Partially sync my contacts from ecloud to my FP3+

Using /e/OS murenacloud
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Hi all,
I have imported all my contacts in my ecloud account using Vcard file, now I have about 900 contacts in my ecloud.global

I added my ecloud account to my FairPhone3+ device with /e/ and after 3 days I have only 572 contacts on my FP3+, not all contacts that are in my ecloud.global;
why not all contacts is being synced ?

I found that If I make a change in a contact (not synced on my FP3+) in my ecloud.global then this contact will be synced

Anyone can explain or can help me ?

Best Regards
Dario L.
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Hi,

Maybe some of your contacts have some info that need to be updated to be synchronized …

You can check by exporting both a synchronized and a problematic contact to two .vcf files, using /e/ Cloud web, then compare them (as text files).
Alternatively, you can export a problematic contact, before and after editing it from /e/ Cloud.
This will not solve your problem, but maybe at least give an explanation :wink:

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Hi smu44,
thanks for your reply.

I checked two contacts as suggested (a synchronized and a problematic) and .vcf files are identic in the structure and fields, here they are:

  • synchronized
    BEGIN:VCARD
    VERSION:3.0
    N:yoga;Andrea;;;
    FN:Andrea yoga
    TEL;TYPE=CELL;VALUE=UNKNOWN:+39 347 733 9416
    X-ACCOUNT:Local Phone Account;Phone
    X-IRMC-LUID:0000000028B7
    UID:40de0878-2dd3-40d7-a044-e827901163c9
    REV;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220104T092154Z
    END:VCARD

  • problematic
    BEGIN:VCARD
    VERSION:3.0
    N:Marzani;Benedetta;;;
    FN:Benedetta Marzani
    TEL;TYPE=CELL;VALUE=UNKNOWN:+39 335 606 4073
    X-ACCOUNT:Local Phone Account;Phone
    X-IRMC-LUID:00000000929B
    UID:c61f6026-6460-4b00-821e-c82045ace648
    REV;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220104T092154Z
    END:VCARD

I try editing problematic contact (add and delete a “space” in the name) and after changes this is the export
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Marzani;Benedetta;;;
FN:Benedetta Marzani
TEL;TYPE=CELL;VALUE=UNKNOWN:+39 335 606 4073
X-ACCOUNT:Local Phone Account;Phone
X-IRMC-LUID:00000000929B
UID:c61f6026-6460-4b00-821e-c82045ace648
REV;VALUE=DATE-AND-OR-TIME:20220109T164547Z
END:VCARD

as you can see change was only in “REV;VALUE=DATE-AND-OR-TIME”, and immediately after that change this conctact get synchronized on my FP3+

any other ideas?

Best Regards
Dario L.

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This points very much to the .vcf version issue. I am not sure if these will be of direct help, but they came up in a quick search! :slight_smile:
https://docs.fileformat.com/email/vcf/ and https://github.com/nextcloud/contacts/issues/1107

I remember having to deal with this. I was able to use some sort of .vcf conversion tool - sorry I cannot remember where it came from right now, but perhaps with this insight you can search here or elsewhere.

Maybe this is similar to what I used? https://vcftools.github.io/index.html

https://community.e.foundation/search?expanded=true&q=.vcf%20version%20order%3Alatest

5

Hi,

I couldn’t get the “X-” fields when exporting my contacts, but I don’t know if it matters :thinking:
As all your before/after fields are identical (except REV, but this is expected), this is more likely a server-side problem.

Unfortunately (?) we don’t have admin access to the server, so I see 2 ways for solving your problem :

  • delete all contacts from cloud & phone then retry initial import with a reduced set, let’s say 100 by 100
  • try to edit all contacts directly on cloud server, using for example this or this
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Thanks smu44

I’ll make manual changes to contacts on my ecloud, 100 contacts every day, and in 10 days all contacts will get synchronized on my FP3+

Best Regards
Dario L.