Enable Emoji for everyone

[Chrysaor]

UPDATE: Emoji is available in Cydia.

UPDATE: Method to use Emoji without jailbreak: http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

You need to edit the file /User/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist on the device -> whether you use a jailbreak to achieve this or merely some iTunes backup editor is up to you.

Add the following boolean key as 'true':

KeyboardEmojiEverywhere

Then merely go to the Keyboards section of the Settings app, hit Japanese, and turn on Emoji. Will work for any text field/view in the OS, including on websites, AND including the titles of items on SpringBoard (e.g. if you save a bookmark to the home screen).

Have fun!

http://steventroughtonsmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-enable-emoji-systemwide.html

Here is the already modified plist: http://localhostr.com/files/cd6a49/com.apple.Preferences.plist.zip

[trunksu]

this prob should be in the hacks section :p btw great find. gonna do that to my phone right now.

[anjinha]

I don't understand, can I do this on a device that is not jailbroken?

[duffer]

Great find. Used the file you posted. Can we actually use them on AT&T?

[Chrysaor]

Great find. Used the file you posted. Can we actually use them on AT&T?

I think any device that supports emoji characters can see them.
Here are some emojis: (you should be able see these if you are on iPhone, emoji doesn't need to be enabled to view them)


[dukebound85]

I don't understand, can I do this on a device that is not jailbroken?

i dont think so as how would you naviate to that file on an unjailbroken device?

[anjinha]

i dont think so as how would you naviate to that file on an unjailbroken device?

"whether you use a jailbreak to achieve this or merely some iTunes backup editor is up to you." <--- This is why I asked.

[Chrysaor]

i dont think so as how would you naviate to that file on an unjailbroken device?

Source mentions you can edit the plist inside iTunes backup, so I guess its possible without jailbreak.

[dukebound85]

well i just did it! pretty cool to have

[sergiuria]

Could someone explain a little more on how to do it? :confused:

[1rottenapple]

How do you do it in the itunes backup? Also what do people on the receiving end of your text message see? Is it the full emoji icons?

[dukebound85]

Could someone explain a little more on how to do it? :confused:

i just ssh'd my iphone and dragged the modifies file over and it worked

[sergiuria]

i just ssh'd my iphone and dragged the modifies file over and it worked

How do I do this?


Add the following boolean key as 'true':

KeyboardEmojiEverywhere

[dukebound85]

How do I do this?


Add the following boolean key as 'true':

KeyboardEmojiEverywhere

i just used the modified file provided, i didnt know how to do that step as well so i just downloaded the new plist file and overwrote the other one

[sergiuria]

Nevermind :) have it now

Thanks dukebound85!

[anjinha]

How do you do it in the itunes backup?

I want to know this too. I tried googling but I found nothing...

[duffer]

I think any device that supports emoji characters can see them.
Here are some emojis: (you should be able see these if you are on iPhone, emoji doesn't need to be enabled to view them)


Cool. Thanks for the info.

[duffer]

I want to know this too. I tried googling but I found nothing...

iPhone Backup Decoder
http://supercrazyawesome.com/

This will allow you to edit the backup files, but you can't re-encode. Not even sure if you need to re-encode. Not familiar enough with the process. Hope this helps.

[sergiuria]

Posting Emoji from my Iphone  you have so many freaking options!!! 

[duffer]

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[anjinha]

iPhone Backup Decoder
http://supercrazyawesome.com/

This will allow you to edit the backup files, but you can't re-encode. Not even sure if you need to re-encode. Not familiar enough with the process. Hope this helps.

Thanks, I'll check it out when I get home.

[duffer]

Thanks, I'll check it out when I get home.

Glad to help :) Hopefully it works out for you.

[cenetti]

so what other phones in U.S can view/send emoji??
only iphone 2.2?

[det2004]

so, any concrete instructions for those of us who don't want to jailbreak their phones? Is there any way to edit the itunes backup without installing some 3rd party editor on my mac?

Also, I'm assuming once you edit the itunes backup, that you will have to restore your iphone from that backup to make the changes take effect?

Thanks for the help guys. :o

[daisuke07]

thanks cant wait to do this when i get home

[davidwarren]

hum, didn't work for me. I used the backup extractor and changed the plist to the one provided and then restored my phone. Did I miss a step? there was no option for emoji under the japanese keyboard option.

edit--ok, I realize that I didn't put the updated files back into the backup, they were still in the folder I extracted them to. How do I get the new files into the backup?

[macdim]

What proportion of non-hacked, stock, non-Japanese phones are able to view these?

[ViPa]

can someone knowledgeable write up instructions for those of us who dont want to jailbreak and those of us that dont know squat about editing files and stuff? thanks

btw does this work for texting? if not, i dont see the point..

[ajnicho]

There is a package on Cydia that now allows you to enable emoji.

[dukebound85]

can someone knowledgeable write up instructions for those of us who dont want to jailbreak and those of us that dont know squat about editing files and stuff? thanks

btw does this work for texting? if not, i dont see the point..

yes it does work for texting

[ViPa]

someone PLEASE post some instructions, i really wanna do this..

and since you said it works for sms, if i have emoji enabled on my iphone, but a friend who im sending a text to does not have emoji enabled..will it show the emoji that i send them?

[dukebound85]

someone PLEASE post some instructions, i really wanna do this..

and since you said it works for sms, if i have emoji enabled on my iphone, but a friend who im sending a text to does not have emoji enabled..will it show the emoji that i send them?

i tried viewing this page on my ipod touch that does not have it enabled and it can see them just fine so i would think it would be ok

[det2004]

someone PLEASE post some instructions, i really wanna do this..

and since you said it works for sms, if i have emoji enabled on my iphone, but a friend who im sending a text to does not have emoji enabled..will it show the emoji that i send them?

I'm pretty sure it will show up on their iphone as well, even if they don't have it turned on to send, it should still display them.

I'm waiting for a non-jailbreaking set of instructions as well. :)

[ViPa]

im reading on another site that you have to copy and paste this...

bplist00Ö _KeyboardCapsLock_KeyboardLastUsed_KeyboardAutocorrection_KeyboardAutocapitalization_KeyboardLastCho sen_UISuspendedSettings_KeyboardEmojiEverywhere_KeyboardPeriodShortcut UemojiÐ ,?XuŠ ºÓÔÚÜÝÞ


is this true? do i replace what is already there with that? or do i add it to whats already there..

and once i do this..will it automatically save it in the backup file?

next, how do i load the backup file on my iphone?

a lot of questions, please see if you can answer them

[cenetti]

pretty cool but useless cuzz only iphone 2.2 owners can see them...

[gadgetdad]

There is a package on Cydia that now allows you to enable emoji.

Beat me to it. Just installed! :)

[ViPa]

DUDE someone needs to post some clear cut instructions, ive been searching for stuff for the last hour and NO ONE has posted clear instructions on how to do this..im so pissed!!!

[Stratus Fear]

This is pretty awesome. :D

[gilkisson]

DUDE someone needs to post some clear cut instructions, ive been searching for stuff for the last hour and NO ONE has posted clear instructions on how to do this..im so pissed!!!

I re-jailbroke, installed the Emoji package from Cydia, enabled the Emoji keyboard in International Keyboard settings... poof, done.

I needed one more reason to JB, so this was it...

[ViPa]

i dont want to jailbreak...i know its much easier that way, but i want to avoid it


im trying to find a program which will enable me to save the new .plist file onto the backup..

