How to Get Emoji Emoticons in iPhone SMS Messages Easily

15 Responses (Yours?) | Friday, January 23rd, 2009 « Previous Next »

Hat tip to iJustine (and Brent for letting me know):

Buy go.tagjag.com/emoji in iTunes (.99c)
Install and click through any story in the app.
Go navigate through the iPhone’s Settings: General | International | Keyboards | Japanese | toggle Emoji to on
SMS emoji graphics to anyone else who uses an iPhone – just click the globe symbol that should now appear in the SMS keyboard!

There’s also a way to do this for free (but in my estimation, it’s easier to just spend .99c on the app that’ll do it for you automatically).

15 Comments

Justine

January 23rd, 2009
at 5:31pm

lol, I’ve been having WAAAYYY too much fun with this!! I would have spammed you for sure earlier with icons but didn’t have your # :P

NewsForKids

Oh awesome, thank you Chris! I’ve been looking for something that does this! 99¢ is a very small price to pay, in my opinion, too add a little more flavor and personality to typically boring old SMS messages.

lewisjohn

January 23rd, 2009
at 5:44pm

sweet

texaqszman

January 23rd, 2009
at 6:33pm

Funny – I see no Emoji option in iPhone settings. Nor can I get the other manual instructions to come up when in SMS or Notes.

Uptodate iPhone (2.2). Hmmm will reboot and keep playing with the options. Will be handy with most friends on iphone.

Grantley Chhour

January 23rd, 2009
at 6:52pm

Thank you for sharing your tips with us, I was looking for many ways on adding emoji’s on the iphone without jail breaking but now i can. THANK YOU!!!!! :)

Dilyn Corner

January 23rd, 2009
at 6:59pm

I have Emoji emoticons… But I got them for free.

This is a good thing to know. If I wasn’t poor, I would totally do this ;)

PS
I didn’t download them illegaly, I downloaded a plugin (jailbroken iTouch, doncha know?).

texaszman

January 23rd, 2009
at 7:58pm

Figured out 1 small missed requirement. The Japanese news reader has 2 buttons a the bottom. 1 is a word caption balloon – you have to use this button and click through comments to enable Emoji emoticons.

Then go back into Settings – Intl – Keyboard – Japanese and you will now see a 3rd option for Emoji. Volia.

Alex Tsui

January 23rd, 2009
at 8:06pm

It’s an interesting feature, but it irritates me that it MUST be integrated as part of the contacts list for those who have not jailbroken their iPhone. I like the feature, but I am one of those people who sync their iPhone on Windows Contacts or something. I’d keep it, but if I keep it, I have to give up an organized Windows Contacts file.

However, this is pretty neat! I had fun for the moment until I realized this.

Get Emoji Emoticons without jailbreaking

January 24th, 2009
at 12:00am

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iTuner9909

January 24th, 2009
at 5:18pm

My brother-in-law sent me an SMS with the icons and I was hooked. Downloaded and 30 seconds later I was emoticoning all over the place.

Tony C

January 27th, 2009
at 1:56pm

Not working for me… Blank RSS page… Blank comment page… Unreadable Chinese (NOT Japanese) window pops up and closes when you push the button… $0.99 spent for nada…