David Cogen

David opened a cell phone store on his college campus and started TheUnlockr.com as a personal tech blog back in 2009 along side. He gets an unnatural excitement out of showing others new things about their tech that they might not have known. Reach out to him on the following social networks and say hi.

How To: Unroot the HTC Legend

I. Before You Begin 1. The only reason to unroot a phone is if you have to send it back in for warranty purposes. Otherwise just try loading a different ROM instead… II. Get Back to Out of Box State 1. Download HTC Sync (if you don’t already have it) […]

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the HTC Legend

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root the HTC Legend. If you haven’t, go do it and then come back here to continue. II. Download the ROM You Want 1. Goto our HTC Legend ROMs section on our site and choose from the ROMs there.

How To: Root the HTC Legend (Updated 12.13.10)

UPDATE: This procedure is now obsolete. Please try this post here on XDA and follow those instructions instead. Please also contact us and let us know if it works for you so we can update this procedure for others. I. Before You Begin 1. YOU MUST BE ON VERSION 1.31

How To: Unroot the Motorola Droid

I. Before You Begin 1. The only real reason to unroot is if you need to send the phone in for warranty or if you want to just start from scratch. II. Restore Back to Android 2.2 with RSDLite 1. Download RSD Lite, the 2.2 .sbf file, and the Motorola

How To: Root the Motorola Droid (Android 2.0.1 & 2.1)

  I. Before You Begin 1. This is for Verizon Droids ONLY, not Milestones (GSM). For the Milestone go here. 2. THIS WILL ERASE YOUR DATA AND YOU MAY NEED TO REACTIVATE THE DROID TO LOGIN AFTER COMPLETING SECTION II. II. Downgrade to 2.0.1 with RSDLite 1. Download RSD Lite,

Android 2.2 “Froyo” Overview

Android 2.2 “Froyo” Added User Features: New Tips Widget – Basically a little Android that helps new users learn how to use their new Android device. New Launcher Buttons – There are now 3 dedicated buttons that float at the bottom of the home screen. In addition to just the

Qualcomm Ships Out Their Dual Core 1.2Ghz Processors to Manufacturers Today

So according to BGR, Qualcomm announced they are shipping their latest line of snapdragon processors to their hardware clients; the Snapdragon MSM8360 and MSM8660 Here’s the details of what these babies can do: 1.2Ghz Processing Speed 2D/3D Hardware Acceleration, Open GL ES 2.0, and OpenVG 1.1 Acceleration 1080P Encoding and

Nokia N900 Firmware Update Coming, And How To Get It Right Now

Nokia is finally releasing their rumored firmware update for the N900. It will first be released in the UK and then to the rest of the world. The firmware update has a lot of new features; Facebook IM, video chat, Ovi Maps revamp, new games, and much more. So you’re

How To: Get Froyo for Rooted Nexus One Users

So Google has gone ahead and released the Froyo update for non rooted Nexus One users and well Paul from Modaco has made a quick rooted version for the rest of us rooted users 🙂 To install simply do the following: I. Before You Begin 1. This ONLY works on

Android 2.2, Froyo, New Feature Breakdown

UPDATE: Check out our full fledged video breakdown of all the new features! Android 2.2 “Froyo” Overview So finally Google I/O day 2 has come and with it comes the announcement of the new features of Android 2.2, Froyo. So here’s a quick recap of all the new features and

Real Games Finally Come to Android High End Phones

So real game studios are finally taking an interest in Android. Gameloft, a game studio currently making a nice chunk of money from their iPhone games, has announced that 10 of their games will be making their way to the Android platform (only on WVGA resolution phones though). They include:

Amazon Kindle eReader App Coming to Android Soon

So Android has been missing a decent eReader in my opinion (not that I read ever, but still). Finally though, Amazon is releasing their Kindle app for Android. It will mimic it’s iPhone counterpart and allow you to read, preview and purchase books from the Amazon Kindle store to read

HTC Mondrian, Windows Phone 7 Device

According to BGR and some forum users over at XDA, some information was hidden inside a .cab file inside the leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM. What was that information? Well, specs and an image of a new phone. The HTC Mondrian is a Windows Phone 7 device (supposedly pictured above)