[Q] how to edit Android 4.4 emoji smileys? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good day community,
i really want to know how to make our own smileys on Android 4.4
I would like to have the one of Samsung or the one of iOS.
The original looks not so well.
I know all the icons are in the NotoColorEmoji.ttf font file, but i cant find a way to open and editing it...
Could you help me finding a way to make my own emoji pack?
Regards yener90

yener90 said:
Good day community,
i really want to know how to make our own smileys on Android 4.4
I would like to have the one of Samsung or the one of iOS.
The original looks not so well.
I know all the icons are in the NotoColorEmoji.ttf font file, but i cant find a way to open and editing it...
Could you help me finding a way to make my own emoji pack?
Regards yener90
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Really I was happy when I read your post, I thought that I finally found a solution.
I believe it is images that must be replaced, I don't know exactly how, but I hope one of the experts could answer your question.

yener90 said:
Good day community,
i really want to know how to make our own smileys on Android 4.4
I would like to have the one of Samsung or the one of iOS.
The original looks not so well.
I know all the icons are in the NotoColorEmoji.ttf font file, but i cant find a way to open and editing it...
Could you help me finding a way to make my own emoji pack?
Regards yener90
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I think you can do it whit the Smiley Remplacer modules on Xposed installer. I don't tested it so I'm not really sure.

Xavier Godbout said:
I think you can do it whit the Smiley Remplacer modules on Xposed installer. I don't tested it so I'm not really sure.
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Smiley Replacer in Xposed not worked for KitKat
And i agree with OP, i don't like this type of smileys.. Wan't to change them to Whatsapp style. But how can we do it?

NIKYONE said:
Smiley Replacer in Xposed not worked for KitKat
And i agree with OP, i don't like this type of smileys.. Wan't to change them to Whatsapp style. But how can we do it?
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There's a thread by @angelsel which explains how to replace the Android color emoji with the iOS color emoji AND how he managed to do it. The tutorial in the thread isn't too hard to follow, although he forgot to write that the AppleColorEmoji.tff provided in the thread needs to have permissions -rw-r-r in the "fonts" folder. It works great and doesn't replace any other system fonts. Looks just like iOS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563757

mocklee said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563757
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Thank you!!

I want to do it but if it didn't work; is there any way to restore the original font?

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Replacing Icons ?

