I just tried to import a .csv file into the /e/ address book that was exported from my Google contacts. All I got was a message saying that it finished importing “0” contacts. The .csv file contains hundreds of contacts.
Previously, my /e/ address book contained imported contacts but not most phone numbers of those contacts. They were imported from Google as well, though I can’t remember if that was through the migration tool or a manual import in the /e/ address book.
This means that so far I cannot place a phone call from my contacts on my smartphone running /e/. I have to manually enter each phone number.
Aside from that I also have another telephony issue: I am not getting WhatsApp or Element to ring with a ringtone when I am being called. Instead, I can only choose among short notification sounds. It means that I miss most phone calls.
Edited for error ! I do not know if we ever got the definitive answer on .vcf import / export, https://community.e.foundation/search?expanded=true&q=.vcf%20export%20order%3Alatest, but there are different .vcf versions. There are tools to convert .vcf files and I had to use one when I first started using /e/ but I did not keep notes ! [1]
In my case it was trial and error. (It might have been quicker to divide a list or group of contacts to so 30 items at a time)