[stuntfreak]

Enable Emoji Icons Outside of Japan
19 year old software developer Steven Troughton-Smith explains how to enable Emoji icons on a iPhone set outside Japan.
http://reviewinc.blogspot.com/2008/11/enable-emoji-icons-outside-of-japan.html

[kas23]

Enable Emoji Icons Outside of Japan
19 year old software developer Steven Troughton-Smith explains how to enable Emoji icons on a iPhone set outside Japan.
http://reviewinc.blogspot.com/2008/11/enable-emoji-icons-outside-of-japan.html

Great, now all this 19 year-old has to do is summon his ability to explain in a more simple English way on how to accomplish this. :confused:

[ViPa]

Great, now all this 19 year-old has to do is summon his ability to explain in a more simple English way on how to accomplish this. :confused:

as much as i am grateful to this kid, i ***** hate him for putting me through this!!!

[alexp2ad]

Just to kill everyone's dreams: pretty sure this is impossible without a jailbreak.

From what I've read, modifying iTunes backups is no longer possible as they detect any modifications and refuse to restore that part of the backup.

[ViPa]

^can anyone confirm?

[Stratus Fear]

^can anyone confirm?

I can't confirm without a doubt but I did take a look at the backups, and they appear to be signed.

[ViPa]

okay i just jailbroke my iphone 3g for the first time for these damn emoji icons..i hope theyre worth it!!!!

[solace]

enabled this on my iPhone... now the real question is... is it possible to enable Emoji characters on Leopard? :)

[kas23]

Just to kill everyone's dreams: pretty sure this is impossible without a jailbreak.

From what I've read, modifying iTunes backups is no longer possible as they detect any modifications and refuse to restore that part of the backup.

Jeez, Apple must really want us to JB our phones! :confused:

[heaven]

just saw this thread and now I can't wait until I get home to try this out. if I send a text to a friend with an iPhone, he needs to have 2.2 installed in order to properly display the emojis, right?

[davidwarren]

good news for those that do not want to jailbreak their iPhones....

well, sorta....

I didn't want to JB either, but I did to get the emoji, so I did the jail break to get them. However, they remain after a full factory restore and then a restore from backup.

I assume since the installer and cydia apps are no longer there, it is no longer JB'ed.

someone correct me if I am wrong.....

[trunksu]

i'm really surprised people are JB'ing just to get emoji :p i would have thought like themes, camcorder or bosspref would have convinced people :P

[jlake02]

Same here.. I might grab the emoji's for fun, but it's low on my list of reasons to jailbreak :)

[trunksu]

i got it enabled on mine (thanks for the heads up OP). what i'm curious is there even a large chunk of phones in the USA that can actually view emoji? what about Europe?

[ViPa]

yeah, they need 2.2..if they dont have it, it'll show up as a box

[andyblila]

i tried viewing this page on my ipod touch that does not have it enabled and it can see them just fine so i would think it would be ok

Did you have to JB to get this to work?

[dukebound85]

Did you have to JB to get this to work?

ah ignore my pm as it was out of context as i thought you were asking if i had to jailbreak in order to use the face thingies


as far as viewing them, you just need 2.2. to create them, it looks like you need to jailbreak

[andyblila]

ah ignore my pm as it was out of context as i thought you were asking if i had to jailbreak in order to use the face thingies


as far as viewing them, you just need 2.2. to create them, it looks like you need to jailbreak

Thanks. They are cool, but I don't think I want to JB.

[heaven]

Did you have to JB to get this to work?

Yes, because

a) without JB you wont be able to establish a SSH connection and edit the file on the device
b) without JB you won't have Cydia installed to activate it this (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=605843) way.

[andyblila]

Yes, because

a) without JB you wont be able to establish a SSH connection and edit the file on the device
b) without JB you won't have Cydia installed to activate it this (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=605843) way.

Thanks, I don't want to JB though. I did find the Backup extractor but couldn't save back to the backup. I'm sure there is a way though. Anyone know of an iTunes Backup editor?

[yamaduc]

damn, I don't want to jb the phone but I want to emoji.

[det2004]

damn, I don't want to jb the phone but I want to emoji.


+1

That was one of the things I was looking forward to in the 2.2 update. I was really disappointed when I found out it was only for Japan.
:mad::mad::mad:

[andyblila]

+1

That was one of the things I was looking forward to in the 2.2 update. I was really disappointed when I found out it was only for Japan.
:mad::mad::mad:

Find me an iTunes Backup Editor and I'll post instructions on how to do it. I need the Backup Editor though. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

[det2004]

Find me an iTunes Backup Editor and I'll post instructions on how to do it. I need the Backup Editor though. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

I've been looking for one since early this morning, and I haven't been able to find one yet...I'm not sure about this one...
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/itunes-database-editor.html

This came up in the google results for itunes backup editor

[heaven]

Find me an iTunes Backup Editor and I'll post instructions on how to do it. I need the Backup Editor though. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

To be honest, I don't think that there is one out there

[det2004]

Just a thought....is there any way to use xcode to edit the iphone backup files? Seems like you should be able to do what we need to do with the iphone sdk of all things.

[CocoaPuffs]

Find me an iTunes Backup Editor and I'll post instructions on how to do it. I need the Backup Editor though. :mad::mad::mad::mad:
What is the reason why you don't want to JB?

[1rottenapple]

Yay Viva la dev team. :D Jeez that was easy. Too bad only 2.2 people can see it.

[det2004]

What is the reason why you don't want to JB?

Not sure I want to install files on my iphone that aren't checked over by Apple to make sure they don't have any problems, unknown consequences, or nefarious coding. Also don't want my iphone to be sluggish or have to worry about the security of my files on it

[CocoaPuffs]

Not sure I want to install files on my iphone that aren't checked over by Apple to make sure they don't have any problems, unknown consequences, or nefarious coding. Also don't want my iphone to be sluggish or have to worry about the security of my files on it
Living outside of the box is not for everyone.

[det2004]

Living outside of the box is not for everyone.

I had a first gen iphone that i jailbroke, and experienced lag, crashes, and some other weird stuff. I also started seeing data activity on my account, at times that I knew I wasn't doing anything. Kinda made me start wondering about the source and intent of all the 3rd party stuff I'd placed on my phone and given root access.

Exactly why I am asking for a set of instructions to enable the emoji without jailbreaking my 3g iphone.

[cenetti]

they should enable this on all networks and all phones.....

can you imagine using IM without emoticons...
Same thing with sms...especially with the Iphone's sms system, it's like one never ending chat session......keeps going and going and goooiiinn,,,,

I needs smileys dammit!

[dukebound85]

whoops

[MausB]

damn, I don't want to jb the phone but I want to emoji.
hi, check this:
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

works perfect.

glad to help!

[DaveTaylor]

Yes they work, ashame that not everyone can see them though, why can't apple just enable them for everyone... :/

[7on]

hi, check this:
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

works perfect.

glad to help!

Is there a way to get it to work without Japanese?

[kas23]

hi, check this:
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

works perfect.

glad to help!

Thanks! I haven't tried it yet, but you have to enable Japanese keyboard to have this work? What if you want you "space" bar to say "space?" Are you out of luck then?

And what exactly does this do to your contacts? Does it really add 27 nonsense contacts? That would be more than I have now!

[musio]

hi, check this:
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

works perfect.

glad to help!

THANKS SO MUCH!

it works.

For english speakers - create a contact, add these to the contact. I got an error but it seemed to work... i type a message with my preffered keyboard (UK) and when i want a picture, i click jap keyboard next to the space bar, spell 'emoji' pick a row of icons and delete the one i don't want.

This looks like good as we'll get without JB.

[kas23]

THANKS SO MUCH!

it works.

For english speakers - create a contact, add these to the contact. I got an error but it seemed to work... i type a message with my preffered keyboard (UK) and when i want a picture, i click jap keyboard next to the space bar, spell 'emoji' pick a row of icons and delete the one i don't want.

This looks like good as we'll get without JB.

It does work, but it's pretty hard to get used to. One false move and you are writing stuff in Japanese. And I couldn't figure out how to get to another row of emoji; I could only access one row. :(

[DN7335]

It does work, bur it's pretty hard to get used to. One false move and you are writing stuff in Japanese. And I couldn't figure out how to get to another row of emoji; I could only access one row. :(

Oh good grief, yuck! That sure is an ugly solution, why go that route when you can JB and have it like it should be, nice interface and all integrated with the keyboard. I appreciate those that don't want stray software on their phones, but just because you jail break doesn't mean you have to install a bunch of crap on there. Just install the Emoji package and be done, you won't even notice that you're jailbroken except for having Cydia installed, and being able to use these wonderful little emoji... :)

[Stratus Fear]

If you don't want to install anything on your phone, you can "vanilla" jailbreak, and simply upload a jailbroken firmware with no installers on it, get a program like DiskAid and edit said preference file with that program over USB. If you jailbreak with out installing software/installer applications, pretty much all it does is activate your phone, allow non-signed apps (jailbreak apps) and access to the root partition over USB (Apple already allows USB access to media for iTunes, the jailbreak just modifies the config of the service on the iPhone that facilitates this to allow root filesystem access).

[musio]

If you don't want to install anything on your phone, you can "vanilla" jailbreak, and simply upload a jailbroken firmware with no installers on it, get a program like DiskAid and edit said preference file with that program over USB. If you jailbreak with no software, pretty much all it does is activate your phone, allow non-signed apps (jailbreak apps) and access to the root partition over USB (Apple already allows USB access to media for iTunes, the jailbreak just modifies the config of the service on the iPhone that facilitates this to allow root filesystem access).

from what i know, you won't be able to do apple updates though after this, right?

[Stratus Fear]

from what i know, you won't be able to do apple updates though after this, right?

If you're on a legitimate carrier/operator, you can easily update with official updates, it just re-locks the root filesystem and overwrites any changes you've made to it. You'd then need to do it again once the newest software is hacked again. People who jailbreak already need to do this with software updates as it is.

If you don't like to mess with stuff too much, it may be too much hassle. It's doable though.

[The General]

If you're on a legitimate carrier/operator, you can easily update with official updates, it just re-locks the root filesystem and overwrites any changes you've made to it. You'd then need to do it again once the newest software is hacked again. People who jailbreak already need to do this with software updates as it is.

If you don't like to mess with stuff too much, it may be too much hassle. It's doable though.

I've noticed that if you have a custom carrier logo set (a text one, not an image one) with a program like MakeItMine, and also if I manually edit my com.apple.springboard.plist in a jailbroken state, when I backup, restore firmware, and then restore from backup, the custom carrier logo and changes are still present. I wonder if this plist edit will make its way back into a non-jailbroken phone if you:

1. Jailbreak
2. Apply the mod to enable Emoji
3. Backup with iTunes
4. Restore phone in DFU mode to a stock firmware
5. Restore from backup

If so, then people who don't want to jailbreak are good to go, you'll just have to jailbreak and then unjailbreak. Honestly I don't feel like testing this right now though. :p

[det2004]

I've noticed that if you have a custom carrier logo set (a text one, not an image one) with a program like MakeItMine, and also if I manually edit my com.apple.springboard.plist in a jailbroken state, when I backup, restore firmware, and then restore from backup, the custom carrier logo and changes are still present. I wonder if this plist edit will make its way back into a non-jailbroken phone if you:

1. Jailbreak
2. Apply the mod to enable Emoji
3. Backup with iTunes
4. Restore phone in DFU mode to a stock firmware
5. Restore from backup

If so, then people who don't want to jailbreak are good to go, you'll just have to jailbreak and then unjailbreak. Honestly I don't feel like testing this right now though. :p

except that it has still been tampered with, and who knows what files have been put on your phone when it was open, just because the restore locked it again. If the emoji remain after a restore, other files from the jailbreak process probably still reside on your iphone as well.

[TheConfuzed1]

It's in Cydia, as of yesterday. It's atually very simple to do. :)

[Stratus Fear]

I've noticed that if you have a custom carrier logo set (a text one, not an image one) with a program like MakeItMine, and also if I manually edit my com.apple.springboard.plist in a jailbroken state, when I backup, restore firmware, and then restore from backup, the custom carrier logo and changes are still present. I wonder if this plist edit will make its way back into a non-jailbroken phone if you:

1. Jailbreak
2. Apply the mod to enable Emoji
3. Backup with iTunes
4. Restore phone in DFU mode to a stock firmware
5. Restore from backup

If so, then people who don't want to jailbreak are good to go, you'll just have to jailbreak and then unjailbreak. Honestly I don't feel like testing this right now though. :p

Actually, I think that would work. It's an Apple created preference file. Should definitely work.

[Stratus Fear]

except that it has still been tampered with, and who knows what files have been put on your phone when it was open, just because the restore locked it again. If the emoji remain after a restore, other files from the jailbreak process probably still reside on your iphone as well.

Backups only backup preferences and app store apps, I think. So as long as you don't use jailbreak apps, you shouldn't have anything odd on your phone after a restore.

[andyblila]

hi, check this:
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

works perfect.

glad to help!

Thanks, this works perfectly. Is this all of the Emojii available?

[The General]

except that it has still been tampered with, and who knows what files have been put on your phone when it was open, just because the restore locked it again. If the emoji remain after a restore, other files from the jailbreak process probably still reside on your iphone as well.

I don't know what you're so afraid of. You say you don't want any file on your phone that hasn't been checked out by Apple for "problems, unknown consequences, or nefarious coding" so you want every bit of code on your phone checked out by Apple. Well, even on stock phones, not every file has been checked out by Apple and not every line of code as been either. There's a lot of copy and paste that goes on when creating something like the iPhone OS from open source projects for things like libc.

Apple can't even check for "nefarious coding" in AppStore apps because the AppStore doesn't require the programmer to send the source along with the binaries for their application. All they can do is debug it, but bad stuff still gets through.

Do you think the iPhone dev team doesn't debug their software? If they didn't, it wouldn't work!

You really have nothing to worry about. Even if something bad DOES go wrong with your phone due to a jailbreak application (which is highly unlikely if you don't install anything but the Emoji thing which just edits a text file) then you can always just restore your phone with iTunes and it will be completely back to normal.

You are being overly paranoid. Overly paranoid people don't get cool things like this on their iPhones. Deal with it.

[det2004]

You are being overly paranoid. Overly paranoid people don't get cool things like this on their iPhones. Deal with it.


I had a first generation iphone, which I jailbroke. After that, the phone wasn't nearly as stable, would lock up, lagged, and I would get data connections showing up on my bill at times where I was sleeping and knew I wasn't using the phone. And before you ask, no I didn't have it set up to check for email automatically or anything like that.

[starkruzr]

and who knows what files have been put on your phone when it was openWhere is this paranoia coming from? People have been running jailbroken iPhones since August of 2007. If there was any "nefarious" content hanging around in Cydia, don't you think you would have heard about it by now?

People, there is ZERO reason not to jailbreak your device. You're not going to break anything. Jailbreak NEVER breaks anything. It is only unlocking that can brick a phone – iPod touch users never have to worry about it.

Does anyone know how to get Emoji support on a Mac or Windows machine?

[starkruzr]

I had a first generation iphone, which I jailbroke. After that, the phone wasn't nearly as stable, would lock up, lagged, and I would get data connections showing up on my bill at times where I was sleeping and knew I wasn't using the phone. And before you ask, no I didn't have it set up to check for email automatically or anything like that.I don't believe you. You installed something else, probably ran a lot of applications in the background and didn't know it, etc. etc.

