Emoji Emoticons Enabled for All by frostyplace App!
The inimitable iJustine has tastily blog snacked about an App Store goodie named frostyplace (iTunes / $0.99), a Japanese RSS reader that by-the-way works around the iPhone’s limitation of only allowing Emoji (the massive emoticon collection used in Japan that adds to smiley face things like panda bear, train station, and mountain) on it’s official Japanese carrier.
Basically, you download and install the app, use it to browse some Japanese RSS feeds (i had to do it for a couple minutes, exiting and re-doing it 3 times), and then the Emoji option will miraculously appear in your settings and you’re golden.
Check out her site for the details and instructions, but I tried it and it worked for me. Let us know how you do!
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Worked 1st time for me
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
u can achieve this for free if jailbroken
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I’m curious. If you send a text with emoji emoticons in it to a non-iPhone, what shows up?
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I <3 iJustine =D
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I can’t get it to work, what am I doing wrong?
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
It’s not working for me either
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Works fine for me. Be sure to be on firmware 2.2.
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Yup, it works!
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
And these must be sent to another iPhone. Will not work on any other phone. Unless it supports Emoji.
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
You can get this for free by jailbraking why waste 99 cents
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Since I can’t colour code my calendar items, I will use the coloured dots instead!!! Well worth the 99 cents!
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 pm
@Jeffdc5 – Some of us don’t want to jailbreak.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Emoji on the iPhone is absolutely useless. It only works from iPhone to iPhone. Even here in Japan where emoji is on every single cell phone it still only works iPhone to iPhone. Instead of making them look all pretty they should’ve used or created ones that are compatible across ALL phones.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Working for me .
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Gizmodo gives you step by step instructions on how to get it for free without jailbreaking…it’s worked for me
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
yay it’s working for me now! just took forever for it to show up in settings.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Confirmed: it works on Twitter if viewed on the iPhone. I just tweeted @lofte something like eggplant-santa-cactus-ham sandwich (whatever that means!)
(Er… hopefully totally non-offensive!)
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
YES!!!!!!!!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Worked for me too. Had to open the app twice before the setting appeared. Also useful for adding cute doodles to your Notes.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I jailbroke my phone–emojicons became available–restored my phone with new software update–still available…hmmm.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
You guys talk about iphones and what not, but u guys should be grateful for haveing such a thing. I as a tibetan have not even a country to call my own. At least you have America.
Bet you guys didn’t know as the western world is advanced in technology, Tibet is way beyond everyone when it comes to the mind. THe tibetan monks study the human mind, human feeling, such as compassion.
**** the PRC, and the CCP, and I hope a ******* chinese official finds this. Those ******* chinese officials and “leaders” are shameless liars. They lie to the whole world when the world knows the truth.
The worst thing is that the world talks about human rights and peace, but don’t do ****. Millions of tibetan have already dies. Tibetans in tibet are being tortured just for saying tibet, or H. H. the Dalai Lama, or even having a picture of him.
Another funny thing is that George Bush Sr. sent in an army to help Kwait when Saddam invaded it. But no one could help out tibet when tibet was being invaded by China. Tibet is probably 30 x as big as kwait. Tibet is 1/3 of Today’s so caled “people’s” republic of china.
The people of kwait mostly believers of islam and have the same lanuage and culture as the countries around them, but Tibet has its own language, written language, clothing, traditions, cultures and what not. Bush could help a small country which is exactly the same as the other countries around it, but america couldn’t help tibet from China.
Before you guys go back to your daily lives, actually be thankfull, for what you have, a country. I live today without a fatherland. I have no place i can go die peacefully when i grow old. I don’t even know my country. But I am proud to say I am Tibetan.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Frostyplace is not Japanese RSS reader, it’s a Chinese RSS reader.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Hey guys! does anyone know if i remove the frostyplace app if I can still use the emoji? I’m just curious. Thanks! Oh, and thanks for posting this, emoji has been something I wanted since it went online in Japan.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Just to let you know, it still works even after frostyplace has been removed!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Horray! What an awesome glitch! Hope Apple doesn’t notice and pull this from the store.
I wonder if non-iPhone users see some random text where the emoji would be or if it’s just blank.
My favorite one so far? The smiling poop:
January 24th, 2009 at 3:58 am
@ ALL: get a life
January 24th, 2009 at 5:29 am
I love these emotions! But for some reason it doesn’t work?
why?
