Timeline for How can I transfer photos to my Android Jelly Bean device while preserving the original timestamp?
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| May 30, 2016 at 16:57 | comment | added | Izzy | In the worst case, one can always restore timestamps for photos from their Exif data. Tools for that exist for most platforms. But granted, I wasn't aware that FolderSync keeps them one-way only as I rarely sync from PC to Android (usually just the other way around). My photos are kept on the external SD card, so I can simply replace that ;) | |
| May 30, 2016 at 16:51 | comment | added | mgutt | FolderSync preserves the timestamp only for uploaded files and only if you use FTP or SMB: tacit.dk/foldersync/faq#Q26 If you download them f.e. to a new phone the timestamp is lost. Because of that I'm having a complete backup of all my media files on my nas with correct timestamps, but I'm not able to move them to the new phone without loosing that :( | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 14:03 | comment | added | Izzy | Yepp. That's one of the reasons I'd never buy a device without a removable storage (here: Android device w/o sdcard slot). If the device becomes unresponding, you cannot even take your data to another. For me an absolute no-go. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 13:44 | comment | added | Mahn | Np, I appreciate the help. I guess I'll have to give up for now, already wasted too much time on this. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 9:38 | comment | added | Izzy | Gosh. Then it must have to do with changes due to Android 4.x/MTP. Sorry for that, I have no 4.x device to check -- but it still was worth a try. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 9:33 | comment | added | Mahn | Nothing. FTPSyncX Trial as a client on the phone, freeSSHd as a server on my laptop, I'm able to connect and sync files via STP/SSH, but the timestamp of pictures transferred to the phone is still getting overwritten to the current date. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 21:12 | comment | added | Izzy | I almost bet it will. I still remember how hard that part was for the dev -- we sat hours on Skype discussing the issue :) There was that ugly time problem on Windows, which sometimes reported things wrongly... Oh, getting OT :) Simply try it, cannot hurt, right? And let us know how it worked out... | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:51 | comment | added | Mahn | I'll check it, but considering SSHDroid didn't work for me I guess I won't get the timestamps with it either. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 19:36 | comment | added | Izzy | Did you try FTPSyncX Trial? Not the most sophisticated look maybe (the dev is no designer). But I use the Pro for about a year already, and it syncs timestamps fine via SFTP/SSH (the only protocol I use -- the app can handle more). | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 19:08 | comment | added | Mahn | I tried a couple of sync tools, but none synced the timestamp, because I guess there is some sort of protection. Thanks for the answer though. | |
| Dec 17, 2012 at 14:54 | history | answered | Izzy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |