Do I neet to root my Nexus 5 before taking a backup of Stock Rom 4.4.4?

Tushar bhagwat

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Nexus 5 Stock Rom 4.4.4 Backup

I am going to update my nexus 5 to lollipop. But before that I want to take backup of my current rom. I am running stock android 4.4.4 kitkat. Do I need to root my phone before taking backup of rom??Guyz anyone can help me in doing this?
 

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Re: Nexus 5 Stock Rom 4.4.4 Backup

Well, you would need to at least flash a custom recovery in order to make a backup of your stock ROM. however, once you do that, I am not sure you can accept the OTA of 5.0. Is there anything specific you want to back up?