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The Frostyplace app is in Chinese. As are their support forums (link based on the one previously posted in the thread, but corrected to translate from Chinese). By the way, translating the error in the screenshot gives ‘Timeout’.

For me, the most interesting part is why on earth and how these two applications succeed (no matter whether intentionally or not) in enabling emoji and why on earth Apple has still not removed them from the App Store, given that their description (at least Touch Dial Emoji’s, because I have not read Frostyplace’s) clearly states that it enables emoji?

P. S. Touch Dial Emoji is a Chinese app as well. Just in case.
 
I'm still on 2.2 and I got the emoji working yesterday. I'm getting a bit confused reading these post so if I updated to 2.2.1 I'll lose the emoji?

No, you will not lose them. I have updated and I still have my Emoji. **** you Apple.
 
I have got the emoji's working but i just want to check, sending them in text messages doesn't cost anything extra than the rest of the text does it? The main reason I wonder is on the apple site where it talks about emoji's it states that you need a specific japanese sim card.

Also, why was this feature only available on japanese iphones?

A bit paranoid but want to check this isn't costing me more that a normal text!

Also are these already in the iphone and this is just a way of unlocking them or is it on the apps themselves?
 
Sorry, I'm out of ideas. That worked fine for me. :(

I am having the same results as the guy above. I am thinking it is because neither of us have pwnd before. Once I get it to the part where it fails to restore, QuickPWN does not recognize it. I even tried the pwnage tool, but it always fails to enter DFU mode.

I guess we are just screwed.
 
I have got the emoji's working but i just want to check, sending them in text messages doesn't cost anything extra than the rest of the text does it? The main reason I wonder is on the apple site where it talks about emoji's it states that you need a specific japanese sim card.

Also, why was this feature only available on japanese iphones?

A bit paranoid but want to check this isn't costing me more that a normal text!

Also are these already in the iphone and this is just a way of unlocking them or is it on the apps themselves?

You're not sending actual images of the emoji's, you're just sending a text based code that only emoji capable phones can decipher, therefore no additional fees will apply. The reason Apple's site says you need a special sim to unlock it is because that's the only way Apple intended for it to be unlocked, they didn't plan on his exploit.

I am having the same results as the guy above. I am thinking it is because neither of us have pwnd before. Once I get it to the part where it fails to restore, QuickPWN does not recognize it. I even tried the pwnage tool, but it always fails to enter DFU mode.

I guess we are just screwed.

That could be it. I pwnd a while ago just to get rid of the stocks app and change the carrier name, then quickly unjailbroke.
 
I am just considering buying that damn Touch Dial Emoji for $4...

Frostyplace says that they've submitted an update to Apple, but I'm SURE Apple will refuse it.

=(
 
I am just considering buying that damn Touch Dial Emoji for $4...

Frostyplace says that they've submitted an update to Apple, but I'm SURE Apple will refuse it.

=(

I unfortunately bought the frosty place one then realised it didnt work...then bought the touch dial emoji one...worked like a charm!
 
Quick summary:

1. It doesn't look like Apple disabled Emoji in the 2.2.1 update.
2. It looks like the Frostyplace app broke in the 2.2.1 update, so you can't enable emoji if you didn't run the app under 2.2.

Additional:

You don't need to buy Frostyplace if you're a developer or know one. They just need to make a program that includes this code:

Code:
- (void)enableEmoji {
 NSString *filePath = @"/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist";
 NSMutableDictionary* plistDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
 [plistDict setValue:@"1" forKey:@"KeyboardEmojiEverywhere"];
 [plistDict writeToFile:filePath atomically:NO];
}

After distributing through Ad-Hoc, you run that once then enable the Emoji keyboard in Settings.

Or jailbreak instead. :)
 
I GOT IT! Ok, here is what I did.

I discovered that the latest version of OSX (10.5.6) disables the phone from entering DFU Mode. This is why QuickPWN was not recognizing it.

So what I did was Option+Restore in iTunes, when it errored out, I plugged it into a Windows machine (Since I am at work) and attempted to get it into DFU mode, WHICH WORKED!

I then plugged the iPhone into my mac and FANTASTICO! It worked! As soon as I plugged it into my MAC, it exited DFU mode and restarted into firmware 2.2. I then downloaded FrostyPalace, activated Emojis, restored from backup, upgraded to 2.2.1. Now I am on 2.2.1 WITH Emojis.