Hello all,
I am running Check Rom V6 right now. I have 5 icons, dialer, contacts, messaging, home, and apps. I was wondering if someone could guide me on how to use these icons. They are all in a .png format. Any help is very much appreciated.
Thanks
sm625614 said:
Hello all,
I am running Check Rom V6 right now. I have 5 icons, dialer, contacts, messaging, home, and apps. I was wondering if someone could guide me on how to use these icons. They are all in a .png format. Any help is very much appreciated.
Thanks
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Icon thread read here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311832
Sorry i ment actully replacing the icons on the homescreen
sm625614 said:
Sorry i ment actully replacing the icons on the homescreen
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OK you need to look in Galaxy S II Themes and Apps
sm625614 said:
Sorry i ment actully replacing the icons on the homescreen
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What launcher are you using? Most allow you to replace icons with ones of your choosing, you'll just have to put them on your sdcard.
If you're wanting to theme icons at the system level, or your launcher doesn't allow you to select a custom icon, then you'll have to modify apks.
sm625614 said:
Hello all,
I am running Check Rom V6 right now. I have 5 icons, dialer, contacts, messaging, home, and apps. I was wondering if someone could guide me on how to use these icons. They are all in a .png format. Any help is very much appreciated.
Thanks
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Send me the icons and I'll make a flashable .zip for you that will change them, hassle free ( plus a recovery one so you can revert them if you don't like them ).
It's 2 minutes of work
Edit : I figure you want to change them while using Touchwiz, because replacement launchers do it easily anyway
Thank You Sir!!!!
I have uploaded the contacts messaing apps and all icons i dont need the dialer as it is stock look in the newest 2.3.6 builds
sm625614 said:
Thank You Sir!!!!
I have uploaded the contacts messaing apps and all icons i dont need the dialer as it is stock look in the newest 2.3.6 builds
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Ok , I'm onto it now
Edit : K, it's done
http://www.mediafire.com/?tg582yvin5z4jz3
CWM -> Install update from sdcard ( don't worry about "enter the Vertumus world" text, I just edited Vert's zip a bit )
tested on my phone and works like a charm
Now I just need to wait till my CheckROM v6 finishes downloading so I can make a restore zip for you.
I'm not sure what the default icons are in new version and I need it anyway
Check this post later on. Post a screenshot when you flash it
Sir dont worry about the the restore packages i have a backup. I will post a screen shot thank you soo much though
sm625614 said:
Sir dont worry about the the restore packages i have a backup. I will post a screen shot thank you soo much though
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It was nothing, really
Edit : Saw your screenshot, I'm now considering even keeping them XD
mudferret said:
If you're wanting to theme icons at the system level, or your launcher doesn't allow you to select a custom icon, then you'll have to modify apks.
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Not strictly true - although it is an app drawer replacement.
Can change icons and names with this, my favourite ever app ever of all time ever.
As I've posted before, if there's an easier way to edit icons/text and retain functionality, I have yet to find it.
Especially because I couldn't modify an apk if my life was at stake...
B3311 said:
Not strictly true - although it is an app drawer replacement.
Can change icons and names with this, my favourite ever app ever of all time ever.
As I've posted before, if there's an easier way to edit icons/text and retain functionality, I have yet to find it.
Especially because I couldn't modify an apk if my life was at stake...
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Actually, the easiest way is using vrtheme, no need to modify apks or use anything else than the Touchwiz launcher itself
Check the last post on the previous page
Sounds Good
gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
Actually, the easiest way is using vrtheme, no need to modify apks or use anything else than the Touchwiz launcher itself
Check the last post on the previous page
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Thanks, I'll take your word for it. But I don't use TW launcher, and the app I refer to gives me a list view - a dealbreaker for me, was looking for a listview forever and a day, and I'll never go back
B3311 said:
Thanks, I'll take your word for it. But I don't use TW launcher, and the app I refer to gives me a list view - a dealbreaker for me, was looking for a listview forever and a day, and I'll never go back
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Mate are you serious ?
You have the list view in touchwiz too
Open appdrawer -> options button ( the one to the left of the home button ) -> List View...
I just hope you were joking
gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
Mate are you serious ?
You have the list view in touchwiz too
Open appdrawer -> options button ( the one to the left of the home button ) -> List View...
I just hope you were joking
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Not joking, sorry. Haven't used nor installed TW launcher for about 7 months.
Live and learn - glad to be corrected, and not worried about my ignorance being on public display. Can hardly backtrack now can I?
Can you edit icons and app names there too?
B3311 said:
Not joking, sorry. Haven't used nor installed TW launcher for about 7 months.
Live and learn - glad to be corrected, and not worried about my ignorance being on public display. Can hardly backtrack now can I?
Can you edit icons and app names there too?
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Nah, Touchwiz basically sucks for everything I checked out that alternate app drawer app, it looks cool, pretty customizable I'm sure MIUI users adore it XD

