emoji keyborad not on list

I have an iPhone4, OS 5.1.1 and the emoji keyboard is not on the list to select

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 11:46 AM

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Jun 15, 2012 11:56 AM in response to bj16

Apple never included the emoji keyboard until the upcoming iOS 6. You always needed to download one of the free or paid emoji apps available in the App Store to actually activate the emoji keyboard on your phone.


You would download the app, run it, go to the keyboards just as xfarmer describes and select the emoji keyboard along with your native keyboard.

Jun 15, 2012 12:00 PM in response to Thom_D

That's not true. In iOS5 it became a native keyboard. Settings > General > Keyboards > International > Add Keyboard....and then the list appears with all the different languages, and EMOJI is one of them. I have two other iPhones and they BOTH have it. No app download required. But this new iPhone 4, updated out of the box today does have it in the list.....

Jun 15, 2012 12:03 PM in response to bj16

Perhaps that was available in iOS 5.0 and I never knew because I had to do the App Activation in iOS 3.X and later and just always did it that way.


Apple may have taken it out of iOS 5.1.1.


Either way, if you don't have it now you can still reactivate it (Apple seems to have hiddne it for some reason) using one of the apps in the app store.

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