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@"gcn2234"@"bella33" @"Eric M.13" I have a suggestion post for people to vote on the issue of the preservation of creation dates and other metadata. It’s difficult to get everyone to all find it because there are so many posts about the same thing across this forum. But they require a certain number of people to vote on a…

@"Steve53" @"C-A" @"Fam BJ" I have a suggestion post for people to vote on this very issue. It’s difficult to get everyone to all find it because there are so many posts about the same thing across this forum. But they require a certain number of people to vote on a single suggestion post so I’m trying to unite the people…

I have a suggestion post for this. The only problem is getting enough (whatever that even means since there are tons of posts on here about this exact problem) people to “vote” for it https://www.dropboxforum.com/idea/101002013/preserve-file-creation-datesand-other-metadata-in-mobile-app-versions

@"alessandro-dbx" Mainly I use my iPhone. I originally created the account on my kindle fire tablet but I only rarely upload from there now because most of what I needed to backup from it has been backed up. Sometimes I used the website to upload items, but again I mainly use my iPhone. I also may use my android tablet and…

@"Megan" I’ve been reading TONS of threads about people having this EXACT problem. Clearly they aren’t all going to know I have requested this feature to PHYSICALLY go vote for it. But it’s proof that it is a SERIOUS issue that needs to be addressed and fixed. It clearly has enough people who have posted about it without…

I created a feature request for this exact problem. Please check it out and vote for it so that we can get enough support to fix this frustrating denial of this basic functionality: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Preserve-file-Creation-Dates-and-other-metadata-in-mobile-app/idi-p/691539

@"Thinkrgrl" @"Megan" I’ll vote for this if it allows the creation of a backup of EVERYTHING on my iPhone (as well as any other phones/tablets/etc) into a separate folder for each within the VAULT (if one chooses to) or a separate section for various backups that is functional, accessible, and not just a single file that…

@"Starvingarchi" I added this as a new feature idea suggestion because honestly it should already be a feature. Hopefully enough people will see it to vote for it because it’s hard for everyone to see every feature request that they may also need to have, and this just seems like a no-brainer as far as…

ORIGINAL POSTER HERE BTW, I just read that article and it clearly is referring to MODIFICATION DATES. A file should be able to have its CREATION DATE that doesn’t get “modified” preserved. I don’t have a computer. Financial situation is tough and I’m lucky to have a phone. Many people also have only a phone… not a personal…

Also it’s NOT the subscription that started the problem. I don’t know if it’s the apps for iPhone and Android vs Kindle Fire OR if it’s just that this option has been downgraded as the app updated over time. I’m not going to try upgrading my app on the kindle fire to see because it may be ALL I have as an option. It’s just…

@"Megan" @"Walter" Yes that would be fine. BTW, I tried using a metadata app to manually input the correct dates and that still didn’t work. I also noticed that when I share from my iPhone gallery TO Dropbox it has a switch that allows you to include all metadata… this did NOT work for Dropbox. It didn’t even show as the…

@"Megan" I still don’t see a camera option. I currently don’t own a computer btw, unless you count the last 2 I got in ‘08 & 2011/2012… but I don’t connect to the internet/Bluetooth/etc anymore on them for obvious privacy issues(they likely can’t handle modern privacy software) and I use them to try to locate old info I…

@"Megan" I took some screenshots but I have no option here to attach them. As for the text search thing, I don’t know what text to search for… I need to be able to sort all Audio files (as well as Video files, Document files, Zipped files, etc) to find where I have my song ideas (and other files) stored. Many times I’ve…

@Nancy Thanks for passing it along. Yes I do have some other things. I can’t view file info/details on any files, except for photos (& I have to have them open to see the small amount of info it will even show). And even then many of them that do have a creation date (because under the photo section they are listed under…