hammerhead-factory-reset

Do a factory reset of your LG Nexus 5 'hammerhead' on Windows or Linux To make this work, plug your phone into an usb port then (on Windows) execute flash-all.bat as Administrator REQUIRED You need to unlock the executables on Windows by selecting each .exe in the windows tools folder, clicking properties and then tick the unlock case.

do not worry, I did not infect these files and were taken directly from Google, you can verify the md5 hashes if you care so much.

On Linux execute

# sh flash-all.sh

it requires root access (my distro failed to make the phone work and is stuck in boot loop, while the window batch file made it start successfully

Open an issue ticket if you have problems on your side and I will attempt to resolve the problem.

What the script does is simple, Download the stock Nexus 5 ROM from Google, unzips and uses fastboot to reset the phone to it's factory state.

How to boot my android into FASTBOOT mode?

https://android.tutorials.how/boot-into-fastboot-mode/