Import CSV contacts into Android 4 phone

Question

I have a CSV-file with all my contacts (exported from Thunderbird).

On my Phone I have Android 4 ice cream sandwich installed.

How can I import the contacts from the CSV-File into my Android cellphone (sony ericson Xperia Ray) without using any "spyware" (google, facebook, outlook, etc.)?

Answer 1

Here's the Windows-only version of rubo77's solution:

1. Import the csv-list into the Windows 7 Contacts. (remember you can only use the Windows contacts fields once per csv field)

2. Export the Windows Contacts into single VCF-Cards.

3. Glue them all together into one large vcf file:

   type *.vcf>..\all_adresses.vcf

4. Convert all_adresses.vcf to UTF-8 so the special characters are correct:

   Open all_adresses.vcf in Notepad++, click Encoding > Encode in UTF-8. Save.

5. Import them into android Phone (in Contacts there is an option to import from SD-Card)

Answer 2

I tried a lot and finnally i found a solution that works without google!

1. I imported my csv-list into the Windows 7 Contacts. (it's easy if you adjust the first line with the correct fieldnames)

2. then I exported them from there into single VCF-Cards.

3. I glued them all together into one large vcf file:

   cat *.vcf>../all_adresses.vcf

4. convert them to UTF-8 so the special characters are correct:

   iconv --from-code=ISO-8859-1 --to-code=UTF-8 all_adresses.vcf > all_adresses_correct.vcf

5. finally I imported them in my android Phone (in Contacts there is an option to import from SD-Card)

if you delete them from your windows contacts after you are done, I think no traces of your addresses are left on the computer.