The key to operating a jailbroken phone "cleanly" is to KEEP IT SIMPLE. Install Cydia, install Five-Icon Dock (I love this), install Emoji support, and stop there. You don't "have" to install a bunch of other things too.

[det2004]

I don't believe you. You installed something else, probably ran a lot of applications in the background and didn't know it, etc. etc.

The key to operating a jailbroken phone "cleanly" is to KEEP IT SIMPLE. Install Cydia, install Five-Icon Dock (I love this), install Emoji support, and stop there. You don't "have" to install a bunch of other things too.

I really don't care if you believe me or not. I did a lot of research before I jailbroke it, and didn't install all that much, and the things I did install were from the installer.app and nowhere else.

so your saying to jailbreak your iphones so you can have all these cool things, but it'll only be stable if you don't install them?? lol

seems kind of stupid. :eek:

[starkruzr]

I really don't care if you believe me or not. I did a lot of research before I jailbroke it, and didn't install all that much, and the things I did install were from the installer.app and nowhere else.

so your saying to jailbreak your iphones so you can have all these cool things, but it'll only be stable if you don't install them?? lol

seems kind of stupid. :eek:

"lol." The point is to exercise JUDGEMENT, which you clearly didn't do. I have a multitude of things installed on my device -- StatusNotifier, Terminal, SSH, Firefly, etc. -- because I know how to use them and exercised common sense when I installed them. The result? My phone flies under firmware 2.2 like I left it stock.

You're also talking about a platform which has evolved significantly from what you remember. Lots of things used to break because Installer.app was a piece of crap. Cydia is based on the Debian APT packaging system and works much, much better. The entire jailbroken software ecosystem is much more stable and higher quality than it was -- and even then, it was great provided you knew what you were doing.

[det2004]

"lol." The point is to exercise JUDGEMENT, which you clearly didn't do. I have a multitude of things installed on my device -- StatusNotifier, Terminal, SSH, Firefly, etc. -- because I know how to use them and exercised common sense when I installed them. The result? My phone flies under firmware 2.2 like I left it stock.

You're also talking about a platform which has evolved significantly from what you remember. Lots of things used to break because Installer.app was a piece of crap. Cydia is based on the Debian APT packaging system and works much, much better. The entire jailbroken software ecosystem is much more stable and higher quality than it was -- and even then, it was great provided you knew what you were doing.

haha...how do you know I didn't exercise judgement? :confused:

It's not like I installed everything and anything on my phone. I was careful and it still had problems. But I guess I'll leave it up to self-important know-it-alls to tell me what I did/didn't do with my phone that they have never seen. :rolleyes:

Now, it may be a different jailbreaking scene then it was for the 1st gen iphone, but from seeing different posts here and there, it seems people still have issues with locking their phone up/general instability, and in some cases bricking. Now I'm not saying that everyone is having issues, maybe it's their fault, who knows, but why would I want to jailbreak my phone and risk this, when it has been stable since 2.1?

[The General]

I really don't care if you believe me or not. I did a lot of research before I jailbroke it, and didn't install all that much, and the things I did install were from the installer.app and nowhere else.

so your saying to jailbreak your iphones so you can have all these cool things, but it'll only be stable if you don't install them?? lol

seems kind of stupid. :eek:

Your phone won't slow down if you don't have programs running in the background. Before, on 1.x software, programs HAD to run in the background if they were going to do anything special when not specifically open. One example I'd say would be Taskbar Notifier. It ran in the background so when you got calls and stuff the icons would show up in the status bar. Now, programs use Mobile Substrate, which is sort of a unified background process so to speak. Winterboard uses it, Status Notifier uses it, SBSettings uses it.

My phone runs perfectly fast with these installed:

1. Cydia
2. Winterboard (with a full system theme)
3. Five Icon Dock
4. PdaNet
5. Flashlight
6. Status Notifier
7. OpenSSH

That's all I really want from Cydia, so that's all I install. Most of the people you see talking about their slowed down phones are those who install all sorts of stuff that run in the background, trying to make their phone all leeted out. Keep it simple and be decisive about what you install and don't install, and your phone will be just fine. I ran 2.1 jailbroken with those things installed from the day Pwnage 2.1 was released to the day 2.2 was released and didn't have a single problem. So far, I've been running my 2.2 iPhone 3G jailbroken and have had no problems.

Things to stay away from in you want to avoid problems would be:

1. SIM unlocking the phone
2. Cracked AppStore applications
3. Installer.app

And if you're just that against jailbreaking, then get the heck out of the iPhone hacking section. Seems fair to me. :confused:

[Compile 'em all]

Y
1. SIM unlocking the phone
2. Cracked AppStore applications
3. Installer.app

And if you're just that against jailbreaking, then get the heck out of the iPhone hacking section. Seems fair to me. :confused:

Cracked apps work perfectly fine on my phone.

[The General]

Now, it may be a different jailbreaking scene then it was for the 1st gen iphone, but from seeing different posts here and there, it seems people still have issues with locking their phone up/general instability, and in some cases bricking. Now I'm not saying that everyone is having issues, maybe it's their fault, who knows, but why would I want to jailbreak my phone and risk this, when it has been stable since 2.1?

People had lockup problems, Apple logo of death issues, keyboard lag, and all sorts of bugs and instability on 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 whether or not they were jailbroken. When 2.1 came out, it was much more stable, whether or not they jailbroke.

The reason you'd want to jailbreak now that 2.1 and 2.2 are stable is because 2.1 and 2.2 are more stable.

[det2004]

Things to stay away from in you want to avoid problems would be:

1. SIM unlocking the phone
2. Cracked AppStore applications
3. Installer.app

And if you're just that against jailbreaking, then get the heck out of the iPhone hacking section. Seems fair to me. :confused:

I haven't done a lot of research into jailbreaking the 3g iphone, since the release of the app store pretty much gave me everything I wanted, so I have a couple of questions.

You're saying to avoid the installer.app, but why? Wasn't that the major source of 3rd party apps for the previous iphone? I was under the impression that someone from the dev team made installer.app. How exactly does cydia differ from installer, and what makes it so great?

I have pretty much stayed out of the hacking section of the forums, but have been looking for a non jailbreaking method of getting emoji on the iphone. The mods moved this thread over to the hacking section, so that is why I am here. It seems like there should be some method of enabling emoji on iphones without jailbreaking them. All of the articles I had seen said that there were solutions for jailbroken and non-jailbroken iphones, but I have yet to see instructions for the non jailbreaking method.

[The General]

Cracked apps work perfectly fine on my phone.

Do you sync them from iTunes or SSH them in? Because those methods are fine.

Installous and AppShare will break your phone and you'll have to restore. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will, believe me. My friends phone ALWAYS gets the apple logo of death from Installous and AppShare. I don't know why he doesn't just sync them from iTunes...

[RiGo]

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For some reason emoji doesn't show up for me on the mobile version of the forums. I just get the codes... Anyone else have this problem?

[Chrysaor]

Do you sync them from iTunes or SSH them in? Because those methods are fine.

Installous and AppShare will break your phone and you'll have to restore. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will, believe me. My friends phone ALWAYS gets the apple logo of death from Installous and AppShare. I don't know why he doesn't just sync them from iTunes...

I never had any problem with Installous/AppShare pre and post 2.2, they are much more convenient than syncing.

[andyblila]

People had lockup problems, Apple logo of death issues, keyboard lag, and all sorts of bugs and instability on 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 whether or not they were jailbroken. When 2.1 came out, it was much more stable, whether or not they jailbroke.

