Vcard QR-Codes made with latest Indesign version (20.03.2023) often do not work with iPhone / iOS devices.
Error on iPhone (German): "Keine nutzbaren Daten gefunden" / : No usable data found

While android phones are always able to scan those "faulty" QR-codes.
This error also happens if there are no umlauts in the vacard fields.

If one produces 1.000 vcard qr-codes and 10 of them will not work,
it is not possible to find out which of them are faulty until scanning them one by one with iPhone.

Adobe please fix / update Indesigns V-Card 2.1 version to 3.0 or even better: 4.0!
Thank you!!!

Hi guys,
Has anyone tried to use vCard VERSION 3.0 to fix this? the format refers to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard

I use the below content to generate a QR code, and it works with my iPhone camera.

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Aimée;Anaëlle
FN:Anaëlle Anaëlle
TITLE:éçàùôâîë
ORG:éçàùôâîë
TEL;WORK;VOICE:12345
TEL;CELL;VOICE:67890
URL:https://www.drawtify.com
EMAIL:Anaëlle@gmail.com
ADR;WORK:;;éçàùôâîë
END:VCARD

Hi Adobe.

Any News on this?
The bug report ist quite old and there is no real workaround for this bug.

Best, Klaas

Hello, it is important also for the French users with all the é, ç, è ... when you import the card on an iPhone strange Characters appears instead of é (like √©).
Do you know how to resolve the problem ? Do you consider updating the Indesign vCard QR code 2.1 ?

In version 18.0, we still have the same problem in the Brazilian Portuguese language, where the "ô" identifiers cannot be identified either by the iPhone.

When generating a QR code (Vcard), umlauts such as Ä or Ö are not displayed correctly on iPhones. Also it would be great if we could edit the raster size of qr codes, so you could make smaller qr codes. The protective border around the QR code would also be great if it didn't come automatically by default, because I want to transform exactly the size of the QR code and not including the border.

I still find it strong, that in 2022, character encoding is still a problem. There are many languages with accents.

I make hundreds of business cards a year, I have just integrated the QR code and it looks completely digital, it's a shame to be blocked by a "small detail" of encoding

In the actual version of indesign (18.0) there is still an issue with internal generated vCard-QR-Code scanned by an iphone. I filed this bugs also two years ago

In germany there are special Characters called "Umlaute" (ü, ö, ä) or the "sharp s" (ß). If these characters are used in an vCard generated within the buildin function from indesign, they are replaced with other symbols on the iPhone QR-Code-Camera Reader.

I think this is only a Problem of the used vCard-Version. I think indesign uses Version 2.1 if you would just use Version 3.0 this issue does not appear.

please see attached one example

Kind regards from germany

Max

@amaarora The bug is still not fixed in Indesign 2023 Version 18.0

I created a QR Code for a VCard: Andriod smartphones can read it and add to the contacts, whereas the iPhone standard camera can't read them.

Are there more hidden items to add for making it work?
(If it were to be a discriminating factor, the problem was found on Italian iPhones)

I have the same problem with "ü" and "ß". We need a bugfix, otherwise its not usable in germany, switzerland, austria, poland etc.

Please fix this!

2022 : Professional Software requires professional features and options. QR-Codes-management (formats-selection, accentuated characters handling, etc..) should be available. Bugfree for deployment. :)

It’s a critical issue for all content creators / agencies.

What can we do to help ADOBE fix it asap ?

France, many names and (most) addresses have accented characters.
It's an insult to not spell a person's name correctly.
Clément
Gaëlle
Gérard

Shocked to see that this is still an issue.

Hello, I discover this issue today (May 5th, 2022) working on QR code VCards I'm currently working on using latest version of Indesign available (V17.2.1). I read amaarora saying this issue will be reviewed by InDesign Team shortly after November 4th, 2020 (more than one year and a half). AMAARORA Do you have any news today?

Please fix it, thank you

No way to make QR, please!!!!!! From v.14

When will this issue be resolved?
Polish chars ie., ą, ę, ł., ó.

The same problem with polish letters: ĄąĆćĘꣳŃńÓ󌜯żŹź (only 18 characters). Iphone don't recognise them.
Maybe you should open a Support Ticket at Apple?