Alternatively, if you have a windows computer, you can just run QuickPWN under windows, then resync to the mac once you have 2.2 on the phone.

Sorry for the lack of clarity in this, I am open for questions.
 
Why this was never included outside of Jpn is just stupid. Having to jailbreak to get this feature that is already built in is ludicrous and to pay $0.99 for it is even more absurd.

Everyone can use emoticons for any purpose - this is worse than not having copy & paste - especially when this is already built in to the iPhone software.
 
You're not sending actual images of the emoji's, you're just sending a text based code that only emoji capable phones can decipher, therefore no additional fees will apply. The reason Apple's site says you need a special sim to unlock it is because that's the only way Apple intended for it to be unlocked, they didn't plan on his exploit.

Thanks for that mate, gives me a little piece of mind :)
 
Wait, so if I've never jailbroken, nor plan on jailbreaking, can I restore to 2.2 on OS X by shift clicking restore, enabling emoji, then re-installing 2.2.1?

Or will I not be able to do it?
 
I did this successfully. What you need to do is download the 2.2 quickpwn tool. After you get the errors, run quickpwn. No need to jailbreak (just unselect any of the jailbreaking install options), then you can start your phone in 2.2, get the emoji icons working and then upgrade to 2.2.1. It took a couple hours, but it's worth it for those of us who don't want to spend another $4 or jailbreak to get emoji icons.

I did this and lost the ability to connect to AT&T. Should I try again or just go back to 2.2.1. (I did get emoji, I'd just like to stay jailbroken.)
 
I GOT IT! Ok, here is what I did.

I discovered that the latest version of OSX (10.5.6) disables the phone from entering DFU Mode. This is why QuickPWN was not recognizing it.

So what I did was Option+Restore in iTunes, when it errored out, I plugged it into a Windows machine (Since I am at work) and attempted to get it into DFU mode, WHICH WORKED!

I then plugged the iPhone into my mac and FANTASTICO! It worked! As soon as I plugged it into my MAC, it exited DFU mode and restarted into firmware 2.2. I then downloaded FrostyPalace, activated Emojis, restored from backup, upgraded to 2.2.1. Now I am on 2.2.1 WITH Emojis.

Alternatively, if you have a windows computer, you can just run QuickPWN under windows, then resync to the mac once you have 2.2 on the phone.

Sorry for the lack of clarity in this, I am open for questions.

Hey there,

I'm running 10.5.4, so no issue with DFU mode.

So I do the option restore (select firmware 2.2). It starts loading and errors.

I put the iPhone into DFU mode. iTunes recognizes it and says I need to restore. I select 2.2 again and click restore.

Is this what you did? Or is quickpwn involved?
 
I broke down and bought the Touch Dial Emoji application. Worked as advertised. The kids are happy.

Michael
 
I did this and lost the ability to connect to AT&T. Should I try again or just go back to 2.2.1. (I did get emoji, I'd just like to stay jailbroken.)

Apparently upgrading to 2.2.1 will break your jailbreak, so you should stay as you are. Something is clearly wrong with the jailbreak though. That is beyond my expertise.

Hey there,

I'm running 10.5.4, so no issue with DFU mode.

So I do the option restore (select firmware 2.2). It starts loading and errors.

I put the iPhone into DFU mode. iTunes recognizes it and says I need to restore. I select 2.2 again and click restore.

Is this what you did? Or is quickpwn involved?

You can try it that way, but before that, try a regular restart of your phone and see if it will boot up. If it doesn't, then you can either use QuickPWN or try an itunes restore to 2.2 again. If the restore to 2.2 doesn't work, then you will have to use QuickPWN.

However you do it, once you get to 2.2, run the emoji frostyplace program, THEN do a restore from backup, THEN do a upgrade. That is how I did it. I suppose you could upgrade, then restore from backup, but no guarantees on that. And yes, after a restore from backup, the emoji stays.

Let me know if something isn't clear.
 
"The item you tried to buy is no longer available."

What happened?! Did Apple kill it?!! :(

I think you are right. It said the same thing for me too. Apple just need to unlock emoji by default. I am surprised that it lasted this long. It was #27 on paid apps the last time I checked.
 
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