I've only tested it on 2008.12 and I know it's the same for 2008.8. I would think that just as long as you're using the Qtopia contacts app, this would need to be done.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM, kimaidou <kimai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > thanks for your feedback ! Does it work on SHR, or only on Om distos ? > > Kimaidou > > 2008/12/19 Will Siddall <will.sidd...@gmail.com> >> >> Hey, >> I know there's a wiki item for this, but I just have to send it to >> everyone. I want to edit the wiki, but I don't know if anyone has run >> into this problem yet. >> >> The wiki shows to install a VCF plugin for thunderbird then just >> import the VCF into your contacts app. I had a lot of problems with >> this and actually found that the format of the VCF file doesn't match >> what 'addressbook' is looking for. >> >> Instead, here are the steps I found to work and if anyone can confirm >> this, I will add it to the wiki. >> >> 1: Export your addressbook/contacts to VCF file(s) >> 2: From your terminal, run: >> sed -r -e 's/;TYPE=([^,]+),([^:]+):/;\1;\2:/g' old.vcf > new.vcf >> 3: From your OpenMoko, run: >> addressbook new.vcf >> >> Will >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community