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Old January 7th 19, 02:52 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul[_32_]
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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 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


There's an OTG adapter for some Galaxy Tab tablets. Note the female
USB on one end.

https://www.frys.com/product/7146712...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Since there is more than one model of Galaxy Tab, YMMV.
("plug holes" could be different).

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=199372

For a particular mobile device, you can look for an ifixit
takeapart article, and see how difficult disassembly is
(i.e. how much glue). Your SD card slot is probably one
of the newer "shallow" SDs, and might be subject to
easy mechanical failure. If the unit is easy to take
apart (unlikely), you could have another socket soldered
to the motherboard.

*******

Computer protocols vary as to what is "exposed" by them.
If an OS thinks it "owns" the thing it is talking to, the
date can be preserved. If not, the destination device
thinks it is "locally creating" the file out of thin air,
and todays date gets used in that case.

I've had cases before, where the dates on all the folders
on something get changed, while the file dates are preserved.
There are lots of little surprises when it comes to
date preservation, and the previous paragraph is only
a "general rule of thumb" and over the years, you'll
see a few cases that violate any known rules.

Paul
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