Hacking the Nexus Q, The beginnings

Quick dirty guide on how to get the Nexus Q unlocked and ready for hacking. First download and install the SDK and tools if you don’t have it already Pair the nexus q to a device so you can enable USB debugging. Open the Nexus Q app, goto your Q and select advanced, then turn on usb debugging. Plug the Q in via USB, then type adb reboot bootloader Once the ring turns red, type fastboot oem unlock, this will factory reset the Q, Once it has reconnected, repair it to a device, enable usb debugging again, and type adb reboot-bootloader. Once the device has turned red, you need to boot the unsecured boot image, download it then type fastboot boot Once the Q restarts, push su to the device by typing adb remount, adb push /system/bin, adb shell, chmod 06755 /system/bin/su, ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su.

After following these steps your Q should now be rooted.

Edit: I noticed that SU 3.1 doesn’t acutally work for some reason, neither does 3.0.3.1 from CM9, however 3.2 RC2 worked fine, not sure why.