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Google Nexus 5
Phone · Google
Partial Bootloader unlock + custom ROM Difficulty
Moderate
Brick risk
Medium
Legal risk
Low
Not stock root. Needs an unlocked bootloader and a custom ROM.
Verizon and some carrier-locked Pixels cannot unlock the bootloader; factory/unlocked models can.
How-to
Notes
Some TWRP and postmarketOS builds for this device are based on LineageOS device trees.
pmOS uses independent kernel (mainline).
Install with fastboot.
