Contacts Import is an app by The Prophet in the Tools category, listed since at least November 2016. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 12 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including read contacts, find accounts on the device and modify shared storage.
What's new in v21
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Description
From the listing uploaded by “apps”.
Ever wanted to import your contacts from Microsoft Outlook onto your phone with a few simple clicks? Or wanted to quickly transfer your contacts from one Android phone to another? Then this app is your answer!
This app is the Swiss Army knife for Android contacts with all the features you will ever need in a small highly optimised app with no evil cloud syncing. With this app you will never have to give your contacts to Google, Yahoo, or any other Cloud service again. Your contacts will remain confidential to you.
Multi-language fully supported including all common localised codepages (from US & Western Europe to Eastern Europe to China and Japan) and also UTF, so you get your contact information exactly how it should be on the phone.
Features
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- Import contacts from a CSV file
- Backup and Restore Contacts
- Export contacts from any account to a CSV file
- Delete contacts and groups from any account
- View contacts and groups from any account
- Comprehensive in-app logging.
This app requires no internet permissions. Your contacts will never be shared and will always remain fully in your control. See below for a list and explanation of the permissions required by this app.
Permissions
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A full list and explanation of the permissions required by this app:
- Find accounts on device
Needed to get a list of existing contacts accounts on the phone
- Add or remove accounts
Needed to create this app's "My Contacts" contact account on the phone
- Create accounts and set passwords
- Use accounts on this device
Both needed to access and view contacts in any contact account on the phone
- Read sync statistics
- Read sync settings
- Toggle sync on and off
All needed to create and manage a sync adaptor used to read and write contacts to this app's "My Contacts" contact account
- Read your contacts
Needed to read contacts from any contacts account on the phone
- Modify your contacts
Needed to write contacts to this app's "My Contacts" contact account on the phone
- Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Needed to save contact backup and export files to the SD card
- Modify system settings
- Test access to protected storage
Both needed to save this app's preferences
- Prevent phone from sleeping
Needed when processing a large number of contacts when the app is in the background. Released immediately when no longer required
Ever wanted to import your contacts from Microsoft Outlook onto your phone with a few simple clicks? Or wanted to quickly transfer your contacts from one Android phone to another? Then this app is your answer!
This app is the Swiss Army knife for Android contacts with all the features you will ever need in a small highly optimised app with no evil cloud syncing. With this app you will never have to give your contacts to Google, Yahoo, or any other Cloud service again. Your contacts will remain confidential to you.
Multi-language fully supported including all common localised codepages (from US & Western Europe to Eastern Europe to China and Japan) and also UTF, so you get your contact information exactly how it should be on the phone.
Features
=======
- Import contacts from a CSV file
- Backup and Restore Contacts
- Export contacts from any account to a CSV file
- Delete contacts and groups from any account
- View contacts and groups from any account
- Comprehensive in-app logging.
This app requires no internet permissions. Your contacts will never be shared and will always remain fully in your control. See below for a list and explanation of the permissions required by this app.
Permissions
==========
A full list and explanation of the permissions required by this app:
- Find accounts on device
Needed to get a list of existing contacts accounts on the phone
- Add or remove accounts
Needed to create this app's "My Contacts" contact account on the phone
- Create accounts and set passwords
- Use accounts on this device
Both needed to access and view contacts in any contact account on the phone
- Read sync statistics
- Read sync settings
- Toggle sync on and off
All needed to create and manage a sync adaptor used to read and write contacts to this app's "My Contacts" contact account
- Read your contacts
Needed to read contacts from any contacts account on the phone
- Modify your contacts
Needed to write contacts to this app's "My Contacts" contact account on the phone
- Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Needed to save contact backup and export files to the SD card
- Modify system settings
- Test access to protected storage
Both needed to save this app's preferences
- Prevent phone from sleeping
Needed when processing a large number of contacts when the app is in the background. Released immediately when no longer required
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “SWSS”Not the developer's name (“The Prophet”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
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Permissions (12)
Contacts Import requests 12 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.
Find accounts on the deviceSensitiveandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Contacts Import APK safe?
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