Nexus Q Teardown and Unlock, Root, Install Apps

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What is Nexus Q? Google named it "The world's first social streaming media player". Well, it is like the media players that you can get from China, but with Google brand on it, and looks much more cooler than the Chinese designed media players.

First, lets look at the tech specs:

• SIZE
• Diameter: 4.6 inches (116mm)
• WEIGHT
• 2 pounds (923 grams)
• FINISH
• Die-cast, precision machined zinc bottom housing
• Injection-molded, interactive balanced top dome with precision bearing and satin touch coating
• HARDWARE CONTROLS
• Rotating top dome volume control
• Capacitive touch sensor for mute
• LIGHTING
• 32 RGB perimeter LEDs
• 1 RGB LED for mute indicator
• CPU
• OMAP4460 (dual ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs and SGX540 GPU)
• MEMORY
• 1GB LPDDR RAM
• 16GB NAND flash memory
• OS
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS
• Google Play Music
• Google Play Movies and TV
• YouTube
• CONNECTORS AND PORTS
• Micro HDMI (Type D)
• TOSLink Optical audio (S/PDIF)
• 10/100BASE-T Ethernet (RJ45)
• Micro AB USB (for service and support)
• Banana jack speaker outputs
• WIRELESS
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth
• NFC
• AMPLIFIER
• 25W class D (12.5 watt per channel)
• POWER
• Integrated 35W switching power supply
• World-ready 50/60Hz 85-265V AC input
• Automatic shutdown for audio amp supply when not in use

So here is the teardown:



If you prefer to read it at iFixIt, here is the link:
Nexus Q Teardown


Members of XDA already posted the instruction on how to unlock and root Nexus Q, here is the original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748575

How to install Apps on Nexus Q, here is the original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749903


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