Iphone Tips and tricks :Enable Japanese Emoji Icons on iPhone (there is no Jailbreaking required)

iPhone users on Japan's SoftBank network, can create and view messages with Emoji icons using iPhone firmware 2.2. Actually, there are couple of ways to enable it use the hack that an iPhone developer had figured out or install Emoji app via Cydia. But both these solutions needed a jailbroken iPhone.

However, if you are not in Japan and want to use emoji icons on your iPhone but vary about hacking your iPhone then don’t be worry, here is the alternative trick to achieve this without the need to hack your iPhone. I take it from www.iphonehacks.com

Using this technique you may import 27 address book contacts to your iPhone, and recall it using the Japanese keyboard just like the hack which teaches your iPhone to swear.

To enable emoji icons on your iPhone, follow these instructions:

Step 1. Download the vcard.vcf here.

Step 2. Import it to your address book program. If you are using Windows, you may want to do it on iPhone directly. Send the vcard.vcf file to yourself. Open in on iPhone’s Email.app, click the vcf file and import all the contacts.

Step 3. Go into “Settings” > “General” > “Keyboard” > “Japanese Keyboard”. Enable the QWERTY keyboard.

Step 4. In notes or any other program you want. Type “emojia”, “emojii” or “emojiu” to select those icons.

For now this is the only saved option available, if you are not in Japan and want to use emoji icons on your iPhone without jailbreaking required.