On my Nexus 7 2012 Wifi+3G, why has Bootloader Failed remote invalid state?

[Philip134]

Nexus 7 2012 Wifi+3G Bootloader Failed remote invalid state

Original problem tablet failed to boot beyond google 'circles'.

Tablet does not have usb debugging activated.

Goes OK into bootloader mode, mode is unlocked, bootloader version 4.23, variant tilapia.

Downloaded and unzipped factory image.

them

Fastboot erase boot
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot erase recovery
Fastboot erase system
Fastboot erase userdata

seem to work OK.

Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img

produces

sending 'bootloader' <3911KB>...
OKAY [ 0.531s]
writing 'bootloader' ...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidState>>
finished. total time: 0.766s

and

signature mismatch

in red on tablet.

The 4.23 agrees as does tilapia.

So where have things gone wrong?

 

[GedBlake]

Original problem tablet failed to boot beyond google 'circles'.

Tablet does not have usb debugging activated.

Goes OK into bootloader mode, mode is unlocked, bootloader version 4.23, variant tilapia.

Downloaded and unzipped factory image.

them

Fastboot erase boot
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot erase recovery
Fastboot erase system
Fastboot erase userdata

seem to work OK.

Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-tilapia-4.23.img

produces

sending 'bootloader' <3911KB>...
OKAY [ 0.531s]
writing 'bootloader' ...
FAILED <remote: <InvalidState>>
finished. total time: 0.766s

and

signature mismatch

in red on tablet.

The 4.23 agrees as does tilapia.

So where have things gone wrong?

Hi, Philip134...

This is a known problem that's been hanging around the Nexus 7 like a bad smell since August of last year and that resolutely refuses to go away.

For reasons which remain inexplicable, some Google Factory Stock images for the Nexus 7 ship with a version of the v4.23 bootloader that CANNOT BE FLASHED without error. This problem affects both 'grouper' and 'tilapia' devices alike.

Take a look at this post on XDA for a technical analysis into this longstanding and known problem...

[WARNING][URGENT] N7 grouper (2012 WiFi) boo… | Nexus 7 | XDA Forums

*****

You can find a known working copy of the v4.23 bootloader (and that should flash without error) in the first post of this thread...

[Q] JWR66Y nakasi factory image bootloader p… | Nexus 7 | XDA Forums

Hope this helps.

Rgrds,
Ged.