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How to Access Nexus 5 Recovery Mode

November 9, 2018

Nexus 5 Recovery Mode Tutorial. A short informative tutorial that teaches how to reboot a Nexus 5 device into recovery mode. Do you have Nexus 5 bootloop issues? Do you need to wipe the cache partition on your Nexus 5? Then, the Nexus 5 recovery allows you to all of these tasks and more.

Furthermore, the Nexus 5 recovery environment allows you to flash new ROMs, other custom Recovery images, and other similar files. However, this works only for rooted Nexus 5 phones. Moreover, the recovery environment also allows you to ADB sideload new Android OS updates.

Before you access the Nexus 5 Recovery Mode options, you will get to the Fastboot/ Bootloader Mode. Below, you can follow all the steps you need.

Boot Google Nexus 5 Recovery Mode – Hardware Keys

Note that this guide launches the Nexus 5 recovery mode with no command (ADB). You may perform a fastboot on the Nexus 5 via ADB commands. However, for the sake of clarity, we do include those steps in the section after.

  1. Firstly, Switch off the Nexus 5.
  2. Secondly, press and hold the Volume Down. Then, press and hold the Power button, as well.
    – release the buttons when the screen displays some info.
  3. This procedure boots the Nexus 5 Fastboot Mode / Bootloader Mode.
  4. Now, use the volume buttons to select Recovery Mode.
  5. Press the Power button to load the Nexus 5 Recovery Mode.
  6. An Android with a red exclamation mark appears. Additionally, press and hold Power. Then, press and release Volume UP.
  7. The Recovery Mode options appear shortly after that.

Access Nexus 5 Recovery Mode via ADB Commands

  1. Install ADB and Fastboot driver.
  2. Open a command window on your computer.
  3. Enable USB debugging on your Nexus 5.
    • Go to Settings > About phone, and then tap the text that reads ‘Build number’ . Tap 7 times or until you get the message ‘You’re now a developer!’.
    • Go back to Settings and select‘Developer options’. Find the ‘USB debugging’ option and use the toggle button to enable the feature. Read and Accept the warning by tapping the OK button.
  4. Connect your Nexus 5 to your PC. A pop-up normally appears on the Nexus 5 display. Moreover, this pop-up only appears the first time after enabling the USB debugging feature.
  1. Select the ‘Always allow from this computer’ checkbox and then tap on the OK button.
  2. Now, type the following command into the command window and then press the enter key to execute the command.
adb reboot recovery

Video Guide: How to Boot Nexus 5 into Bootloader and Recovery mode

Learn how to boot the Google Nexus 5 into recovery and bootloader mode. The latter, bootloader mode, required to run any fastboot command on the device.

Conclusion

To conclude, the steps outlined allow you to boot Recovery Mode on your Nexus 5 manually. Do you have a rooted Nexus 5? Then, you can download an application like QuickBoot to reboot the Nexus 5 into recovery mode.

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