geeteam Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Roughly 24 hours after going official the LG Nexus 5 got the root treatment. The feat was accomplished by the renowned Android developer Chainfire. 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. DownloadCF-Auto-Root Extract the ZIP fileBoot 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 Windowsrun root-windows.bat On Linuxchmod +x root-linux.shrun root-linux.sh On Mac OS Xchmod +x root-mac.shrun 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Matt Posted November 2, 2013 Administrator Share Posted November 2, 2013 nice, Thanks for that but I don't have this phone yet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Yh! Me Either but for those who will be getting it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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