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Export Google contacts to proper vcf (vCards) files for old phones and Outlook

From Google Contacts click on More > Export... > Which export format? > vCard format (for importing into Apple Address Book or another application) > Export

Now you have a .vcf file that contains all of your exported contacts. If you try to import it to Outlook or in Nokia Suite you will only import the first contact, starting from BEGIN:VCARD line to END:VCARD line. Everything else will be discarded.

The original .vcf file has to be divided in multiple .vcf files. For this task VCF Cutter v.1.1 can be used. The thing is that the text of the exported files will still be in UTF-8 encoding (as the original). So every non-Latin character will be replaced by incomprehensive letters or symbols when they are imported in Outlook or Nokia Suite.

So now we have to mass convert the UTF-8 encoding to respective ISO format. This can be done using EncodingMaster v.1.8. Now you can use your vcf files with no issues. Although this will work under Nokia Suite v.3.8.48 and your Nokia Classic phone, it will need some additional steps for Outlook, but I won't bother.

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