The reason you'd want to jailbreak now that 2.1 and 2.2 are stable is because 2.1 and 2.2 are more stable.

Jailbreaking right now. I'm gonna follow the original instructions to enable the Emoji, back it up, and then unjailbreak it by restoring it to the stock firmware. I'll let you know how it works! Wish me luck!

[The General]

I haven't done a lot of research into jailbreaking the 3g iphone, since the release of the app store pretty much gave me everything I wanted, so I have a couple of questions.

You're saying to avoid the installer.app, but why? Wasn't that the major source of 3rd party apps for the previous iphone? I was under the impression that someone from the dev team made installer.app. How exactly does cydia differ from installer, and what makes it so great?

I have pretty much stayed out of the hacking section of the forums, but have been looking for a non jailbreaking method of getting emoji on the iphone. The mods moved this thread over to the hacking section, so that is why I am here. It seems like there should be some method of enabling emoji on iphones without jailbreaking them. All of the articles I had seen said that there were solutions for jailbroken and non-jailbroken iphones, but I have yet to see instructions for the non jailbreaking method.

When iPhone OS 2.0 came out, a lot of the inner workings were totally different, so most of the programs that we had for 1.x did not work. They needed to be ported to 2.0. Actually, all programs needed a port of sorts to deal with the fact that 2.0 required signed executables.

Cydia had been around in 1.x but people didn't like it because it was different than what they had and it was fairly unstable. Installer had plenty of apps and was what everyone used.

When 2.0 was jailbroken, Cydia was ported to it and was improved greatly. Meanwhile, RiP Dev was working on an updated version of Installer for iPhone 2.0. RiP Dev bought it from Nullriver, who gave it up to work in the AppStore market. RiP Dev sucks. Installer.app sucks, that's all there is too it.

RiP Dev uses a proprietary packaging system that doesn't deal well with dependancies*, hasn't matured at all, and is inherently flawed in design (because it is not apt ;)) ... wheras Cydia uses apt, which has been around for a decade and has been proven to be an excellent package management system for UNIX based operating systems like the iPhone OS, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux to name a few.

Here are the instructions for the non-jailbroken phone... It is very convoluted and doesn't get you to the actual Emoji keyboard.

http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

*Dependencies are programs that are required by other programs. For example, Winterboard is dependant on Mobile Substrate. Back in the days on 1.x Installer, you'd get a message saying you need to install Mobile Substrate before you could install Winterboard (this is just an example, neither of those were available on Installer.app) ... so you'd go and install Mobile Substrate, then you could install Winterboard. With apt, you can just go to install Winterboard and apt will find out which other packages it depends on and install them automatically. It also ensures version compatibility among other things.

Jailbreaking right now. I'm gonna follow the original instructions to enable the Emoji, back it up, and then unjailbreak it by restoring it to the stock firmware. I'll let you know how it works! Wish me luck!

Cool! Thanks for trying that. If it doesn't work, you can always just leave it jailbroken. ;)

[det2004]

Jailbreaking right now. I'm gonna follow the original instructions to enable the Emoji, back it up, and then unjailbreak it by restoring it to the stock firmware. I'll let you know how it works! Wish me luck!

I would be interested to see if this works as well.

[andyblila]

Cool! Thanks for trying that. If it doesn't work, you can always just leave it jailbroken. ;)

Thanks for the vote of confidence! As a first time Jailbreaker I am a little nervous! I will let you know how it turns out. The plan is to try and enable, backup and relock and restore. If that doesn't work, I may re Jailbreak and leave it that way. I'll let you know!

[andyblila]

I would be interested to see if this works as well.

I'll let you know!

[The General]

Thanks for the vote of confidence! As a first time Jailbreaker I am a little nervous! I will let you know how it turns out. The plan is to try and enable, backup and relock and restore. If that doesn't work, I may re Jailbreak and leave it that way. I'll let you know!

Are you using QuickPwn? If so, don't be scared when you see the Apple Logo for like 20 minutes... I QuickPwned my friends iPhone last night and it took FOR. EVER. It finally rebooted and was fine, I guess it is working when it shows the Apple Logo.

I would just recommend using Pwnage Tool... QuickPwn scares me. :p

[andyblila]

Are you using QuickPwn? If so, don't be scared when you see the Apple Logo for like 20 minutes... I QuickPwned my friends iPhone last night and it took FOR. EVER. It finally rebooted and was fine, I guess it is working when it shows the Apple Logo.

I would just recommend using Pwnage Tool... QuickPwn scares me. :p

I used Pwnage. I found it on the iClarified website.

[dukebound85]

Are you using QuickPwn? If so, don't be scared when you see the Apple Logo for like 20 minutes... I QuickPwned my friends iPhone last night and it took FOR. EVER. It finally rebooted and was fine, I guess it is working when it shows the Apple Logo.

I would just recommend using Pwnage Tool... QuickPwn scares me. :p

i used quickpwn and it took a lot less time than pwnage tool as ive used them both

if you dont care about unlocking, quickpwn is the way to go as you dont have to reload all your media and stuff

[det2004]

Are you using QuickPwn? If so, don't be scared when you see the Apple Logo for like 20 minutes... I QuickPwned my friends iPhone last night and it took FOR. EVER. It finally rebooted and was fine, I guess it is working when it shows the Apple Logo.

I would just recommend using Pwnage Tool... QuickPwn scares me. :p

weren't there websites that you could navigate to on your iphone that would jailbreak it? I thought I remembered reading about people doing that to the demo iphones in Apple retail stores. Can you do anything like this, or would you just recommend using Pwnage tool?
thanks

[dukebound85]

weren't there websites that you could navigate to on your iphone that would jailbreak it? I thought I remembered reading about people doing that to the demo iphones in Apple retail stores. Can you do anything like this, or would you just recommend using Pwnage tool?
thanks

that was way early on

now you want to use quickpwn or pwnage tool

[andyblila]

weren't there websites that you could navigate to on your iphone that would jailbreak it? I thought I remembered reading about people doing that to the demo iphones in Apple retail stores. Can you do anything like this, or would you just recommend using Pwnage tool?
thanks

I'm using the Pwnage. It seems to be fine. It does erase the phone though.

[mavis]

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Thanks for the vote of confidence! As a first time Jailbreaker I am a little nervous! I will let you know how it turns out. The plan is to try and enable, backup and relock and restore. If that doesn't work, I may re Jailbreak and leave it that way. I'll let you know!

Are you using QuickPwn? If so, don't be scared when you see the Apple Logo for like 20 minutes... I QuickPwned my friends iPhone last night and it took FOR. EVER. It finally rebooted and was fine, I guess it is working when it shows the Apple Logo.

I would just recommend using Pwnage Tool... QuickPwn scares me. :p

That's odd. I've never had to wait long for QuickPWN to work its magic. 

Oh and BTW - after being non-jailbroken since September (due to major slowdowns with Winterboard) I'm happy to report that everything is working great now! Ok jailbroken with WinterBoard, rotating wallpaper, and StatusNotifier and it feels like I'm still pre-jailbreak. No slowdowns or lag at all. FINALLY!! So, I'd like to thank Apple for forcing me to jailbreak - the assinine restrictions on emoji (for everyone, including those of us living in Japan!) are what drove me to take the plunge this time. So, thank you Apple. 〜

[The General]

weren't there websites that you could navigate to on your iphone that would jailbreak it? I thought I remembered reading about people doing that to the demo iphones in Apple retail stores. Can you do anything like this, or would you just recommend using Pwnage tool?
thanks

Yes. That was due to a bug in the tiff library Safari used. A classic example of some copy paste Apple did while putting Safari for iPhone together.

