[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaikokujinkyofusho:
Well thought I was making progress, started with ADB as Berrydroidcafe had nicely suggested but came across the "Unified_Android_ToolKit" which has ADB in it. I was following a combination of the video and the programs instructions (its been a long time since I last rooted a phone [my Sgs2] so i thought i was paying pretty close attention) but now I am at:

cannot load 'root\Nexus4\boot-insecure-.img': No such file or directory

up to that point everything seemed to be going ok, the more detailed explaination/output is:

"WARNING: THIS WILL RESULT IN ALL DATA BEING ERASED INCLUDING INTERNAL STORAGE

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When prompted, Press the 'Volume up' button to highlight 'Yes on the screen and

press the 'Power' button to select it and Unlock your Bootloader. If you are

already unlocked then this will just be skipped and your device will not be wiped.

...

OKAY [ 69.185s]

finished. total time: 69.186s

Have you booted into Android since unlocking and enabled usb debugging?

Type [yes or no]:no

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Your device will now boot into Android. It may reboot once during this period.

The ToolKit will then wait until you complete the setup wizard and enable USB

debugging in Settings, Developer Options. The procedure will then continue.

This first boot is for users who have just unlocked the bootloader and need to

enable usb debugging. If you have already done this just sit back and let your

device reboot and carry on.

If not already done, enable the developer options screen by going to the settings,

about screen and clicking on build number at the bottom 7 times. Then go to

developer options and enable USB debugging so the procedure to continue.

If you get stuck on 'Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled' and have already

enabled usb debugging then just unplug/replug the usb cable and it should proceed.

You can also try pulling down the notification screen from the top left with the

device plugged in, then click on 'connected as' and change from MTP to PTP Mode.

On Android 4.2.2 or later when you replug the usb cable after enabling usb

debugging for the first time you will get a popup asking you to authenticate your

pc. Tick 'Always allow' then click 'ok' and everything should carry on as normal.

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rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.002s

Procedure will continue in 20 seconds

Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled

Continuing in 10 seconds..

Rebooting back into Fastboot Mode..

Booting into Android using an Insecure Boot Image..

cannot load 'root\Nexus4\boot-insecure-.img': No such file or directory

Waiting for Device"

my android device is on the fastboot screen, it says the lock state is - unlocked but I am not sure about this boot-insecure-.img. I have opt'd to just leave everything untouched because i am really not sure what is the best thing to do next (ie can i just unlpug and turn it off, should i do it in a special order, etc, or am I boned? :( ). Only thing that I can figure now is that looking through a thread for the Nexus 7 and the Unified Android ToolKit there seems to be issues with the newest android versions (and mine has 4.4.2) but it wasn't totally clear to me.

Any thoughts on how to resolve this would really really be appreciated.