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I agree that Samsung is the problem. It seems very odd to selectively block changing the date and time but allow overwriting and deleting files. I wonder what problem they were trying to solve.

Thanks for pointing me to MyPhoneExplorer. That seems like a viable option because in has an app running ...

I did a lot of searching and still no answers, just others asking the same question.

My workaround has been to set FFSync to only copy files to the Android device which are newer on the laptop. I rarely update files on the phone or tablet, and when I do I can copy them back to the laptop ...

Yes, all files on this device. It's worked fine on other Android devices for years. Unfortunately file size wouldn't work for my purposes. I was hoping it was just some permission or something I could turn on.

(I know nothing of phones, but I'll guess that you're not doing anything wrong, simply that the A8 does not support the concept of "modification time".)


Thank you, maybe it's just not possible. Odd that it works with other Android devices though. I'd think the file system at least would be the ...

Trying to sync between my Windows 10 laptop and my Galaxy Tab A8 via USB. I get the following error:

Cannot write modification time of "mtp:\Galaxy Tab A8\SD card\[filename]".
Setting the modification time (12/28/2022 5:57:16 PM) was silently ignored by the device (1/5/2023 8:48:59 AM).

I don't ...