,

please contact me at consync@gmx.at. We are currently reworking the UI for ContactSync and so the best way to do this would be if you directly try out the most recent UI iteration. I just tried it in 2.3.8 and it worked fine. I can send you the current installation package if you write us.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] Revan335:
Is this Project alive?

We can i create a Local Backup of my Contacts in my Adressbook/Contacts?

I'm not sure whats the correct Options for this!

The Contacts Source is DAVx5 thats Synced in my Adressbook.

The Backup File like Year-Month-Day_Kontakte.vcard?
[Android Apps and Games] 920904:
Yes it is. For a simple export of contacts into a vcf file you can:

1) Start ContactSync

2) Select Select and Export address books

3) Select the address books which you want to export.

4) Proceed with the green "Export Contacts & Groups" button at the bottom.

5) You will see an overview on all contacts select "Continue with Export"

6) Finish the export by selecting the "Export into App folder" button. The contacts will be stored in an contact data file (file extension .vcf)
[Android Apps and Games] Revan335:
How I can automated this? Like Daily Backups.
[Motorola Atrix HD] eagleeyetom:
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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ssimmmo:
I am using MIUIV4 Build 2.7.27 For Lock neo v installed it all right what my play store messes up and can't i download any thing and just keep getting error codes all the Time. Done the usual clear data and cache then delete my Google account but what ever I do just nothing works. :confused:

Sent from my MT11i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Pandemic:
Why you dont ask in the thread where you get it from instead creating a new one?

And no sorry man, i cant buy anything for that.

No hard feelings but you can also pm the rom creator;)

Think about it:D

sent from my Xperia Neo V Supercharged ICS 4.0.4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ssimmmo:
Lol I have asked on the that thread no reply as of yet. Some times I think it's easyer on general because posted get noticed like you have done pan lol and you get a answer lol even tho it's not the answer you want lol been on xda to long to know if it's not a popular rom people ignore it or but most people have unlocked bootloaders so they use them Roms. Still thinking there only a few with locked...

Sent from my MT11i
[General Questions and Answers] aaxiss:
ok iI need some suggestions from people that actually know what they are talking about rather that reading some top 10 best blog on the web. I'm in the market for a New phone (Verizon) to replace my Droid Bionic. sound clarity is a must, fast processor dual or quad? big screen and rootable with decent Rom dev support.

Basically the phone is used for mainly business type apps, remote desktop, vpn etc. keeping up with my eBay bids bank balances on the go and just tinkering with the new roms and apps the devs entertained with. II do have aa couple of tablets (Asus Tf300t and aa galaxy tab 2 7") so the main priority for the phone is that it should work excellent as a phone. Clear, good signal reception, and good hands free operation (speaker phone, Bluetooth etc). aa large sd capacity also... iI know when iI got my last phone 16gg was almost standard but 32gg would be better ;)

oh, also aa decent camera, I'm kinda a shutter-bug

so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, then iI can take your suggestions and do some in depth research and make an informed choice.

thank you for your time

ignore the errors, using Swype and it messes up a lot of words
[General Questions and Answers] Itadakiimasu:
With the criteria you are going for I would suggest a HTC one X or a SGSIII which I am currently using. Sorry if my suggestions are bad I'm new to this as well.
[General Questions and Answers] lyndonguti:
rhe galaxy nexus is the best for you...it is easy to use verry fast in update and has a very decent 5 megapxl camera which act like 8+ mega pxl because of its quality...it has no shutter lag the time you oress the button the time it takes goodluck
[General Questions and Answers] THEJ1654W:
I agree

I have to agree with you on the Galaxy Nexus. Apart from all the features you've mentioned, its also a google designed and supported phone so it is supported and kept up by google meaning you have priority access to all new android OS releases:)
[General Questions and Answers] kaluoshi:
hi aaxiss! i've a galaxy nexus, and i advice you to buy it. you know google product=full supported :fingers-crossed: and olso devs start developing from it, so you have more rom, and stable first of all, to try :D i wish you have a good choose
[General Questions and Answers] flybot1050:
Nexus or the SGSIII, SGSIII had bags of power :)
[General Questions and Answers] confidant:
A decision has been made for you by these guys, of course including me :laugh: galaxy nexus
[General Questions and Answers] wannahit:
I have a galaxy Nexus and it's been a pretty dam good phone for the past 7 mouths. But since I loaded Jelly Bean 4.1.1 it's been a really great phone! Supper fast and smooth. So for the price I don't think you can beet it.
[General Questions and Answers] Citizen_Snips:
I was just able to get a GNex as a replacement for my Stratosphere. I saw this topic and its replies and it honestly made my day. Thanks guys. So yeah... go with the Nexus!
[General Questions and Answers] aaxiss:
thank you everyone for your input, II have ordered the Gnex today ended up getting 2 of them for 99.00 ii have my mom on my acct an age has wanted aa smart phone for aa long time. ii have her an older moto droid xx and kept both new phones so ii can play around without worry. ii just flashed the droid back to base rom. if she really gets into it I'll get her aa better phone.

Although she is already complaining it's hard for her to read the tiny letters letters@72 the learning curve for her is going to be long I'm thinking. she has had the same Motorola flip phone for 4 years and just learned how to put it on speaker phone aa month ago lol.

any way.. thanks again for the help

oh as a side note ii also ordered aa Google nexus 7 tablet today for on the go android goodness as my transformer is just too big and bulky and it also has aa broken power button (stopped working after it got aa glass of water spoiled on it).
[General Questions and Answers] aaxiss:
got my phones yesterday. just what ii wanted great phone.thanks again for the suggestions
[General Questions and Answers] bpitanga:
If you are going to tinker with ROMs, Galaxy Nexus is the best choice. It is a Google flagship product, so it is used as a base for development of the new versions of Android. That is a guarantee of staying always up to date with new AOSP ROMs - and, surely, of the best support possible from the development community.

Regards.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vabs99:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

just follow the required section 4 ..

u can choose the ics rom u want

Vabs
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meareskm1:
thanks thats actually the one i found after posting this. Now im just having trouble connecting to odin it says a device failed and that the device is unknown. Any help on that? i have tried multiple things that ive read like restarting computer different cables and cleaning the usb ports. Im using odin 1.83 on vista 64 bit. Could it be the drivers for the phone messing up?

Thanks in advance.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirtlessrabbit4:
Do you have the samsung drivers installed?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meareskm1:
Yes and i have unistall and reinstall 3 times. But it will connect in debugging mode and say com3 added but still nothing in d/l mode
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirtlessrabbit4:
I know u may not have files for this or even know what it is, but have you tested to see if adb or fastboot work at all? Might be unrelated but I think that it shows if samsung drivers are working correctly
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meareskm1:
I've heard about it. Do you think you could link me a walk-through that youd suggest and I can try it later.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkpadgett:
I recently rooted and flashed a Galaxy Ace. The phone was running well but after completely being drained the phone did not charge at all...I turned it off took the battery out and placed it again and it turned on to Download Mode...I let it charge like that and worked but the problem happened again and it looks like its not charging at all....the phone does not have a Samsung battery but a generic (chinese I guess by the symbols). What can I do? Battery problem or Flashing problem?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Battery problem. Why are you using a generic Chinese battery though? :confused:

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackstard:
All batteries had chinese symbols instead of where you buy it x)

Sent from GALAXY Ace StockLite v7.1
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siddesh.ronaldo@yahoo.in:
charge ur battery in another samsung mobile. :p:p:D:D:p