All credit to @REPAIRSHOPUSA for this unbrick method! (Their TUT here: http://www.repairshopusa.com/phone/lg-k7-k330-unbrick-method/)
Before reading ahead into the tutorial, please take the time to read the text in asterisks.
***With the bricked LG K330, I noticed (for me at least) when I try to boot into download mode via the power and up vol buttons, I do not actually ever get taken to download mode screen. I do not know if the outcome is the same for everyone. But, although the same result came out of this method, what I did instead was
-use minimal ADB and fastboot program, download here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
and I downloaded working ADB drivers from: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3abpb615gui103d/LGUnitedMobileDriver_S498MA22_WHQL_ML_Ver_2.2.exe
once the drivers were installed i opened minimal adb and fastboot and typed
"adb reboot download"
and although nothing came up on the screen the phone believed it was in download mode anyways***
1st off, you need to download LG K7 K330 Fix from this link: http://www.repairshopusa.com/downloads/LGK7K330FIX.zip
-uninstall any existing LG drivers (after you have put the device into download mode via adb if needed) and install the drivers supplied in this ZIP
2nd off, download and install both of the LGUP msi's in this zip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0qkUQwUFq4cUDVyTjV4VUs3LXc/view
Third off, in the LGK7330FIX folder, install "LGUP_Lab_Frame_Ver_1_10" FIRST, then install "LGUP_K330"
After all of this has been completed, open up the LGUP program that should have been located to your desktop, and your device should already be there, labeled as Version K33010f, on STANDBY Progress.
next, uncheck and recheck the BIN File bar at the bottom right and three little dots (...) should have appeared on the gray bar.
choose the LGK330.dz located in the LGK7330FIX folder and click start.
your phone will boot into Firmware Update maybe a minute or so later, be patient as the Firmware Update step takes 5-10 minutes.
Don't panic when it looks like the tool jammed at 100% and your phone got stuck at 99%, it is just finalizing everything.
once it reboots, keep the program and your phone plugged in, until your phone loads the lockscreen. your phone is now unbricked & unrooted
this method is repeatable so experimenting with the K7 K330 may actually be in the picture now..
Hope this worked for you
Before reading ahead into the tutorial, please take the time to read the text in asterisks.
***With the bricked LG K330, I noticed (for me at least) when I try to boot into download mode via the power and up vol buttons, I do not actually ever get taken to download mode screen. I do not know if the outcome is the same for everyone. But, although the same result came out of this method, what I did instead was
-use minimal ADB and fastboot program, download here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
and I downloaded working ADB drivers from: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3abpb615gui103d/LGUnitedMobileDriver_S498MA22_WHQL_ML_Ver_2.2.exe
once the drivers were installed i opened minimal adb and fastboot and typed
"adb reboot download"
and although nothing came up on the screen the phone believed it was in download mode anyways***
1st off, you need to download LG K7 K330 Fix from this link: http://www.repairshopusa.com/downloads/LGK7K330FIX.zip
-uninstall any existing LG drivers (after you have put the device into download mode via adb if needed) and install the drivers supplied in this ZIP
2nd off, download and install both of the LGUP msi's in this zip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0qkUQwUFq4cUDVyTjV4VUs3LXc/view
Third off, in the LGK7330FIX folder, install "LGUP_Lab_Frame_Ver_1_10" FIRST, then install "LGUP_K330"
After all of this has been completed, open up the LGUP program that should have been located to your desktop, and your device should already be there, labeled as Version K33010f, on STANDBY Progress.
next, uncheck and recheck the BIN File bar at the bottom right and three little dots (...) should have appeared on the gray bar.
choose the LGK330.dz located in the LGK7330FIX folder and click start.
your phone will boot into Firmware Update maybe a minute or so later, be patient as the Firmware Update step takes 5-10 minutes.
Don't panic when it looks like the tool jammed at 100% and your phone got stuck at 99%, it is just finalizing everything.
once it reboots, keep the program and your phone plugged in, until your phone loads the lockscreen. your phone is now unbricked & unrooted
this method is repeatable so experimenting with the K7 K330 may actually be in the picture now..
Hope this worked for you
