Q: What is emoji?
A: Further explanation can be found here

Q: Do I need to be on firmware 2.2 to utilise this feature?
A: Apparently, yes.

Q: Is this feature applicable to both 2G and 3G iPhones?
A: Yes

Q: Do I need to jailbreak my unit to utilise this feature?
A: No. However this method is slightly messier than the jailbroken technique.

Q: Do I need to understand/read Japanese to use this?
A: Errr... no?

Q: Will my peers have this perception that I'm some "jeng" person/Japanese wannabe if I incorporate these characters into my text messages?
A: .....................................................


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The original poster of this solution is wilsoncvt; I'm merely refining the universal method.

Step 1
Download the attachment from wilsoncvt's post here

Step 2
Attach the vcard.vcf file and e-mail it to an account (which has already been pre-configured on your iPhone prior to this step). Synchronise that account via WiFi or the telecommunication network and retrieve the file as shown below.



Step 3
Tap on the vcard.vcf file...



Step 4
Tap on the "Add All 27 Contacts" and followed by either "Create New Contacts" or "Merge with Contacts" (I have personally opted for "Create New Contacts" instead)



Step 5

Enable “Japanese QWERTY keyboard” (Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards -> Japanese -> QWERTY)



Step 6
Open the desired application (for example Text) and tap the globe icon, in between "123" and the "space bar". Type “emojia”, “emojii” or “emojiu” to reveal different sets of emoji characters.
Hint: To display more characters, one can opt to perform a "trial and error" experiment; emoji (constant), followed by a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i and so on. For example emojih.



A row of emoji characters will subsequently appear.



Step 7
Using the magnifying feature, you may then proceed to delete the unwanted characters whilst retaining the desired ones. Hence this method is obviously messier (in a way) than the jailbroken method, but you get to save on all the unnecessary hassle.



Step 8
Voila! E N J O Y!

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Mar 29 2009, 01:28 PM

The complete, available emoji characters in the package above:







This post has been edited by nokia2003: Nov 25 2008, 03:20 PM

this thread will now be closed (to avoid spamming) and will be left to davidgary73 and wilsoncvt to be quoted in any appropriate threads.


all questions should be directed to that dedicated thread. thank you for reading!










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