How To Root Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) On Nexus 5

    In this post will use CF-Auto-Root made by Chainfire to gain root access on Android devices. Not only CF-Auto-Root can do Rooting against the Android Devices, but still much more to do, such as RootGenius, iRoot, KingRoot, MobileGo, Kingoroot, One Click Root, and SRSRoot, these tools are designed to perform several functions such as rooting, flash ROM, flash Kernel, Remove Ads in Apps, Booster Device, Uninstall Preinstalled Apps, Remove bloatware, Unlock Screen, Download ROM and others.

    Some Tools at the top will require a PC to a place they walk, if you do not have a PC, you can do Rooting on your Android device without a PC, an application that you can use for rooting Without PC is KingRoot Mobile, 360Root Mobile, iRoot Mobile, RootGenius Mobile, Key Master Root, Kingoroot Mobile, TowelRoot, and FramaRoot.

All right, go straight to the point, namely Root Nexus Device using CF-Auto-Root, follow the steps as below:

You can also do it with the Nexus Root Toolkit, a tool that is specifically made to Root Nexus Devices.

• To do so, you must unlock the Nexus first, follow the How to Unlock Bootloader the Nexus Devices
• Download and install Google Android USB Driver on your computer. (ignore if you have already done so)
• Download and install 15 Second ADB Installer on your computer. (ignore if you have already done so)
• Download and extract file CF-Auto-Root for Nexus 5 Device below:

Model Name and link	Android Version	Build ID
Nexus 5 (Hammerhead)	Android 6.0.1	MMB29K

(If you do not use the Nexus Android 6.0.1 with build MMB29K, you can do so by installing TWRP Recovery, see the steps at the bottom of the post.)

• On your Android smartphone, Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlock.

• After that, connect your Nexus Smartphone to a computer.

• In the folder CF-Auto-Root-hammerhead-nexus-5, open a terminal (on Windows: press the Shift key and right-click, select Open command window here) (on Mac and Linux, right-click, choose Open Terminal)

• After that you will see a Terminal appears and type the command: adb reboot-bootloader

• After the Fastboot Mode appears, 

Now run the file root:

For Windows, type command:

root-windows.bat

For Mac OS, type command:

chmod +x root-mac.sh

./root-mac.sh

For Linux, type command:

chmod +x root-linux.sh

./root-linux.sh

• Press any key to continue, then wait for the flashing process.
• After that, your nexus device will restart automatically.
• Now you'll see the icon SuperSU are on the menu of your application.

• Optional: You can also verify that your device does not succeed in the root or via the Root Checker.

How To Install TWRP for Root Nexus Device

• Make sure you've done Unlock Bootloader Nexus and have installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot on your computer.  Also enable the USB Debugging.
• Download file twrp-hammerhead.img Nexus 5 and rename into "recovery" then place it in a folder Minimal ADB and Fastboot (C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot)

• Download UPDATE-SuperSU.zip file and place it on internal memory your Nexus.
• Now, connect your Nexus device to a computer.

• In the folder TWRP, open a terminal (on Windows: press the Shift key and right-click, select Open command window here, or open file MAF32.exe) (on Mac and Linux, right-click, choose Open Terminal)

• After that you will see a Terminal appears and type the command: adb reboot-bootloader

• After the Fastboot Mode appears, type the command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
• After that, now type the command: fastboot reboot-bootloader

• Use the volume keys to scroll down or up to find the "Recovery Mode", press the Power button if you've found it.
• At TWRP mode, select "Install" and navigate to the file SuperSU.zip in internal memory your Nexus.

• Swipe to Confirm (form left to right) and you can see some process on the screen of your device
• Now, press Reboot System to restart your Nexus.

• After that you will see SuperSU icon in your app menu

• Optional: You can also verify that your device does not succeed in the root or via the Root Checker.

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