iPhone emoticons without hacking
Posted at 3:25 pm | 238 comments
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Got an amazing link today from Ashot about this application that will allow you to send Japanese emoji icons to anyone with an iPhone — without hacking it! You all know I won’t jailbreak my iPhone
Anyways, it’s really simple. This is all you need to do:
#1. Get this $0.99 app called frostyplace from the iTunes store [ link ]
#2. Play with the app for a minute to activate, click on a story, etc
#3. Go into you settings -> General > International > Keyboards > Japanese
#4. Click the Emoji option to on!
#5. Text anyone with an iPhone and they’ll get your icons!
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Want to see more close up photos? Check this flickr set for more screen shots of all the icons.
** Update: If it doesn’t work the first time, continue playing with the app. Be sure to click on a few stories and click on the bottom two icons. Also, you must be on firmware 2.2 for this to currently work.
** IMPORTANT: If you wish to upgrade your phone to 2.2.1 firmware, please take note that you MUST install frostyplace FIRST as it will not work after the upgrade. They are currently working on a fix with the next version, so for the next 24 hours the application is free!
I have a lot of emails and comments on this thread confirming that the current alternative app is the Touch Dial Emoji which is $3.99. To use this application if you’ve already updated your firmware, do the following:
• Install Touch Dial Emoji version 1.2
• General settings -> Touch Dial -> Enable smiley icon to on
• Launch the application
• Go to settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International -> Keyboards -> Japanese -> enable emoji
Again, I have not tried the above tactic and have heard that there will be a frostyplace update soon if you can wait a few days without your emoji icons or updating your firmware.
Best of luck and do feel free to continue to post comments about your findings.












