The
Android
5.0 Lollipop
glue
has not even set on the Nexus
5
yet,
but there is already an exploit out to provide you with beautiful
root privileges. Here's how to root the Nexus 5 on Android 5.0
Lollipop. Update:
I've
added the modified kernel boot image to the instructions below.
Apologies for any confusion.
How to root Nexus 5 on Android 5.0 Lollipop :
1.
Make
sure your phone has USB Debugging enabled in Developer Options. If
you don't have this option in Settings already, go to Settings >
About Phone and tap Build Number until the notification that
Developer Options have been enabled pops up. Then back out a step and
you'll see it at the bottom of your Settings menu.
2.
Make
sure you have the Nexus
5 USB Drivers installed
on your PC.
3.
Double
check your Nexus 5 battery is charged, and if not, charge that bad
boy!
4.
Open
the ADB Tools folder on your PC. If you don't have it installed
already download
ADB Tools here.
5.
Ensure
Fastboot lives in the ADB Tools folder once you're done installing.
If it doesn't, download
Fastboot for
Windows.
7.
Copy
the SuperSU zip file to the root directory of your Nexus 5. To do
this, connect your Nexus 5 to your PC with a USB cable and copy the
file to the place where all the root folders are: not in a folder.
8.
Download
ClockworkMod custom recovery to
your PC and put it in the Platform Tools directory as well as the
modified
boot image with
the modified kernel patch for Lollipop. Extract the zip file and put
the boot.img in the ADB Tools folder.
9.
Restart
your Nexus 5 in Fastboot. Turn it off, then press and hold Power and
Volume Down until you see the Fastboot menu. You should still be
connected to the PC with a USB cable.
10.
Open
a Windows Explorer window and head to the Platform Tools folder.
11.
In
a blank space in the window, hold Shift and right click your mouse.
You'll want to click on Open Command Window Here.
12.
Type
in the following command:
13.
You'll
now be rocking ClockworkMod recovery. Next you want to enter the
following ADB comand:
14.
And
now you'll be rocking the modified boot image with custom kernel. Use
the volume keys to select Recovery Mode on your Nexus 5 and hit Power
to enter it.
15.
From
CWM, use the volume keys to select ''install zip'' and hit Power to
confirm, then select ''choose zip from SD card'' – no prizes for
guessing what comes next.
16.
Locate
the SuperSU zip you copied over earlier (mine appeared in
/sdcard/0/Alarms) and press power to confirm your selection,
reconfirm and wait until you see the notification at the bottom of
the screen that says ''Install from SD card complete''.
17.
Back
out to the main menu and reboot your Nexus 5. make sure you tell
SuperSU to fix root!
18.The
first boot may take ages (this is why you charged your battery) –
don't freak out. Go have a cup of tea and let it do its thing. Do
NOT unplug your phone from
your PC or winged monkeys will fly through the window and do all
kinds of terrible things to you.
19.
Once
your Nexus 5 has rebooted, that's it. You're rooted and ready to roll
with SuperSU installed and requesting superuser access. Install
RootChecker
from
the Play Store to double check your root status. If you have the gren
light you're all sorted.
20.
If
you get stuck in a bootloop (meaning after a long time your phone
still hasn't booted up normally), you can switch it off, reboot into
Fastboot, go to Recovery and wipe data, wipe cache partition and
reboot again. That should do the trick.
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Thanks for explaining the procedure of Nexus 5. But I have Moto E, Could you please tell me when my device will be updated for Android Lollipop. I am eagerly waiting for that.
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