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: Root the Motorola CLIQ (Updated 04.09.10)

I. Download and Install the Motorola Drivers 1. Download and Install the Motorola Drivers: Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit II. Set up the SDK/ADB if you haven’t already. Use our How To Setup ADB procedure and then come back to this once you are done and can see the […]

FCC Clears Xperia X10 in Both T-Mobile US 3G and AT&T US 3G

Apparently, over the weekend Sony got FCC approval for not only an AT&T 3G Xperia X10, but also a T-Mobile 3G Xperia X10. So this means those of us in the States can choose between T-Mobile or AT&T when we buy the phone without a contract from Sony directly. This

Google Nexus One Caught on Video

Well, the floodgates are slowly opening and more and more info about the “Google Phone” is being leaked out. So the latest gossip is that it is a rebranded HTC Passion* (which we suspected it would be. Essentially an HTC Bravo with no HTC branding on it). *Thanks for the

How To: Load Android 2.1 onto the Motorola Droid Using Nandroid

UPDATE: THIS PROCEDURE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. WILL GET TO IT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK! So you gained root access and are happily using Root required apps from the Market? Ready to take the next step and reap the benefits? Well the next step would be to dabble

Google Phone Imminent?

Apparently via Twitter, a bunch of Google employees have announced that they have all gotten the Google phone at a staff meeting recently and have been letting us all know their opinions on the phone. So while all the employees are calling it the Google Phone, we’re not sure if

Going Hands On With the New HSPA+ 21Mbps T-Mobile Network

T-Mobile is sure playing a good game of catch up when it comes to 3G. They may have been the last major carrier to launch their 3G network but they are planning to blow by the others pretty soon. To put things into perspective, AT&T just launched their new 7.2Mbps

How To: Root The Motorola Droid (Obsolete)

!!!!!UPDATE: PLEASE HEAD TO THE NEW HOW TO ROOT THE DROID PROCEDURE!!!!! Someone over at AllAndroid has created a .zip file exploit which can allow you to use SU (root access) through ADB on the Droid. Now this is NOT going to load any custom ROMs just yet, BUT it

How To: Get the SNES Emulator on the Nokia N900

For those who got an N900 already, here is a how to for installing the SNES emulator on your phone. I. Set up the Repositories that have the SNES Application 1. Do our How To Get More Apps on the Nokia N900 procedure to get all 3 Maemo.org repositories on

Xperia X10 Has T-Mobile USA 3G Built In?

Android guys managed to get a spec sheet for the Sony X10 and while we pretty much know what specs it is going to have, there was a very interesting portion that was previously unseen. Take a look under Networks > Variant 1… See it? Next to UMTS HSPA? That’s right

Bravo/Passion/Dragon Coming to US in January

Ok, so there is a bit more news on the HTC Bravo/Passion/Dragon release dates, including the US 🙂 The rumor is that it will be called the Passion (instead of Bravo) when it hits the US shores in January of 2010. The only unconfirmed piece of info is where it

Huge Leak of HTC’s 2010 Line Up!

So the motherload of leaks has been opened. The poster on XDA has decided to share with the world 8 new HTC devices that are to come out within quarters 1 and 2 of 2010. From what I understand, someone got their hands on a brochure from an event where

Motorola Sholes Tablet Spied in China as the XT701

Intrigued by the Motorola Sholes tablet idea? Well, apparently China’s already got a working unit. Check out the leaked/confirmed specs and the new pictures: 3.7″ Capacitive Touchscreen Android 2.1 FM Radio 5MP Camera (compared to the 8MP camera originally thought to be on it) GSM, NOT CDMA Source via EngadgetMobile

Motorola Sholes (Droid) Tablet Caught on Camera

Over at Mobile Android China, they seem to have gotten their hands on the rumored Motorola Sholes Tablet. The Sholes Tablet is looking like a UMTS/GSM device the has similar specs to the Sholes (Droid) but no physical keyboard. But they didn’t just remove the keyboard, they added somethings too:

How To: Root the Samsung Galaxy (Updated 04/05/10)

I. Before You Begin 1. Make sure your device is in USB Debugging mode (goto Settings > Applications > Development and turn it on) 2. If you are looking for the Samsung Behold 2 procedure it has been moved here. How To Root the Samsung Behold 2 II. Setup ADB

Android Developer Challenge 2 Winners

These Android Dev Challenges seem to be paying off. Google holds a challenge to all devs to create new apps and while there are winners for the Dev Challenge itself the real winners are the Android users. Here are the winners of this round, check them out some of them