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.

TheUnlockr Weekly News (02.18.2011)

Subtitles: Hey guys this is david from theunlockr.com and this is the news for the week ending on february 18th 2011.  Ok so there is a lot of news to cover this week because of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona over the last few days so let’s see […]

How To: Restore the Nook Color to Stock

I. Before You Begin 1. This will erase everything off of the Nook Color and return it completely to stock (the way it was out of the box). Thanks to Samuelhalff for the stock nook images! Original post can be found here. Please thank him/donate to him if you appreciate

TheUnlockr Weekly News (02.11.2011)

Subtitles: Hi guys, this is David from TheUnlockr.com and this is the wireless news for the week of February 11th 2011.  We begin today with some amazing news. A full 40 people showed up to buy a Verizon iPhone 4 at the Apple store in New York City yesterday morning.

Quick Honeycomb on the Nook Color Runthrough

  So for those curious as to how Honeycomb generally runs on the Nook Color, here’s a quick video of just that (sped up 2x to make it a little more bearable to watch). Not bad for a $250 tablet running very beta software. It can only get better… Want

How To: Load Honeycomb, Android 3.0, on the Nook Color (uSD Method)

I. Before You Begin 1. You must have done our How To Root the Nook Color (AutoNooter Method) procedure before beginning this one. If you haven’t, please go back and do it then come back to this procedure once you are done. 2. Right now, the method used for loading

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the Nook Color

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root the Nook Color procedure. Once you have finished that procedure you can come to this one and continue. II. Flash a Custom Recovery Image 1. On the Nook Color, click on the arrow button then Extras and

How To: Root the Nook Color (AutoNooter Method)

I. Before You Begin – IMPORTANT! 1. You MUST have an external SD card reader, do NOT use the NOOKColor instead. 2. You must have a Gmail account and a YouTube account that is linked to that Gmail account (furthermore, if you used the gmail email to create your Barnes

T-Mobile LG G-Slate Officially Announced, Specs and All

Well, it would seem T-Mobile has finally let the cat out of the bag. The new, highly anticipated, LG G-Slate, an Android 3.0 tablet, has been officially announced by T-Mobile this morning. It would also seem that the rumors about it being very 3D oriented were correct. The G-Slate will

Android Application Development 101: Setting Up a Device Emulator

  So if you are looking to make Android apps, you’re going to need to test them as you develop them, right? Well, the easiest way to do that is to use the Android SDK’s built in Emulator (also called AVD, Android Virtual Device). Here’s how to set that up.

How To Force Android to Display the Desktop Version of a Website

  So a little tip that I use on a daily basis that I thought others might find useful. Ever gone to a website and it automatically displays the mobile page, but you REALLY wanted the desktop version for whatever reason and no matter what you do you can’t get