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Nexus 5 gets Rooted by Chainfire


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Roughly 24 hours after going official the LG Nexus 5 got the root treatment. The feat was accomplished by the renowned Android developer Chainfire.
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The root method appears easy to accomplish.
It requires booting the Nexus 5 in fastboot mode and connecting it to your computer via a USB cable.
Afterwards, executing a simple command is required to root the device.
You can find detailed instructions about rooting the Nexus 5 below.
Download
Extract the ZIP file
Boot your device in bootloader/fastboot mode.
this can be done by turning your device off, then holding VolUp+VolDown+Power to turn it on.
Connect your device to your computer using USB
On Windows
run root-windows.bat
On Linux
chmod +x root-linux.sh
run root-linux.sh
On Mac OS X
chmod +x root-mac.sh
run root-mac.sh
Follow the on-screen instructions & watch both the computer and the device
Note that if your device had not been unlocked before, this procedure will wipe all your data
source: xda
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Yh! Me Either but for those who will be getting it soon.

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