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A7C2

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  • Custom firmware
  • Alpha
  • High brick risk

Source code

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Before you start

How hard is it?
MediumInstall an app on your computer and follow its steps.
What you need
  • A USB or MIDI cable
  • Comfort with the command line
  • A computer
Can it break my device?
Could leave your device unusable.
Can I undo it?
The project doesn't say. Assume you can't.
Get itOpens github.com

Did it work for you?

Did A7C2 work on your Sony A7C II?

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Compatibility

Devices: Sony A7C II.

No compatibility information yet.

Getting started

From the project's README ("Windows installation without an AI assistant"):

An AI assistant is not required to run the installer. The following Windows workflow accompanies the historical downloadable package; the current checkout contains the separately identified 0.1.1 fixes. For Mac commands and its default single original-backup location, use MACOS.md. The Windows toolkit still requires Python and manual USB-driver preparation; it is not a standalone EXE.

Prerequisites

  1. An A7C II / ILCE-7CM2 displaying firmware 2.01. The tool also verifies the actual program fingerprints; a matching model name or displayed version does not bypass this check.
  2. Python 3.10 or newer, including the Windows Python Launcher (py) and Tkinter. The first launch must be able to install pinned dependencies from PyPI.
  3. A USB cable that supports data transfer, with the camera set to Mass Storage mode.
  4. Two separate empty directories for the camera workspace and a second backup copy, preferably on different drives.
  5. The actual battery percentage entered into the tool, at least 50%. This is an operational threshold in the tool, not an experimentally established safety guarantee. Keep the camera connected and do not power it off during writing.

USB drivers: the main manual setup step

Use the tool from the official Zadig website to prepare libusbK for this camera's two USB identities:

IdentityVID:PIDUsed when
Normal Mass Storage054C:0E8ABefore the first service-authentication exchange
…

Read the full instructions

Risk and recovery

Brick risk
High
Requires opening the device
No