January 24th, 2009 at 7:27 am
@ Tenzin : First of all, if you don’t have an iPhone, why are you even on this website? Secondly, you go on and on, preaching at us as if you know are life experiences or our beliefs, but you don’t know anything about us. Thirdly, I didn’t even vote for Bush—but if you do your research, the invasion of Kuwait was all about oil, and had nothing to do with the size of the country, or the suffering of the people there. Maybe you would be better served talking with others who share your beliefs, and not inject your cause into the lives of unsuspected readers.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:24 am
@rick. do as you wish i don’t see why people are so scared of jailbreaking
January 24th, 2009 at 11:51 am
@Tenzin How did you get on this Website??? Random? How did you even have a PC or internet?
January 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I don’t think they’re scared they just don’t want to. As far as the actual bloggers who say they don’t jailbreak I find it hard to believe since theyre reporting on it…….maybe they don’t want to piss apple off for promoting it for some unknown reason except for ijustine not hard to believe she does not jailbreak . @tenzin- I’ve been following the news on Tibet very sad indeed but don know why u chose this blog to vent on. @Iphonemilk- I heard they were kicking them out into India if I’m not mistaken… Which explains why..
January 24th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Any side effects?
January 24th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
@Jeffdc5 – I usually do as I wish. But thanks for giving me your blessings. I don’t jailbreak cause I just don’t want to. Not scared at all, but unlike you, I can see it being overwhelming for people.
January 24th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
@Zyber Joe – Other than my buddy getting a bit irked cause I keep bombarding him with goofy icons, I have yet to see any. I doubt there would be any, since Emoji icons are already part of 2.2. Just not enabled anywhere except Japan (for whatever crazy reason).
January 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
@Rick your sarcasm is not needed. There’s nothing overwelming about choosing a few options to make your own firmware and placing your phone in dfu mode to allow the firmware to run. I can’t understand how people even use unjailbroken iPhones.There’s no real danger in jailbreaking and the benefits far outweight any negatives.
January 24th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
does this work across networks between T-Mobile and ATT?
The jailbreak option would not allow sms with icons btw the carriers.
Only within T-Mobile or ATT
January 24th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Anyway emoji is great I don’t have to send a whole text just a pic
January 25th, 2009 at 2:11 am
jailbreak ur way to emoji easy as
January 26th, 2009 at 11:08 am
@Rick The color-coding calendar idea is genius!
January 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Does anyone know if installing 2.2.1 (came out just now) will take away my emoji? Let us know if you have done it. Good or bad news. Thanks.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
i’m doing this randomly to spread awareness on tibet. That is all. I am sorry if I offended u, i just copied and pasted this message with small modifications onto random blog sites.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
@Thomas – Not so sure I would call it “genius”
@John – Word has it that it DOESN’T take it away. But I haven’t tried yet.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Just updated. All is good!!!
January 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I think the frostyplace website has gone down due to all the refreshing of the RSS feeds.
January 28th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I think with the new firmware released yesterday, 2.2.1 this is not working anymore. I bought the app for 99 cents, went in and viewed rss feeds over and over and exited, etc and still not an option under Japane keyboards.
January 28th, 2009 at 10:00 am
January 28th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
why is there a picture of doodoo? That’s nasty!
January 29th, 2009 at 12:58 am
no longer available in app store
January 29th, 2009 at 7:11 am
emoji works on 2.2.1 just use the program called “Touchdial Emoji” it costs $3.99 however since it works its worth it
January 29th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
the app is still available in the app store
January 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
January 30th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Can’t download in iTunes. Comes up as being modified. Tried multiple times.
January 30th, 2009 at 5:04 am
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February 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
App is a waste of a good $1. The emoji option never popped up for me after 48 hours and coutless open/surf/close of the App. Plus only works iphone to iphone. PLEASE. The worst!
February 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am
There is an app in the App Store called Typing Genius-Get Emoji. I just downloaded it and after just opening it, the emoji option was in keyboards under japanese. It also lets you practice typing (not that I really need it), but for 99 cents, why not?
February 10th, 2009 at 1:31 am
I forgot to say that my iPhone is running 2.2.1 and I got the emoji icons working without any problems. Just to show everyone:
February 10th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I got 2.2.1 and never got it working with FrotyPlace! The app just got upgraded today and now it just crashes!!! Glad I got it for free!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Well i thnk its an awsome app!!!! But u know i have two friends with an iphone everyone else dnt have one i dnt see why dnt they make it to wrk with everyone!!!! Not everyone like rhe iphone u knw!!!!!
December 6th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I can t get emoji to work on I phone
December 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Mine won’t work in texts to other iPhones!
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
I don’t think it works in texts between different networks.
January 30th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Just download the free app emoji and enable it on your iPhone.
Settings>general>keyboards> Japanese-> emoji slide on.
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Im trying to start a collection, do you know of any more resources?