After installing the Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 mini everything went well until I figured out that the file names from the automatic Dropbox upload were.... different.
The names were actually like this:
1969-12-31 16.00.00-487
1969-12-31 16.00.00-488
1969-12-31 19.00.00
1969-12-31 19.00.00-1
1969-12-31 19.00.00-2
1969-12-31 19.00.00-3
1970-01-01 01.00.00
1970-01-01 01.00.00-1
Yeah, definitely not the current date. So I was hoping to find a fix as I found several other people in different forums having the same problem, but it didn't seem like there was any solution. It was even mentioned that there's no solution expected. Obviously there's an issue with the camera driver.
The thing also is that Dropbox changes the file name after the upload to the date taken from the EXIF information. And this EXIF data is wrong for some reason. Even if there's the correct date set within the file.
That's why some people had the idea to find a solution removing the Dropbox feature to change the file name for the upload, but that doesn't even seem possible.
My personal workaround solution
But despite the issue you have to live with it or find a way to make it simple. Of course you can sent everything via Bluetooth or connect the USB cable to copy the picture to your PC or cloud folder.
You can also use a script to change the names of the uploaded pictures in Dropbox afterwards. Or even find another cloud to upload your photos.
I kept it simple: MANUALLY! I made an extra Dropbox folder and I'm sending the photos manually from time to time to the Dropbox.
And if my phone gets lost, I still have the wrong named photos in my camera uploads. So, could be worse!
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