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.

Andy Rubin Gives Us a Quick Glimpse of Android 3.0 / Honeycomb on a Tablet

At the D:Dive Into Digital event yesterday, Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering at Google, displayed a yet unannounced tablet that he said is manufactured by Motorola and is running a NVIDIA dual core processor. The tablet itself didn’t quite excite us as much as what was running on the tablet; […]

T-Mobile Responds to Verizon’s LTE Claims

Earlier Verizon announced their new 4G network to compete with T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network and Sprint’s WiMax network. Well, since T-Mobile is holding the “world’s largest 4G network” title at the moment according to their advertisements, they felt the need to respond to Verizon’s new network. Here is the press release:

Android 2.3 New Feature Breakdown

Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread SDK was officially announced/released today (with an OTA update coming to Nexus One users ASAP). So let’s break down the new features so you can see exactly what it is that you’ll be looking forward to: Better Game Development So unless your a developer, this basically

Nexus S Specs, Release Date, and Pricing Officially Revealed

So finally Google/Samsung have officially announced the Nexus S. It will be released December 16th at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the US and December 20th in the UK. In the States it will cost $199 on a 2 year contract w/ T-Mobile and $529 unlocked

Custom ROMs vs Stock ROMs: CPU/GPU Performance

So first, check out the post I did a while back if you are unfamiliar with what rooting is by clicking here. Don’t worry, I’ll wait… Ok, so now that we’re all on the same page with what rooting is and the benefits it brings, I think it’s time we

How To: Unroot the T-Mobile G2 / HTC Vision

I. Before You Begin 1. The only real reasons to unroot a phone are if you need to send it in for warranty or if you flashed something that you can’t undo by flashing other ROMs. 2. THIS PROCEDURE CAN BE DANGEROUS, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND AT YOUR

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the T-Mobile G2 / HTC Vision

I. Before You Begin 1. This method is for flashing a custom recovery image and custom ROM. 2. You MUST have done our How To Temp Root and the How To Perm Root / S-OFF procedures for the G2 BEFORE coming to this procedure. II. Flash a Custom Recovery Image

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the Samsung Galaxy Tab

I. Before You Begin 1. You must have done our How To Flash a Custom Recovery Image procedure first. II. Flash a ROM 1. Head to our ROMs section and select your device from the list to be presented with all our different ROMs for your specific device. 2. Choose

How To: Bypass Activation on the HTC MyTouch 3G

Thanks to Salvatore Fugarino, the reader who sent this in! I. Before You Begin 1. This procedure was sent in by a reader and has not been tested by us. II. Bypass Activation 1. So the concept here is pretty simple… Leave the phone on until it is about to die.

How To: Root the Samsung Galaxy Tab

I. Before You Begin 1. This will root the Samsung Galaxy Tab so you can load root required apps on to the device. 2. This will also allow you to flash a custom recovery image once you are done. II. Sync with Kies 1. Download the Samsung Kies Software from

How To: Enable USB Storage on Windows Phone 7

Hate using the Zune software to load files on to your Windows Phone 7 device? Ya, me too. Well here’s how to transfer files from your computer to your Windows Phone 7 device without the Zune software; after this quick fix, simply plug in the phone and drag and drop

How To: Load a Custom ROM on a Phone After Using Visionary/HBoot S-Off

I. Before You Begin 1. This method is for flashing a custom recovery image and custom ROM on one of the few phones that you used our Universal Android Rooting Method (Visionary Method) and our Universal HBoot Security OFF procedure first (in that order), then come to this one to continue.