Rsync does not preserve permissions while rsyncing from Android to Laptop I am trying to do rsync from my android phone to my laptop.  The problem that I am facing is that the permissions are not getting preserved even when the -p flag  is used. I have also used the other flags such as -o, -g.

What may be the reason and a fix for this?
Is your SD card formatted as FAT32? If so, that's why - it's a FAT32 limitation.