Complete Guide to How to Root the Nexus 5

A few days ago we started the section " Today Rooteamos " . In her teaching as we are going to root your device in the easiest way possible and in the three most used OS: Linux, Mac and Windows . Today, by popular demand, root the Nexus 5. Shortly we can add this device we do not know, so if you have got one and you want to root ... go!

Prerequisites

Rooting This process is not complicated, but keep in mind a few things. This part will repeat every time you want to format a device, and so you should know by heart).

The items will always be common in all devices rooting consist  drivers have the device properly installed and have the USB Debugging mode (USB Debugging Mode) enabled.

To enable debug mode  USB  should only go to the development options in the configuration menu of our  Nexus 5. appear If we activate them. For that we go to  Settings> Phone Info>  and will press several times over option "Build Number". A message will tell you that we have enabled the development options.

How to root the Nexus 5 (Windows)

In the same way we did with the Nexus 4, of all the methods for root us Nexus devices is one that is certainly the simplest, and you will be able to root your device in minutes. We will from  "Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit".

It  will download  and unzip on your PC. It will open and follow the following steps:

1. If we have installed the  drivers  can start by clicking on the option  "Full Driver Installation" . The program will guide you through the process is very simple.
2. We connect the  Nexus 5  to pc with  USB Debugging mode  enabled
3. Once we recognize the  Nexus  will click the button  Unlock . The program will take care of the whole process.
4. After that we will only click on the Root button, with the option Custom Recovery  on.

And although it seems too simple, that's it. Consider that when you make the step  UNLOCK the boot loader, and all your information will be deleted. You should make a copy of everything you want.

As if that were not enough, the  Nexus Toolkit  gives us the option to do a  backup  and restore completely.

How to root the Nexus 5 (Mac)

As for the Nexus 4 will use the  Mac Toolkit,  one above but designed for a simple system like Mac.

1. We will download the utility from  this link
2. Unzip the downloaded file and will click the  Green Android
3. Will our  Nexus 5  mode  boot loader . For this will quench our device and then open back while pressing  Volume Up + Volume Down + ignite . The  Nexus  mode enters  bootloader .
4. The  Toolkit  we detect the device and from there we just follow the steps indicate.

 How to root the Nexus 5 (Linux)

For  Linux  a good choice is to use the  Linux Toolkit Nexus. To make the process we will:

1. How to always have properly installed the USB drivers and enter debug mode.
2. Will download the toolkit from  this link  and extract the  tgz where we want.
3. We will open a terminal and write:

cd"THE PATH WHERE THE STOCK gnlt.sh"
sudo bash /unlt.sh

Then from the program interface will only have to perform the operations you want.

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