Sony FDR-AXP33
Fully drivable by open code over the stock firmware.
Runs custom PlayMemories Camera Apps (API 2.11), such as OpenMemories: Tweak.
Get started
One known way to put open firmware or software on this device, easiest first. Each one links to the project's own instructions.
- Back up your data and settings (and the stock firmware, when the guide says how).
- Check the exact model, hardware revision and firmware version against the guide: a close model may not work.
- Charge the battery or use a stable power supply; do not unplug during the install.
Use Sony-PMCA-RE (nothing is flashed)
Install: easy
Use Sony-PMCA-RE (nothing is flashed)No tools, the device stays closed · Sony-PMCA-RE
- You need
- Computer, USB cable
- Device opened
- No
- Brick risk
- Low
- Reversible
- Yes
pmca-gui or pmca-console installs an app (e.g. OpenMemories: Tweak) over USB, the way Sony's own app store did; the firmware is not modified. Uninstall the app to go back.
No install report yet. · Report how it went
OpenDeviceDB links to each project's own instructions and tools; nothing is flashed from this site. Flashing is at your own risk and may void the warranty.
- ID
- sony/fdr-axp33
- Category
- camera
- Vendor support
- Unknown
- chips
- CXD90014
- Updated
- 2026-11-01
Being worked on
No live claim. If you start working on this device, claim it so nobody duplicates your work.
Interfaces
No interface documented yet.
Projects
| Project | Kind | Origin | License | Freedom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony-PMCA-RE | tool | community | MIT | Still non-free: stock firmware · Cloud: none |
What "still non-free" and "cloud" mean
What "still non-free" and "cloud" meanWhat stays proprietary or depends on the vendor's cloud once the project is in use, from the project's own documentation.
- vendor blobs
- proprietary files extracted from the stock firmware
- stock firmware
- the stock firmware stays on the device; the project only talks to it
- modem
- cellular modem firmware
- GPU
- graphics driver or firmware
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi driver or firmware
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth firmware
- camera
- camera driver or image processing
- sensors
- sensor hub or sensor drivers
- bootloader
- boot firmware
- other
- another proprietary part
- Cloud: none
- works fully locally
- Cloud: only at setup
- a vendor account is needed once, e.g. to obtain a local key
- Cloud: optional
- cloud features exist but are not needed
- Cloud: required
- does not work without the vendor's cloud
- Cloud: unknown
- not known
Verification
Not verified. A "verified on hardware" badge requires a replayable test (hardware-replay) run on a real device with a stated firmware version.
Provenance
- OpenMemories (Sony cameras) (MIT, fetched 2026-11-01) · about this source
AI assistance not stated.
Status and claims as of the build date (2026-11-01). Data licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; imported data keeps its upstream license.