I noticed that at least one of the contact files is invalid: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 FN:Brian N:Brian;;;; TYPE=WORK,FAX:003538712310010 ORG:18-Brian END:VCARD A "TEL:" is missing in the TYPE=WORK,FAX:003538712310010 line. Several other files had extra white spaces at the end of a line or before/after the vcard. This has nothing to do with the actual problem, I just wonder how the files were created.