It was fixed in 1.1.2. So www.jailbreakme.com will only work if you have 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, or 1.1.1.

[andyblila]

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That's odd. I've never had to wait long for QuickPWN to work its magic. 

Oh and BTW - after being non-jailbroken since September (due to major slowdowns with Winterboard) I'm happy to report that everything is working great now! Ok jailbroken with WinterBoard, rotating wallpaper, and StatusNotifier and it feels like I'm still pre-jailbreak. No slowdowns or lag at all. FINALLY!! So, I'd like to thank Apple for forcing me to jailbreak - the assinine restrictions on emoji (for everyone, including those of us living in Japan!) are what drove me to take the plunge this time. So, thank you Apple. 〜

Where's the file? I can't find it in the root directory??? :confused:

[CocoaPuffs]

weren't there websites that you could navigate to on your iphone that would jailbreak it? I thought I remembered reading about people doing that to the demo iphones in Apple retail stores. Can you do anything like this, or would you just recommend using Pwnage tool?
thanks
Not sure why you want emoji so bad while being so afraid of jailbreaking.

For all we know, emoji hack and Cydia could include backdoor trojans!

Move on...it's not for you.

[andyblila]

Locating the file with Disk Aid is impossible. I have been looking for over 2 hours now. I am going to use Cydia to enable, backup the phone, and then do a DFU restore with the stock firmware and restore from the backup. I'll let you know if it works.

[Stratus Fear]

Locating the file with Disk Aid is impossible. I have been looking for over 2 hours now. I am going to use Cydia to enable, backup the phone, and then do a DFU restore with the stock firmware and restore from the backup. I'll let you know if it works.

/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist

[andyblila]

/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist

Thank You!!!!

[Stratus Fear]

Thank You!!!!

No problem :)

[andyblila]

Well everyone, this is what I did and it worked.

1. I did the Jailbreak with Pwnage and installed Cydia.

2. I searched for the Emoji, installed it, and enabled it through settings/keyboard/Japanese and turn on Emoji.

3. I did a Backup of the phone.

4. DFU restore of the phone with the stock firmware.

5. Restored the phone from the backup.

Once I did this Cydia was gone as the phone is relocked back to stock and Emoji was still enabled!

In conclusion, I did have to momentarily Jailbreak the phone, but it is relocked and nobody knows the better. If you want Emoji, this is definitely the easiest way to get them. :D

[andyblila]

I would be interested to see if this works as well.

Got it to work and re lock. See the above post and my PM. I put detailed instructions on my website here (http://www.tuaiw.com/). Let me know if you have any questions. :D:apple::D

[andyblila]

At first I was really excited at being able to utilize the Emoji on my phone, but as I sit here going through the whole procedure again for my wife's and then my kids phones, the madder I get. All I am doing is breaking into the phone to unlock a feature that was included in the update. Apple put the feature on my phone, taking up space, and felt the need not to let me have it. Why? It's got a setting. Why would Apple think that only the Japanese would enjoy playing with these. Let us all have them without having to do all of this work. How many of yall agree? :mad:

[mavis]

At first I was really excited at being able to utilize the Emoji on my phone, but as I sit here going through the whole procedure again for my wife's and then my kids phones, the madder I get. All I am doing is breaking into the phone to unlock a feature that was included in the update. Apple put the feature on my phone, taking up space, and felt the need not to let me have it. Why? It's got a setting. Why would Apple think that only the Japanese would enjoy playing with these. Let us all have them without having to do all of this work. How many of yall agree? :mad:

I agree wholeheartedly. It annoys me even more so because I live in the target market, have a legit, activated phone with SoftBank, and STILL cannot use emoji unless I jailbreak (because I use MobileMe rather than the **** carrier-provided email) ... :mad:

I mean, it's almost as if they want people to jailbreak. :rolleyes:

[starkruzr]

haha...how do you know I didn't exercise judgement? :confused:

It's not like I installed everything and anything on my phone. I was careful and it still had problems. But I guess I'll leave it up to self-important know-it-alls to tell me what I did/didn't do with my phone that they have never seen. :rolleyes:Because you display willful ignorance, mostly.

Now, it may be a different jailbreaking scene then it was for the 1st gen iphone, but from seeing different posts here and there, it seems people still have issues with locking their phone up/general instability, and in some cases bricking. Now I'm not saying that everyone is having issues, maybe it's their fault, who knows, but why would I want to jailbreak my phone and risk this, when it has been stable since 2.1?BECAUSE THERE IS NO RISK WHEN ALL YOU ARE DOING IS JAILBREAKING. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BRICK AN IPHONE WITH JAILBREAK. Even if something screws up and the phone becomes unbootable, S-Gold will STILL put the device into DFU mode and you will STILL be able to restore it to factory-new conditions. You are confusing jailbreak "risk" with unlock risk. Even unlocking is no longer risky these days with BootNeuter.

To be fair, the more applications I had installed that depended on Mobile Substrate (QuickGold, etc.), the slower my phone would get, but that was with an older version of Mobile Substrate. That slowdown is gone now.

Does anyone know if it's possible to install support for emoji on Macs or Windows boxes? Linux, even?

[The General]

Well, det2004, there you have it. You can jailbreak, enable Emoji, and then restore your phone back to normal and still have Emoji installed.

Thanks for doing this andyblila! My girlfriend didn't want to jailbreak and she said she'd do it if this were possible! Looks like I have some work to do.

I'm going to secretly do it to my mom's on Thanksgiving. :D She is against hacking too. :rolleyes:

[det2004]

Well, det2004, there you have it. You can jailbreak, enable Emoji, and then restore your phone back to normal and still have Emoji installed.

Thanks for doing this andyblila! My girlfriend didn't want to jailbreak and she said she'd do it if this were possible! Looks like I have some work to do.

I'm going to secretly do it to my mom's on Thanksgiving. :D She is against hacking too. :rolleyes:

Yeah, I'm seriously considering it. I was going to do it earlier, but I have been restoring my phone. I used to have a full 3g signal before the 2.2 update, and now I only have edge, so I have been trying to restore my phone to see if that helped, and also tried downgrading to 2.1, but that gave me a 1013 error (wonder if it's because of the new baseband in 2.2?)

Oh well, I might as well enjoy some emoji on my blazing fast Edge phone. :(

[brasknucs]

I can definitely confirm that this works. Jailbroke the phone, installed the Emoji, removed the Jailbreak, and the Emoji stayed.

Nice find!:o

[TheNightPhoenix]

Dunno why people are bothering to jail break when you can do this
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

[RiGo]

For some reason emoji doesn't show up for me on the mobile version of the forums. I just get the codes... Anyone else have this problem?

anyone?

[mavis]

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For some reason emoji doesn't show up for me on the mobile version of the forums. I just get the codes... Anyone else have this problem?

anyone?

Yeah, same here. Of course, nothing on the mobile site seems to work perfectly for the iPhone. If only it wasn't so damn fast. ;) ()

[MikePA]

If you want Emoji, this is definitely the easiest way to get them. :D

No, the easiest way is to skip steps 3, 4 and 5.:)

[brasknucs]

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For some reason emoji doesn't show up for me on the mobile version of the forums. I just get the codes... Anyone else have this problem?

The emoji are showing up for me on the mobile site... 

[andyblila]

Dunno why people are bothering to jail break when you can do this
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

Because you don't get them all.

BTW, I just finished my third phone with the JB and Re-lock method. Works like a charm and the phone is re locked on stock firmware.

[andyblila]

No, the easiest way is to skip steps 3, 4 and 5.:)

Only if you want to leave your phone JB'd.

