BitPim crash when saving data

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BitPim 1.0.7 correctly reads data from my LGVX5500. It displays the 'Import Phonebook data screen' The data is correctly read.
When I click on "OK" to save the data, BitPim crashes, giving this exception report:

>>>------------------------------------------> Start of exception report. More information at the end of it.
BitPim version: 1.0.7-Debian
An unexpected exception has occurred.
Please see the help for details on what to do.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py", line 1784, in OnCallback
event()
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py", line 183, in __call__
return apply(self.cb, self.args, self.kwargs)
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py", line 140, in __call__
apply(self.method, self.args+args, d)
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py", line 1383, in OnDataGetPhoneResults
self.GetActivePhonebookWidget().importdata(results['phonebook'], results.get('categories', []), merge, results.get('group_wallpapers', []))
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/phonebook.py", line 1310, in importdata
self.populate(d, False)
File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/phonebook.py", line 1248, in populate
pb_groupwps.append(str(cat['category'])+":0") #the wallpaper is unknown as this point
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-16: ordinal not in range(128)

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame OnCallback in /usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py at line 1784
self = <gui.MainWindow; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxFrame *' at 0x31b35c0> >
event = <gui.HelperReturnEvent; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxPyEvent *' at 0x7f17b27

Frame __call__ in /usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py at line 183
self = <gui.HelperReturnEvent; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxPyEvent *' at 0x7f17b27

Frame __call__ in /usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py at line 140
self = <gui.Callback instance at 0x68d1a28>
args = (None, {'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1': 1, 'sourcetype':
d = Keys []
{}
kwargs = Keys []
{}

Frame OnDataGetPhoneResults in /usr/share/bitpim/code/gui.py at line 1454
self = <gui.MainWindow; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxFrame *' at 0x31b35c0> >
merge = True
exception = None
results = Keys ['calendar', 'categories', 'groups', 'memo', 'phonebook', 'ringtone', 'ringtone-index', 'sync', 'uniqueserial', 'wallpaper-index', 'wallpapers']
{'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1': 1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx5
v = 'MERGE'

Frame importdata in /usr/share/bitpim/code/phonebook.py at line 1310
importdata = Keys [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201]
{0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1': 1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx5500', 'sourceu
dlg = <phonebook.ImportDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxDialog *' at 0x6ba0200
d = Keys ['categories', 'group_wallpapers', 'phonebook']
{'group_wallpapers': [], 'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1':
self = <phonebook.PhoneWidget; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxPanel *' at 0x3dca060>
groupwpsinfo = []
merge = True
result = Keys [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201]
{0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1': 1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx5500', 'sourceu
categoriesinfo = [u'\u0c00\u0100\u5400\u6500\u6400\u6400\u7900\u2700 \u7300\u2000\u4600\u7200\u690
retcode = 5100

Frame populate in /usr/share/bitpim/code/phonebook.py at line 1248
savetodb = False
i = 0
self = <phonebook.PhoneWidget; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxPanel *' at 0x3dca060>
cat = Keys ['category']
{'category': u'\u0c00\u0100\u5400\u6500\u6400\u6400\u7900\u2700 \u7300\u2000\u460
pb = Keys [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201]
{0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1': 1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx5500', 'sourceu
cats = [u'\u0c00\u0100\u5400\u6500\u6400\u6400\u7900\u2700 \u7300\u2000\u4600\u7200\u690
dict = Keys ['categories', 'group_wallpapers', 'phonebook']
{'group_wallpapers': [], 'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1':
pb_groupwps = []

>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------> End of exception report.

BitPim has written the SQLite database, It may well be partially written, but I see the information from the phone in the GUI.

Any help is most appreciated.