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.

USB Debugging

How to Enable USB Debugging on an Android Device (Video)

You’ve probably heard of USB debugging more than a few times if you’ve ever looked into rooting an Android device. Essentially, this feature found in all Android devices (even Android Wear, by the way), allows the device to take commands from the computer it is connected to (via USB as […]

How to Add a “Depth of Field” Look to Your LG G3 Photos

It seems that every manufacturer has jumped on board with the “depth of field” aka blurred background photo magic that was sort of started by HTC and the HTC One’s Dual Camera. While, HTC’s still is the only one that allows you to decide whether you want one of these

How to Root the Moto E (Android 5.1) (Video) UPDATED – 09/16/15

The super affordable Moto E by Motorola has gotten tons of praise for being a great device for such a low price and I have to agree that it is probably the best device I’ve used for under $130 off contract. But, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.

How to Root the Oppo Find 7 (Video)

After you guys requested this how to for a while, I finally got a chance to film it. I already showed you have to root the Find 7a so not here’s how to root, its bigger, badder, brother, the Find 7. In case you might be wondering why people have

How to Enable “Ok, Google” from Any Screen on Your Android Device

Apparently the Moto X isn’t the only one that can use the coveted OK, Google feature even when the device is locked. Thanks to a developer on the Play Store (and Google’s own settings), you can now enable this same feature (and then some) on any Android device running Jelly

How to Root the OnePlus One (Video)(Toolkit Method)

One would think that a device that comes running CyanogenMod from the factory would maybe already be rooted when it arrived. For whatever reason though, OnePlus didn’t go for it and you still need to jump through a few hoops to root the OnePlus One. With that being said though,

LG G Watch

How to Reset the LG G Watch

You broke it. Your LG G Watch isn’t quite working the way it used to and you’re not sure what to do. It’s probably time to reset the watch. Thankfully, Android has a pretty easy way to reset everything and start from scratch and since this Android Wear, it’s just

Android Wear Walkthrough (Video)

While I have the LG G Watch for a limited time, I figured it might be a good time to do a walkthrough of Android Wear for anyone still wondering, “what the heck does it do?”. Without further ado, here’s what the heck it does…

How to Unroot the LG G Watch (Video)

If you are all done tinkering around with your LG G Watch, you’ll most likely want to unroot it. By that I mean completely returning it back to the stock firmware and relocking the bootloader so LG can’t tell you messed with it in the first place. The easiest way

How to Install a Custom ROM on the LG G Watch for Better Performance (Video)

Oh, third-party developers. How much better you make our lovely tech toys. Case in point, the LG G Watch, which we showed you how to root recently, now has a custom ROM you can flash onto it utilizing that new-found root access that’ll increase its performance. Developer JakeDay over on RootzWiki

How to Root the LG G Watch (Video)

What better way to commemorate purchasing your new LG G Watch than by rooting it and making it better? Am I right? In case you don’t know, rooting is the process of gaining root access on a device. What that does is allow us to then make changes to the

How to Get an App Launcher on your Android Wear Device

Finding an app in Android Wear isn’t the easiest. Sure, you can tap the watch and use the voice prompt and say “Run [InsertAppNameHereYouDon’tMindEveryoneAroundYouKnowingWhatItIs]”, but to get it to launch without using your voice, you have to start Google Now’s voice prompt, then scroll down to start, tap it, then swipe

How to Take a Screenshot on the LG G Watch

So this probably isn’t a tutorial that most people will use, but if you’re a developer, tech writer, or someone who REALLY wants to show off their LG G Watch’s screen for some reason, taking screenshots can be invaluable (let’s be honest, they look way better than taking a pic

How to Enable USB Debugging on the LG G Watch

USB debugging is a setting on all Android devices that allows a developer to plug their device in via USB and, um, debug it. What that means is they can plug their, LG G Watch in, for instance, turn on USB Debugging and then use the computer to send commands

How to Install CyanogenMod on the Oppo Find 7a / Oppo Find 7 (Video)

One of the Oppo Find 7a and Find 7’s biggest downfalls has to be the software. Misspelled alerts, strange cartoony icons and animations, it just doesn’t scream premium in the way it’s hardware does. Thankfully though it’s easy to flash a much better software onto the Find 7’s; CyanogenMod to