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Old January 8th 19, 07:47 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Frank Slootweg
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Default Transferring files to Tablet via USB Cable Looses Original Time & Dates of Files

wrote:
Hi,
I have a Samsung Android OS tablet with a SD card that I am unable to
remove ("stuck"). The alternative to putting files on that card is to connect
a USB cable, used for charging the tablet, into my Windows 7 Home Premium
laptop computer. Win7 detects the tablet, but does NOT assign a drive letter
to that device, as it does if I plugged in a SD card..


I have two Samsung tablets and neither supports "USB mass storage"
mode (which is the mode needed to show the Android device as drive
letters on a Windows system).

You will find that most modern Android devices do not support "USB
mass storage" mode, because the - possibility of - simultaneous access
by both the Android device and the computer nearly always leads to
corruption of the SD-card.

Most modern Android devices will offer only MTP and PTP mode (see
VanguardLH's responses on those modes).

I can transfer files to my tablet's SD card this way, but their
original time and dates are replaced with the time and date of the
transfer!!!!

One solution for now, I "zip" up the files and transfer the FILE.ZIP
to my tablet's SD card (can't be removed), and use "X-plore", a file
manager, that can open the FILE.ZIP and allow me to view those
files and see their original time and dates.

I don't know if the tablet would "see" a USB flash drive if I
had the proper cable to connect it to the tablet?

Any suggestions?

Thank You in advance, John


You can try MyPhoneExplorer [1] which is an Android/Windows combo which
can use an USB or WiFi connection.

Since it's a Samsung tablet, you could also use Samsung's 'Kies 3'
software, but all references to that seems to have vanished from the
Samsung site, in favour of the Smart Switch software. The Smart Switch
page [2] still mentions 'Kies', but the 'LEARN MORE' link [3] redirects
back to the Smart Switch page! Sigh!

I don't know if any of these preserve timestamps when copying, but
it's worth a try. My advice is to start with MyPhoneExplorer.

[1]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fjsoft.myphoneexplorer.client
and
https://www.fjsoft.at/en

[2] https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch

[3] http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/kies
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