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Hey, so anyone know any good way to sync contacts from my old Android phone to my new Fairphone also running Android without involvong Google?

(Because my contacts is not syncing with Google so might just get rid of Google)

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[-] mortalic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

If you're using the aosp Fairphone, Fossify contacts and a bit of DIY. If you're using the /e/os Fairphone Murena.io has a built in cloud sync that's free.

[-] rmerc@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure you can export contacts using the contacts app on android, this puts the contacts into a .vcf file, then you can put the vcf file on your new phone and import the vcf file using the contacts app's import function. I could be wrong, it's been a while since I had to do that.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 day ago

Don't know about the standard app but with Fossify Contacts you can export all your contacts (through the share function). And presumably import them from the generated file.

[-] Hexagon@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

Do you need to do it only once, or on an ongoing basis?

[-] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago

I use Nextcloud and Davx⁵

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

DAVx does the same job as google contact sync.

it just needs you to host a contacts server on the other end. for practicality, it can be hosted on a regular laptop, and will sync when both are on.

make sure to have backups if you go this route!

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