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 Flash a Custom ROM on the Samsung Galaxy Gear (Video)

Now that you have root access, it’s time for the fun stuff. Here I’ll show you how to flash the most popular custom ROM for the Galaxy Gear from developer fOmey (who you should definitely donate to if this procedure ends up helping you). This ROM has a ton of […]

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Gear (Video)

Galaxy Gear just not quite living up to the hype? Maybe it’s time you root it. Rooting it is the process of gaining root access, aka administrative rights. This allows us to then alter just about anything we want on the device to our liking. From removing unwanted apps, to

How to Tell if Someone Has Blocked You on iOS 7 (Video)

I showed you how to block someone in iOS 7 that’s been bothering or stalking you earlier, but what if you happen to be the stalker? What if you REALLY need to talk to someone and can’t explain why? Maybe you just really love the shape of their feet? Or

How to Unroot the Nexus 7 2013 (WugFresh Toolkit Method) (Video)

Done playing with your Nexus 7 2013? Maybe you want to send it in for warranty or sell it to someone? Either way, you should unroot it before doing so. Unrooting a Nexus device requires two main steps. Unrooting it, aka removing root access and any custom ROM, and relocking

Unroot the Nexus 5 (Video) (WugFresh Toolkit Method)

Done playing with your Nexus 5? Maybe you want to send it in for warranty or sell it to someone? Either way, you should unroot it before doing so. Unrooting a Nexus device requires two main steps. Unrooting it, aka removing root access and any custom ROM, and relocking the

How to Screen Record in Android 4.4 (KitKat)

Screen recording on an Android device isn’t a new concept to those with root access, they’ve been doing it for years frankly. But for the millions of users that don’t root, screen captures (still shots as opposed to video recordings) are all they’ve been able to do. This changes with

How to Unroot the Moto X (All Versions)

Maybe you’ve gone a little too far with rooting your Moto X or perhaps you need to sell it or send it in for warranty? Regardless of the reasoning, sometimes the fun has to end and you need to just get it back to stock. Thanks to some people offloading

How to Turn off Twitter Inline Images in Mobile App

Twitter just added the ability to see images uploaded to Twitter as an inline image instead of just a link to the image like they used to have. I personally love this feature, but can understand if you might not. While it’s not possible to remove this feature from the

How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Video)

Unrooting is the process of restoring a phone back to stock after you’ve rooted it. This comes in handy for a number of reasons. One is that it reinstates the warranty that was voided by rooting (usually) and two it helps you start over from scratch, if say, you went

How to Root the Nexus 5 (CF Auto Root Method)(Video)

Being a Nexus device usually means it’s quite easy to root and the new Nexus 5 is no exception. Using Chainfire’s CF-Auto_root app you can quickly root your Nexus 5 with a little program. Rooting, by the way, is the process of gaining full permissions on the device. This allows

How to Install the New Google Home Launcher on Most Android Devices

When Google recently announced that their new Google Home launcher would be able to run on older versions of Android and not just Android 4.4, I figured some of you might want it, too. Let’s face it, anytime I can replace the Samsung TouchWiz UI, or LG UI, with a

How to Get the New Hangouts with SMS Integration on Android

I’m all for combining apps. So when Google announced the new Hangouts app that allows me to use SMS from inside it, I wanted it. Let’s face it, anytime I can replace the Samsung TouchWiz UI, or LG UI, with a Google UI version of the app, I’m going to

How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the LG G2 (All Versions) (Video)

If you are wondering what to do with your newly rooted LG G2, the next logical step is to flash a custom recovery image. A custom recovery image allows you to flash kernels, ROMs (different versions of your operating system including vanilla Android versions, newer versions of Android, etc.), and