[andyblila]

Well, det2004, there you have it. You can jailbreak, enable Emoji, and then restore your phone back to normal and still have Emoji installed.

Thanks for doing this andyblila! My girlfriend didn't want to jailbreak and she said she'd do it if this were possible! Looks like I have some work to do.

I'm going to secretly do it to my mom's on Thanksgiving. :D She is against hacking too. :rolleyes:

Anytime my friend. The whole process takes about an hour. As you can see from above, i've done it to 3. Have fun and let me know how it turns out!

[MikePA]

Only if you want to leave your phone unlocked.

Wrong. How many times do people have to hear jb DOES NOT EQUAL unlocking? :rolleyes:

[ellsworth]

very cooool!:)

[brasknucs]

just finished my 2nd iphone 3G... works like a charm

[xsecretfiles]

I just installed it, but everyone I've sent the text to cannot see the emoticons...do I need to do something else?

granted one of the people I've sent the text to has a jailbroken phone

[jcde7ago]

I just installed it, but everyone I've sent the text to cannot see the emoticons...do I need to do something else?

granted one of the people I've sent the text to has a jailbroken phone

I believe only other people with 2.2 installed (jailbroken or not doesn't matter) will be able to see the emoji's that you send, and vice-versa.

[QuarterSwede]

I believe only other people with 2.2 installed (jailbroken or not doesn't matter) will be able to see the emoji's that you send, and vice-versa.
Exactly. On my non-JB 1st Gen iPhone I can see the Emoji in this thread. It works in Safari so I'd imagine it'd work in SMS.

[The General]

I just thought of a way people could get full Emoji without jailbreaking at all.

Someone will need to do this for it to work:

1. Erase all previous iTunes backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
2. DFU restore an iPhone to pwned firmware.
3. Set it up as a new phone in iTunes, name it something generic so people can change it later and so they don't have your info. Kill any sync it might try to do automatically.
4. Use Cydia to install the Emoji package
5. Use iTunes to backup the phone. Right click on it in the left column and hit Backup...
6. Locate the backup in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup and distribute it to people who want to use it.

Then someone who doesn't want to jailbreak could:

1. Erase all backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
2. Put the above created backup in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
3. Restore their phone from backup and choose at one
4. Resync all of their data if it was lost such as contacts and email accounts. TXT will probably be gone, I'm not sure.

But yeah, I've also read that the backups are signed so this may not work. We'll have to try it though, obviously.
Dunno why people are bothering to jail break when you can do this
http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107

Because that is more bothersome than jailbreaking. It's more work.

[QuarterSwede]

Doesn't jailbreaking technically void your warranty? I understand that you can restore to a legit copy of the firmware to avoid this but what happens if something happens to cause your iPhone to lockup and you can't restore? If you take it to the Apple store you're boned, no?

[andyblila]

Wrong. How many times do people have to hear jb DOES NOT EQUAL unlocking? :rolleyes:

Correct. I misspoke. It should read JB. Thanks for keeping me honest!

[andyblila]

I just installed it, but everyone I've sent the text to cannot see the emoticons...do I need to do something else?

granted one of the people I've sent the text to has a jailbroken phone

They have to be running 2.2 otherwise they will only see blocks. They don't have to be jailbroken, just running firmware 2.2

[The General]

Doesn't jailbreaking technically void your warranty? I understand that you can restore to a legit copy of the firmware to avoid this but what happens if something happens to cause your iPhone to lockup and you can't restore? If you take it to the Apple store you're boned, no?

You can always DFU restore unless it's a hardware problem, in which case Apple will replace it because then they won't be able to restore it either.

It's not like they have some special iPhone restoring machines, they probably use iTunes just like us.

[andyblila]

Doesn't jailbreaking technically void your warranty? I understand that you can restore to a legit copy of the firmware to avoid this but what happens if something happens to cause your iPhone to lockup and you can't restore? If you take it to the Apple store you're boned, no?

No, all the Jailbreak does, if you don't install apps, is to allow access to the root directory (very short and to the point description). A DFU restore to stock firmware fixes the phone. Also my process restores the phone to stock firmware anyway.

[The General]

No, all the Jailbreak does, if you don't install apps, is to allow access to the root directory (very short and to the point description). A DFU restore to stock firmware fixes the phone. Also my process restores the phone to stock firmware anyway.

The only difference between a fresh iPhone and an iPhone after andyblila's process one line in a text file.

[andyblila]

I just thought of a way people could get full Emoji without jailbreaking at all.

Someone will need to do this for it to work:

1. Erase all previous iTunes backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
2. DFU restore an iPhone to pwned firmware.
3. Set it up as a new phone in iTunes, name it something generic so people can change it later and so they don't have your info. Kill any sync it might try to do automatically.
4. Use Cydia to install the Emoji package
5. Use iTunes to backup the phone. Right click on it in the left column and hit Backup...
6. Locate the backup in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup and distribute it to people who want to use it.

Then someone who doesn't want to jailbreak could:

1. Erase all backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
2. Put the above created backup in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
3. Restore their phone from backup and choose at one
4. Resync all of their data if it was lost such as contacts and email accounts. TXT will probably be gone, I'm not sure.

But yeah, I've also read that the backups are signed so this may not work. We'll have to try it though, obviously.


Because that is more bothersome than jailbreaking. It's more work.

I opened the backup with an editor and it looked signed, but it might work anyway. The JB backup and un JB works perfectly and is the same result as not JB'ing in the first place. You have an un JB phone with the Emoji settings available! ;)

[andyblila]

The only difference between a fresh iPhone and an iPhone after andyblila's process one line in a text file.

And if you are super paranoid.....once you are bored with the Emoji do a DFU restore of the phone and instead of restoring from a backup, set it up as a new phone. It's now a fresh new phone! ;)

[QuarterSwede]

And if you are super paranoid.....once you are bored with the Emoji do a DFU restore of the phone and instead of restoring from a backup, set it up as a new phone. It's now a fresh new phone! ;)
True. I completely forgot about that.

[kas23]

The only difference between a fresh iPhone and an iPhone after andyblila's process one line in a text file.

And a bunch of emoji on the phone, don't forget! That will be the biggest clue. They'll be wondering how they got on there...and so far, there is only one way.

On a different note, look at the screen shots of this app:

http://appshopper.com/social-networking/webmessenger

This app has emoticons that can be added to texts. Couldn't someone have just made an SMS app that included emoji to avoid all this? Can someone just do this now, for the rest of the world? It won't be duplicating a function,because the rest of the world functionally doesn't have emoji on their iPhones. :D (thanks Apple)

[kas23]

I opened the backup with an editor and it looked signed, but it might work anyway. The JB backup and un JB works perfectly and is the same result as not JB'ing in the first place. You have an un JB phone with the Emoji settings available! ;)

Cool. Will this work possibly?

[andyblila]

And a bunch of emoji on the phone, don't forget! That will be the biggest clue. They'll be wondering how they got on there...and so far, there is only one way.

On a different note, look at the screen shots of this app:

http://appshopper.com/social-networking/webmessenger

This app has emoticons that can be added to texts. Couldn't someone have just made an SMS app that included emoji to avoid all this? Can someone just do this now, for the rest of the world? It won't be duplicating a function,because the rest of the world functionally doesn't have emoji on their iPhones. :D (thanks Apple)

You are not entirely correct. Once you do a full DFU restore and set it up as a new phone, there will be no Emoji on it. It will be a fresh phone :D, fresh as it was the day you bought it!

[andyblila]

Cool. Will this work possibly?

