

Your Nexus 5 will reboot, unlocked and wiped of data. Once it has restarted you can restore your backed-up apps and data. Your Nexus 5 will now reboot with an unlocked bootloader. Once the phone has finished doing its thing, enter the following command:ĩ. Use the volume rocker to scroll and the Power button to highlight yes.Ĩ.

On your Nexus 5 you should see a screen asking if you want to unlock the bootloader. Unlocking your Nexus 5 bootloader is a simple ADB command away. Back in the command prompt window, enter the following command: Plug your Nexus 5 into your computer with a USB cable.Ħ. Press volume down and power to enter Fastboot mode. Press and hold Power and Volume Down to enter Fastboot mode on the Nexus 5. Double check USB Debugging is enabled on your Nexus 5 and then turn it off.Ĥ.

Press Shift and right-click on some blank space and click Open command window here. Navigate to the folder called ADB Tools (or Platform Tools in the Android SDK) on your computer.Ģ. Once USB Debugging is enabled and connected, you'll see a message in the notifications.

Go here and check the box for USB Debugging. Go back one step and you'll see that Settings now has a section called Developer Options at the bottom. If you do not already have USB Debugging enabled on your Nexus 5, go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number until you see a notification that Developer Options have been enabled. To get Developer Options (right) go to Settings > About Phone and tap Build Number seven times (left).