Enable Jellybean 4.1 Emoji icons in ICS

Original credit for discovering the ICS fallback fonts goes to iridaki for the experia http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879056. I have just modified his version to work with our Rezound :laugh:
I have tested this and is working perfectly to create the Android 41. Jellybean Emoji through out the ICS system, I am using stock Global RUU with a few modifications but this should work with any ROM. Please let me know if you run into any issues wit it.
I wanted this because i use the stock messaging system and noticed that i could not receive Emoji icons from other phone users, such as that crappy Apple product, in my messages., however i didn't wnat to use a 3rd party messaging app such as Handcent. With this enabled you can now send and receive special Emoji characters in the ENTIRE ICS system not just in the messaging app, please note to type the characters you'll need a keyboard such as Multiling Keyboard. Google enabled this option in Jellybean by adding a font to the fallback font script which contained the necessary characters to recieve the non standard Emoji's.
This zip contains the added font and a modified script so that when receiving a special character you will no longer see the boxes, but instead the Jellybean encoded Emoji!
Please note: I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your device, this has been tested and should in no way affect anything, but as always use at your own risk.
Steps to install:
Place HTCemojiflashable.zip onto root of external sd card
Boot into recovery and create a backup(important so you can revert back in case of issues)
Flash zip file using recovery(I recommend Amon-Ra 3.15)
Reboot and enjoy
Just a suggestion, I would make the OP a bit more clear for the noobs.
But anyway, good work!
Thanks! I thought the OP looked a little strange
oakley470 said:
Thanks! I thought the OP looked a little strange
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Looks better. I just use the other dev threads as a guide as to how to structure my OPs.
Will this work on Sense 4 ROMs?
BBEgo said:
Will this work on Sense 4 ROMs?
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This should work for any htc rezound ROM. However i have not and most likely won't be testing it on anything other than stock so i suggest a nandroid first to be safe.
These work on Sense 4.1. I'm running Newt's One xXx 5.1.1
They are black and white icons. This is stated in the original thread in the Xperia's section, but I am just confirming that they DO work on Sense 4.1
JWhetstone02 said:
These work on Sense 4.1. I'm running Newt's One xXx 5.1.1
They are black and white icons. This is stated in the original thread in the Xperia's section, but I am just confirming that they DO work on Sense 4.1
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I flashed and downloaded MultiLing Keyboard but for the life of me can't figure out how to find them and type them into a message.
MisterKrispy said:
I flashed and downloaded MultiLing Keyboard but for the life of me can't figure out how to find them and type them into a message.
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Hold down abc and select the keypad type you want, obviously is the one with the face. Thanks for testing it on Newt's great rom!
oakley470 said:
Hold down abc and select the keypad type you want, obviously is the one with the face. Thanks for testing it on Newt's great rom!
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Hmmm... well I flashed it twice and like I said I'm using Multiling Keyboard. When I try to choose the emoji keyboard, it says "Emoji codec not found. Please install if you haven't done so."
MisterKrispy said:
Hmmm... well I flashed it twice and like I said I'm using Multiling Keyboard. When I try to choose the emoji keyboard, it says "Emoji codec not found. Please install if you haven't done so."
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I believe there is a emoji codec that needs to accompany the keyboard, check the settings. Sorry I cannot help more I don't use it myself
Thank you so much for this! I'm on HTC Sensation and this works perfectly! Just wondering would you be able to, if possible to have the full emoji icon instead of the b/w? I know you go off of the JB release to get this, but maybe you can customize it, possibly? Also can you get OS6 Emoji?
i don't believe it is possible to do that without having a modified messaging apk. Android messaging does not have emoji support built in such as ios, this mod simply adds a font if you will that is programmed to display the emoji. Same idea as italic or bold font, not possible to give it color or anything like that unless the android message apk was written to encode emoji's, which it is not in JB or ICS so unless there is someone much better out there who can write the code for the apk i'm sorry i can't add the support. This will however receive ios6 emoji, it will just display it as JB would though, not an iphone.

[Request] Different Colour Theme

Any one are tired of the blue and green colour over th system ui?
Has been using the tab s for 2 months and waiting for themers modify it. however, seems that not much themer or developer work on this device. Who can work on it or teach me how to do so?
Many thanks!!!
Would also be very interested how to change this....
Please help us a little bit.
Impossible even the tab pro and older models doesnt have these kind of mods
The thing that can.be done is to port other Samsung.ui
well you can use wanam xposed and change some stuff
Sent from my GALAXY S5
there are several tutorial for theming... why dont some of you read it... who knows we will get a new themer otw... ^_^
galenlau said:
Any one are tired of the blue and green colour over th system ui?
Has been using the tab s for 2 months and waiting for themers modify it. however, seems that not much themer or developer work on this device. Who can work on it or teach me how to do so?
Many thanks!!!
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Someone already has. His name is ES pilot. Themed like a beast. Here's the link where I first saw it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ve-sd-card-t2849976/post55764311#post55764311
And the picture is his home screen. First post.
the theme is really nice. Hope more theme will be available.
Anyone have the balls to try this?¿? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2885360
Bataga said:
Anyone have the balls to try this?¿? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2885360
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It works fine!!!!
reubenskelly1992 said:
The thing that can.be done is to port other Samsung.ui
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have been asking for the tab pro rom port to the tab S both by thedevious1 since they are so similar..no response (understand that). I tried my own cut and paste...select priv apps and it boots but system ui error..individually can take the file manager and mms apks and they work fine with the lighter ui..the contacts also can be used but not with phone (dependencies I guess)..tried porting using some of the guides but what do I know..also most of guides are old and jb etc based

