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: Use Your G1 as a Wifi Network (Wifi Tether)

Want to use your G1 to give out a wireless signal so your laptop (or other phones with Wifi) can connect to it and use the 3G internet for FREE? Course you do. First, make sure your G1 is Rooted (search our site for the 1 click rooting method). Then […]

HTC Hero Officially Announced

The new HTC Hero was finally announced (so you G1 users trying to load the leaked Hero ROM onto your G1’s can finally see what it would run like with the beefed up specs the Hero brings to the table). Unlike the Magic, the Hero actually seems to bring something

How To: Save Apps to Your SD Card on the G1 (OBSOLETE)

PLEASE NOTE! This method is obsolete! Please refer to the newer Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site: Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc. So the G1 (or Android, not sure who to blame really), has an inherent flaw. It’s not that the cute little

T-Mobile’s 3G vs EDGE

We do a quick test of whether an unlocked phone (that can only run T-Mobile’s EDGE) can keep up with T-Mobile 3G on the G1. Guess what? It can… RESULTS: Opera 9.5 on EDGE is only a few seconds slower than the 3G on the G1. SkyFire on EDGE is

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Caught on Camera

T-Mobile’s second Google Android device has been seen in the wild (with T-Mobile branding and all). So we think this little guy is just around the corner. Question is… does anyone care? The phone has identical features to the G1 as far as we can tell, only difference is that

Apple Announces New iPhone Dubbed “iPhone 3GS”

Apple annouced today that their new incarnation of the iPhone will be the new iPhone 3GS (the S stands for speed and we’ll get to that later). The looks of the phone are almost identical to the iPhone 3G except for it being a bit heavier and will have a

Adobe Announces Flash for Everyone! One of these days…

“Does this phone support Flash?” “Can I goto YouTube without using some YouTube program?” “Does the internet look like it does on my computer?” For most phones the answer to this questions is a resounding “No”. And the reasoning behind the No is the fact that most phones just don’t

How To: Load a Custom ROM/Radio/Theme on the T-Mobile G1 (OBSOLETE)

PLEASE NOTE! This method is obsolete! Please refer to the newer Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site: Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc. Please check out the “How To: Gain Root Access on the T-Mobile G1” before reading this post. You must have root access

Phone Review: T-Mobile G1

360 Degree View: Drag to Rotate and Double-Click to Spin Introduction: No Introduction Currently Available Specifications: GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 1700 / 2100 – American version Announced 2008, September Status Available. Released 2008, October SIZE Dimensions 117 x

How To: Gain Root Access on the T-Mobile G1 (OBSOLETE)

PLEASE NOTE! This method is obsolete! Please refer to the newer Rooting/Loading Custom ROM methods on our site: Unroot (G1) OR Unroot(MyTouch), then Root, then Load a Custom ROM, Apps2SD/Hero etc. So your friend with a G1 can not only use 2 fingers to zoom in and out on the internet (like the

News: Touch Pro2 Coming to Every US Carrier

So it is official. The HTC Touch Pro2 will be available on every US major carrier in one form or another. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon will all have versions of the Touch Pro2. Even though T-Mobile was the first to announce that they were going to carry the device,