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 Get Free Wifi Tethering on Your iPhone on iOS 7 (Video)

Sick of paying AT&T, Verizon, or any of the other carriers extra to be able to use your iPhone’s data as a wifi hotspot? Me too. Thanks to a jailbreak tweak called TetherMe, you can pay $5 one time (consider it minor cost in comparison to the monthly fees) and […]

How to Close All of Your Open Apps at Once in iOS 7 (Video)

I, for one, would love a way to close all of my open apps on my iPhone. I’m used to having this ability when using an Android device and it’s become a bit of a habit in order to save battery life, and make the device a little snappier after

How to Thoroughly Clean Up your iPhone / iPad on iOS 7 (Video)

Storage space is a constant issue for iPhone and iPad users it seems. A lot of this comes down to pictures and app data that has been carried over from older iPhones and iPads that gets put back on the new device whenever they sync it. You can use our

How to Remove Shortcuts from the Control Center in iOS 7 (Video)

Control center is the screen you pull up from the bottom of your device by dragging your finger up from off the bottom of the screen onto it. It is where you can quickly access Wifi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Screen brightness, and more. Sometimes though, you don’t need all of that

How to Add Other Shortcuts to Control Center in iOS 7 (Video)

Control center is the screen you pull up from the bottom of your device by dragging your finger up from off the bottom of the screen onto it. It is where you can quickly access Wifi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Screen brightness, and more. So, wouldn’t it be great if you could

How to Make Your Weather Icon Live in iOS 7 (Video)

Widgets are apps that can run on your home screen and bring you information directly (or control apps) instead of having to be opened. Some good examples of a widget are weather widgets that show the temperature and forecast directly on the screen, or a news feed that shows the

How to Change the Status Bar Icons in iOS 7 (Video)

If we’re honest, there’s a lot going on in the status bar that you don’t really need. Besides that, there are other things you might want to add to it. Thanks to a jailbreak tweak called StatusModifier, you can do both. This jailbreak tweak allows you to adjust the date

How to Change Your iPhone’s Carrier Logo in iOS 7 (Video)

Perhaps you’re sick of looking at the words “AT&T” or “T-Mobile” or whatever other carrier name is at the top of the screen. You know what carrier you have (and are reminded every month by a bill in the mail) so why do you need to stare at it all

How to Speed Up the Animations on your iPhone / iPad on iOS 7 (Video)

Some people like the animations in iOS 7, but I guarantee you won’t miss them when you see much faster apps seem to open after using this jailbreak tweak. The tweak in question is aptly named NoSlowAnimations and it’s as easy as just installing it from Cydia to have it

How to Customize the Messages App on Your iPhone / iPad (Video)

Ever want to change the colors of the bubbles in the messaging app? How about add the contact’s image you’re talking to into the mix? Thanks to a jailbreak tweak released in Cydia called Messages Customizer, you can. In addition to changing the colors and adding contact photos, you can