It already has. I've done it to 3 phones already. I also did the full DFU restore and set it up as a new phone. Check out my website. Full instructions there. Works perfectly. :D

[kas23]

You are not entirely correct. Once you do a full DFU restore and set it up as a new phone, there will be no Emoji on it. It will be a fresh phone :D, fresh as it was the day you bought it!

Yeah, I know. You just have to remember they're on there. ;)

[andyblila]

Yeah, I know. You just have to remember they're on there. ;)

Definitely! Once you do that, there will be no trace at all.

[Mess]

Hi Guys,

Ive been reading for a while through this site and a few others on getting the Emoji enabled on my :apple: iPhone 3G 2.2. I didnt want my iphone to be permanently Jailbroken so never done it.

Came across this below from andyblila and i have to say very well done. I went through this process in less than an hour and it worked flawlessly. My phone is back to its "original" ;) locked self with Emoji enabled.

Thought i would sign up as well and let you know :cool:

Well everyone, this is what I did and it worked.

1. I did the Jailbreak with Pwnage and installed Cydia.

2. I searched for the Emoji, installed it, and enabled it through settings/keyboard/Japanese and turn on Emoji.

3. I did a Backup of the phone.

4. DFU restore of the phone with the stock firmware.

5. Restored the phone from the backup.

Once I did this Cydia was gone as the phone is relocked back to stock and Emoji was still enabled!

In conclusion, I did have to momentarily Jailbreak the phone, but it is relocked and nobody knows the better. If you want Emoji, this is definitely the easiest way to get them. :D

[andyblila]

Hi Guys,

Ive been reading for a while through this site and a few others on getting the Emoji enabled on my :apple: iPhone 3G 2.2. I didnt want my iphone to be permanently Jailbroken so never done it.

Came across this below from andyblila and i have to say very well done. I went through this process in less than an hour and it worked flawlessly. My phone is back to its "original" ;) locked self with Emoji enabled.

Thought i would sign up as well and let you know :cool:

Glad to help!

[steventsmith]

UPDATE: Emoji is available in Cydia.

UPDATE: Method to use Emoji without jailbreak: http://designer.dlinkddns.com/blog/?p=107



http://steventroughtonsmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-enable-emoji-systemwide.html

Here is the already modified plist: http://localhostr.com/files/cd6a49/com.apple.Preferences.plist.zip

Oh look, it's my blog :o

Glad you're all enjoying them!

[ChiliBlue]

I think I may have done something wrong. After following video instructions I did the restore holding option and using the new ipsw file. But all I have is the pineapple on the screen. Nothing else is happening.

Any ideas?

Update:
It worked. I have Cydia on the phone but I can't make a phone call.

[QuarterSwede]

I think I may have done something wrong. After following video instructions I did the restore holding option and using the new ipsw file. But all I have is the pineapple on the screen. Nothing else is happening.

Any ideas?

Update:
It worked. I have Cydia on the phone but I can't make a phone call.
I followed the video instructions too and I was stuck on the Apple logo for a good few minutes before it went on. It was at least 5 times longer than in the video.

However, I can make a phone call.

After playing with Cydia for most of the night I've decided that it's mostly a waste of time. The only thing that has actually improved my phone is SBSettings and that's only because it allows me to turn on/off bluetooth without having to go through settings, etc. You just swipe your finger across the status bar and the menu pops up. Other than emoji being enabled that there really isn't anything but a crap load of winterboard themes that mostly make your phone look like a bad Windows theme.

[ChiliBlue]

Well I have emoji. :) But can't make a phone call or send a text. :(

Cydia looks cool and I would like to play with it some more but I really need to get my phone connection back.

If I go back to DFU mode, that should take me back to to setting before the jailbreak and phone should be working, am I thinking correctly?

Update:
I got my phone connection back but no emoji. <sigh> I must have missed a step somewhere. I will try again tonight after work.

[ChiliBlue]

I followed the video instructions too and I was stuck on the Apple logo for a good few minutes before it went on. It was at least 5 times longer than in the video.

However, I can make a phone call.



I got the pineapple logo. The video did seem to go faster and I was getting very worried.

[musio]

without jailbreaking (the v card install way) can everyone access ALL emoji icons? i can't seem to :s

[SFStateStudent]

I definitely enjoy the Cydia download of emoji...:cool:

[musio]

if someone has done the Vcard way, could they check if they can get all the emoji? thanks a lot!

[musio]

BREAKING NEWS FOR NON JB PHONES!

Well, not that breaking but something interesting before it's taken down so get this now! ;)

http://tastyblogsnack.com/2009/01/23/iphone-emoticons-without-hacking/

http://i.gizmodo.com/5138107/how-to-get-emoji-iphone-emoticons-for-free-without-jailbreaking
(see bottom of page to download touchdial app which is much more expensive but unlocks emoji)
http://iphoneappsupport.blogspot.com/2008/09/touch-dial.html




1 Download "frostyplace" from the App Store ($.99) or 59p for my uk comrades
2 Toy around with the app a bit.
3 Push the Home button, go into Settings
4 Click General > International > Keyboards > Japanese
5 Turn on Emoji
6 Head into a text message and click the globe symbol to the left of your spacebar.
7 Drive your iPhone friends nuts.

[Sebby]

Last night, I jailbroke my phone (having previously vowed never to jailbreak), edited com.apple.Preferences.plist, backed up, then unjailbreak'd via a DFU restore.

I didn't like the vCard method, and I'm too tight to pay for an app (especially one that doesn't work with 2.2.1!). So I'm pretty happy with the method I used - jailbreaking really isn't me, but it was just a way of editting com.apple.Preferences.plist - my phone is not jailbroken anymore.

The only weird thing is that I used pledit.exe on Windows to edit com.apple.Preferences.plist. However, I couldn't add </true> as it wouldn't let me do it. I noticed all the other preferences where enabled via <integer>1</integer>, so I did that instead. Did anyone else notice this?

[BobOstwald]

Download the free app "spell Number."

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284858425&mt=8

Enter the number 9876543.21

go to Settings>Keyboards>Internaltional Keyboards>Japanese and enable Emoji.

~~Bob

[Gix1k]

Works here

[TheSpecialist08]

Not sure if its just my phone, but Emoji doesn't download at all through Cydia, just host unreachable.

[wolfamongwolves]

I can definitely confirm that this works. Jailbroke the phone, installed the Emoji, removed the Jailbreak, and the Emoji stayed.

Nice find!:o

Confirm again. Just discovered this on my own. Came here for confirmation. nice little trick but a bit time consuming if that is the only reason jailbreaking.

[blueadept33]

Download the free app "spell Number."

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284858425&mt=8

Enter the number 9876543.21

go to Settings>Keyboards>Internaltional Keyboards>Japanese and enable Emoji.

~~Bob


this worked for me and my friends flawlessly, no jail break needed

[Enana]

Hey you guys I need help I have a iphone 3g and is jailbroken I went to ifile and when i clicked com.apple.preferencss.plist
it says to edit and put true but I don't know where can someone please help :confused:

[CarboysDesire]

My roommate just got an iphone 4 (verizon) and is trying to install the Emoji Free app that I have on my 3GS. But it's not working.

We've deleted it and reinstalled a few times and no luck.

Is there some flukey thing we need to do?

Thanks!

[-MRB]

My roommate just got an iphone 4 (verizon) and is trying to install the Emoji Free app that I have on my 3GS. But it's not working.

We've deleted it and reinstalled a few times and no luck.

Is there some flukey thing we need to do?

Thanks!

Settings > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards > Add New Keyboard > Enable Emoji

Done :)

[CarboysDesire]

Thanks, we did that of course. Apparently she saw a comment in the App Store that the app does not work with Verizon phones.

Can anyone confirm?