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How To Restore Your Nexus 5 Using Factory Images

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  The Nexus 5 is yet another device that you’re more than likely going to be cracking open and installing all sorts of kernels, ROMs, mods and tweaks on to. Which is a whole lot of fun – nobody can deny that – but sometimes things can go wrong. Maybe you flashed something in the wrong order or removed the device from the USB port too soon. No matter what the cause, there’s an easy way back to stock when it comes to the Nexus devices. These lie in the Factory Images provided by Google, essentially a big folder of files that restores your Nexus 5 to how it was before you took it out of the box. This is a great way of wiping the slate clean and getting your device back. Here, we’re going to tell you how to restore your Nexus 5 using the factory images provided by Google. If this is the first time using your Nexus 5 on your PC, then you’ll need to download the drivers and install the Android SDK in order to get fastboot installed onto your computer. Once you’ve done that, you