diff --git a/libtdepim/tdeabcresourcecached.cpp b/libtdepim/tdeabcresourcecached.cpp
index 3bb96112..5cae5882 100644
--- a/libtdepim/tdeabcresourcecached.cpp
+++ b/libtdepim/tdeabcresourcecached.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void ResourceCached::loadCache()
 #if defined(KABC_VCARD_ENCODING_FIX)
   TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCardsRaw( file.readAll().data() );
 #else
-  TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( TQString::fromUtf8( file.readAll() ) );
+  TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( file.readAll() );
 #endif
   TDEABC::Addressee::List::Iterator it;
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void ResourceCached::cleanUpCache( const TDEABC::Addressee::List &addrList )
 #if defined(KABC_VCARD_ENCODING_FIX)
   TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCardsRaw( file.readAll().data() );
 #else
-  TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( TQString::fromUtf8( file.readAll() ) );
+  TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( file.readAll() );
 #endif
   TDEABC::Addressee::List::Iterator cacheIt;
   TDEABC::Addressee::List::ConstIterator it;
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void ResourceCached::loadChangesCache( TQMap<TQString, TDEABC::Addressee> &map,
 #if defined(KABC_VCARD_ENCODING_FIX)
   const TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCardsRaw( file.readAll().data() );
 #else
-  const TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( TQString::fromUtf8( file.readAll() ) );
+  const TDEABC::Addressee::List list = converter.parseVCards( file.readAll() );
 #endif
   TDEABC::Addressee::List::ConstIterator it;
   for ( it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it )
diff --git a/tderesources/caldav/reader.cpp b/tderesources/caldav/reader.cpp
index 92501e4f..6d740034 100644
--- a/tderesources/caldav/reader.cpp
+++ b/tderesources/caldav/reader.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "reader.h"
 #include <kdebug.h>
+#include <kcharsets.h>
 #include <string>
 
 /*=========================================================================
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ int CalDavReader::runJob(runtime_info* RT) {
       if (OK == res) {
           kdDebug() << "success" << '\n';
           if (result->msg) {
-              mData = result->msg;
+              mData = KCharsets::resolveEntities(TQString::fromUtf8(result->msg));
           } else {
               kdDebug() << "empty collection" << '\n';
               // empty collection
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ int CalDavReader::runTasksJob(runtime_info* RT) {
       if (OK == tasksres) {
           kdDebug() << "success" << '\n';
           if (result->msg) {
-              mTasksData = result->msg;
+              mTasksData = KCharsets::resolveEntities(TQString::fromUtf8(result->msg));
           } else {
               kdDebug() << "empty collection" << '\n';
               // empty collection
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ int CalDavReader::runJournalsJob(runtime_info* RT) {
       if (OK == journalsres) {
           kdDebug() << "success" << '\n';
           if (result->msg) {
-              mJournalsData = result->msg;
+              mJournalsData = KCharsets::resolveEntities(TQString::fromUtf8(result->msg));
           } else {
               kdDebug() << "empty collection" << '\n';
               // empty collection
diff --git a/tderesources/caldav/writer.h b/tderesources/caldav/writer.h
index 437eeed0..893fc0e8 100644
--- a/tderesources/caldav/writer.h
+++ b/tderesources/caldav/writer.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ protected:
     int pushObjects(const TQString& data, Operation op, int okCode, runtime_info* RT) {
         int r = okCode;
         if (!data.isNull() && !data.isEmpty()) {
-            r = op(std::string(data.ascii()).c_str(), std::string(url().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
+            r = op(std::string(data.utf8()).c_str(), std::string(url().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
         }
         return r;
     }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ protected:
     int pushTasksObjects(const TQString& data, Operation op, int okCode, runtime_info* RT) {
         int r = okCode;
         if (!data.isNull() && !data.isEmpty()) {
-            r = op(std::string(data.ascii()).c_str(), std::string(tasksUrl().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
+            r = op(std::string(data.utf8()).c_str(), std::string(tasksUrl().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
         }
         return r;
     }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ protected:
     int pushJournalsObjects(const TQString& data, Operation op, int okCode, runtime_info* RT) {
         int r = okCode;
 //         if (!data.isNull() && !data.isEmpty()) {
-//             r = op(std::string(data.ascii()).c_str(), std::string(journalsUrl().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
+//             r = op(std::string(data.utf8()).c_str(), std::string(journalsUrl().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
 //         }
         return r;
     }
diff --git a/tderesources/carddav/reader.cpp b/tderesources/carddav/reader.cpp
index 5836bbcc..eb562506 100644
--- a/tderesources/carddav/reader.cpp
+++ b/tderesources/carddav/reader.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "reader.h"
 #include <kdebug.h>
+#include <kcharsets.h>
 #include <string>
 
 /*=========================================================================
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ int CardDavReader::runJob(runtime_info* RT) {
     if (OK == res) {
         kdDebug() << "success" << '\n';
         if (result->msg) {
-            mData = result->msg;
+            mData = KCharsets::resolveEntities(TQString::fromUtf8(result->msg));
         } else {
             kdDebug() << "empty collection" << '\n';
             // empty collection
diff --git a/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp b/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
index c9993abb..9fc54692 100644
--- a/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
+++ b/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ bool ResourceCardDav::checkData(const TQString& data) {
     TDEABC::VCardConverter converter;
     bool ret = true;
     TDEABC::VCardConverter conv;
-    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data );
+    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data.utf8() );
     if (addressees.isEmpty() == true) {
         ret = false;
     }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ bool ResourceCardDav::parseData(const TQString& data) {
     log("actually parsing the data");
 
     TDEABC::VCardConverter conv;
-    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data );
+    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data.utf8() );
     Addressee::List::ConstIterator it;
     for( it = addressees.begin(); it != addressees.end(); ++it ) {
       TDEABC::Addressee addr = *it;
diff --git a/tderesources/carddav/writer.h b/tderesources/carddav/writer.h
index 9bd9429a..3bfa76c3 100644
--- a/tderesources/carddav/writer.h
+++ b/tderesources/carddav/writer.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected:
     int pushObjects(const TQString& data, Operation op, int okCode, runtime_info* RT) {
         int r = okCode;
         if (!data.isNull() && !data.isEmpty()) {
-            r = op(std::string(data.ascii()).c_str(), std::string(url().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
+            r = op(std::string(data.utf8()).c_str(), std::string(url().ascii()).c_str(), RT);
         }
         return r;
     }