How to Enable Emoji Emoticons on iPhone For Free

Free emojiThere are a ton of apps in the App Store which allow you to enable emoticons on your iPhone and iPod Touch.  The problem is that they all cost money and all they do is enable the Japanese Emoji character set.  There’s got to be an easier way, than having to spend 99 cents to do this right?  Well, there is.

The solution is a Free app called Spell Number from Water Lou (First Water Technologies, Ltd).  Here’s the problem, though.  You have to jump through a few hoops.  Well, one hoop actually, and it’s a big one.  After installing the app, you have to enter in a giganto number, then enable the character set.  Yeah, it’s a bit crazy… but hey, it works, and it saves you $0.99. Here’s how to do it.

  1. First, download Spell Number from the Apple App Store.
  2. Next, open the app and enter the following number.  Note, this number worked a few weeks ago when I first did it.  However, the number the app’s description told me to work, didn’t.  I had to read the comments for the app to find the newer code which did work.  So, if you find a newer code which works (and this one I provide does not), please post a comment below to help others. The code is 91929394.59 — once you enter that code, just press the Return key once.Spell Number code 91929394.59
  3. Next, quit the Spell Number app and go to your Settings app.
  4. Click General
  5. Click Keyboard
  6. Click International Keyboards
  7. Scroll down to Japanese, click it
  8. You should now see a new Keyboard layout option called “Emoji”General settings, keyboard, japanese, emoji
  9. Turn it on, and you’re done!

Now you can use emoticons (Emoji) anywhere a text input field is allowed. You’ll find a globe icon to the left of the space bar on the keyboard.  Click it to enter a whole new world of icons!

Please note that Emoji can only be seen by other iPhones (and iPod Touches), as well as Safari browsers.  I have also seen them working just fine in the iTunes Store comments area on my Mac.  I’m not sure if they will work on the Windows version of iTunes, though.

Have fun!  Go grab Spell Number today!

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  1. Jason says:

    Worked for me! Thanks Chris, I was wondering how you did that lol

  2. Baguio says:

    Number isn’t working :(

  3. Baguio says:

    Oops. Sorry it does work! 91929394.59 FTW!

  4. yunyun says:

    this is so cool!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

  5. Ham Ham says:

    This is so nice!

  6. A Nanny Mouse says:

    Thanks! You just saved me 99 cents!

  7. jrbrown says:

    it worked for me thanks!!!

  8. Rolando says:

    Sweet, thank you!

  9. Barry says:

    worked like a charm thanks!!!!

  10. Jaimie says:

    Still works!

  11. Michelle says:

    Still works!! Thank you!!!

  12. Carol says:

    … still works… thanks!!!! :-)

  13. Monkey says:

    Yep still works. Thank you for saving me 99 cents.

  14. Rickey says:

    Worked just GREAT! Thank you.

  15. Pete says:

    To enable Emoji for FREE, you could also do this:

    1. Download Todew Lite
    2. Create a task called "Emoji" (without quotes).
    3. Follow on-screen instructions.

  16. RSS says:

    It worked just as described. Too bad the emoticons can only be seen on iphones or safari

  17. Kareem says:

    Thank very much :) )
    very nice
    good job

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