How To’s

How to Get the iOS 6 Status Bar in iOS 7 (Video)

With iOS 8 just around the corner, maybe you’re feeling like iOS is just slipping away from you. The new flat and transparent styling is just too new age for you and you miss the good old days of gradients and layers. Well, if you’re jailbroken, there are still a […]

How to Change the Music Player on Your Android Device (Video)

Here we have another part of my series on getting the mort out of customizing Android (since it seems a lot of people don’t realize just how much you can change the Android OS). This time I’m going to show you how to change the default music player in Android

How to Change the Camera on Your Android Device (Video)

Continuing with my new series on getting the most out of customizing Android (since it seems most people don’t realize to the extent you can actually customize an Android device), I’m moving on to something that can change the way you see the world –the camera. Just like with changing

How to Setup Your Internet/MMS Settings on an Android Phone

If you just had your phone unlocked, or maybe flashed a custom ROM, you might be having an issue connecting to the internet or sending picture messages. This is sometimes due to the fact that the internet and mms settings (that most phones nowadays set automatically when they detect what

How to Change the Icons/Theme on Your Android Device (Video)

Now that you’ve learned to change your Android device’s home screen launcher, you can take the customizing of Android one step further by adding a custom theme for that launcher to change the icons for apps, skin the device, change the wallpaper, etc. Just like with the custom launcher scene,

How to Change the Home Screen Launcher on an Android Device (Video)

As part of my new series on getting the most out of customizing your Android device, I figure a big one is changing the Android Launcher (aka the home screen). The easiest way to think of this is that, essentially, the home screen is its own app. Unlike your normal apps

How to Change the Keyboard on an Android Device (Video)

So it has occurred to me that a lot of people don’t realize the extent of which you can customize an Android device. From the home screen launcher, to the theme, to the phone dialer/messaging/email app, the list is endless. It’s one of the beauties of Android –total freedom to replace

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

You can use this method to just unroot your OnePlus One and then go back and flash different ROMs or start over with your tinkering, or you can bring it completely back to stock in case you need to send it in for warranty (like I had to do with

How to Unlock the HTC One

It’s always a good deal in the long run if you buy an unlocked device, since you will be able to change carriers if you don’t like your current one with no hassle, but if you are already on a contract though, unlocking it will definitely go a long way

DU Speed Booster: An App Review [Sponsored]

For us here at TheUnlockr, speeding up a device could only mean one thing – overclocking it!  But, we know that cannot always be the answer and there might always be factors that stop someone from doing this (warranty issues, reluctance to root, etc.).  And so we turn to the

How to Unroot the Oppo Find 7a (Video)

Maybe you messed something up, maybe you just want to start from scratch or maybe you need to send your Oppo Find 7a in for warranty? Regardless of the reasoning, unrooting the Find 7a is your solution. When we refer to unrooting generally, we aren’t just talking about removing root

How to Unroot the Oppo Find 7 (Video)

Maybe you messed something up, maybe you just want to start from scratch or maybe you need to send your Oppo Find 7 in for warranty? Regardless of the reasoning, unrooting the Find 7 is your solution. When we refer to unrooting generally, we aren’t just talking about removing root

How to Unroot the Huawei Vitria

Maybe you’ve run into issues on your Huawei Vitria? Maybe you want to send in your device for warranty reasons? Either way, this guide should help you. It’ll teach you how to unroot your Huawei Vitria and get it back to stock. Usually, this solves any software related issues that

How to Root the Huawei Vitria

Wish if you could remove those useless stock apps from your device? Yes, you can do that. Once you’ve rooted your Huawei Vitria, you should be able to remove stock apps as well as load root-only apps on your device. Sounds good? huh. Here’s how: Rooting is the process of

How to Unroot the LG Volt

Maybe you don’t think the root-access is safe when you hand over your device to your kids? Maybe you want unroot your LG Volt so you don’t accidentally end-up deleting system files? No worries, this guide’s all about unrooting the LG Volt and removing SuperSU from it. Here’s how: Unrooting