With the Nexus 4 removed, most pro-sons can eat sweet Android 5.0 Lollipop. Of course, there are also many users who are afraid to upgrade because of the difficult rumors of Android 5.0 Root. With this in mind, Cf-auto-root has released the Root Toolkit for the Android 5.0 for Nexus 5, and the steps are fairly straightforward, eliminating the need to manually replace the kernel.
Here are the steps to do this, only for Nexus 5:
1. Download and unzip the Root Toolkit for Nexus 5 (click to download)
2. Mobile phone off, in the shutdown state while holding down the power key and volume down the key for 10 seconds, into the Bootloader mode.
3. Connect your phone to your computer to make sure your Nexus 5 is recognized by your computer.
4. After completing the above preparation work, open the folder that has been unzipped, double-click the "root-windows.bat" file to start the Root machine.
5. During the operation, a red Android robot appears on the screen, which is normal, no need to worry about.
6. Wait a moment and the machine will restart automatically. Without an accident, your Nexus 5 has Root privileges and automatically installs the SuperSU Rights management software.
Android 5.0 Tutorial: Root off your Nexus 5