How to Root and Unlock the Google Nexus 5 – XDA Developer TV

In this episode, XDA Developer TV Producer Jordan shows you how to root your Google Nexus 5. The Google Nexus 5 is hot news in the Android ecosystem. It is the first device released with Android 4.4 KitKat, and that is a good thing. But as usual at XDA, we must root all the things, and the Nexus 5 is no exception to that!

Jordan presents step-by-step instructions on how to gain root access and unlock the bootloader on your Nexus 5 using tools from the XDA Forums. First, Jordan shows you how to unlock the device. Then, he gain root access using XDA Elite Recognized Developer Chainfire‘s CF-Auto-Root. If you wanted to root your brand new Google Nexus 5, take a moment and check this video out.

• Forum Post
• Chainfire’s CF-Auto-Root Site
• CF-Auto-Root Download Page

Install prerequisites (for 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu-based install):

• sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32stdc++6
• Extract the zip file
• Then “chmod +x root-linux.sh” to make the script executable.
• Run “./root-linux.sh”
• Follow the on-screen instructions.