[Q] Color emoji on TouchWiz 4.3

Okay, so even though this is my first post here I've been reading this forums from the shadows for a while now and I thought it was time to ask for something that gives me real bad headaches. No need to say that I've read all similar posts and still didn't find an answer.
The thing is that I'd really like to have color emojis on my i9300 running stock TouchWiz 4.3.
As far as I know, you can not have color emojis on < 4.4 KK because it seems .ttf doesn't support colors. I've also read somewhere that another reason is CBDT / CBLC tables are necessary and they are only supported in 4.4 and above.
(On a side note, a friend of mine did have color emojis on his i9300 running 4.3 as well)
The question is, is there any way to backport CBDT / CBLC tables support or whatever from KK to JB?
Thank you!
PS: I don't know if this is the right place for asking this, so mods feel free to move this elsewhere
jjxp said:
Okay, so even though this is my first post here I've been reading this forums from the shadows for a while now and I thought it was time to ask for something that gives me real bad headaches. No need to say that I've read all similar posts and still didn't find an answer.
The thing is that I'd really like to have color emojis on my i9300 running stock TouchWiz 4.3.
As far as I know, you can not have color emojis on < 4.4 KK because it seems .ttf doesn't support colors. I've also read somewhere that another reason is CBDT / CBLC tables are necessary and they are only supported in 4.4 and above.
(On a side note, a friend of mine did have color emojis on his i9300 running 4.3 as well)
The question is, is there any way to backport CBDT / CBLC tables support or whatever from KK to JB?
Thank you!
PS: I don't know if this is the right place for asking this, so mods feel free to move this elsewhere
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You can install another keyboard or sms app.
Look there: 50+ Best Free Apps for Emoji Plugin
josephiskandar said:
You can install another keyboard or sms app.
Look there: 50+ Best Free Apps for Emoji Plugin
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i installed swfitkey but they are black and white emoji
solaris60 said:
i installed swfitkey but they are black and white emoji
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Change the theme.

Emoji Request

Some of you may or may have not noticed, but coming from a nexus 5, the emoji's were nice looking. Now that I'm on V10, the emojis are butt ugly. I've attached an image of what I'm talking about. The ones circled in green are what the new ones look like, and the red circled ones are the ones I'd like back. Clicking on them only changes what they look like when selecting them on the keyboard. Not what they look like when placed. Any way I can get them permanently?
baySF said:
Some of you may or may have not noticed, but coming from a nexus 5, the emoji's were nice looking. Now that I'm on V10, the emojis are butt ugly. I've attached an image of what I'm talking about. The ones circled in green are what the new ones look like, and the red circled ones are the ones I'd like back. Clicking on them only changes what they look like when selecting them on the keyboard. Not what they look like when placed. Any way I can get them permanently?
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If you're rooted then check this out Emoji Switcher
I've got the latest emojis from Android 6.0.1 I took off my nexus 9. Works perfectly fine.
Sent From My LG V10
Rydah805 said:
I've got the latest emojis from Android 6.0.1 I took off my nexus 9. Works perfectly fine.
Sent From My LG V10
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How'd you do that? Just replace a file? Mind sharing it with me? I managed to use emoji switcher to get the Google ones back, but that's only for lollipop. The new Unicode update would be better.
baySF said:
How'd you do that? Just replace a file? Mind sharing it with me? I managed to use emoji switcher to get the Google ones back, but that's only for lollipop. The new Unicode update would be better.
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Emojis are actually fonts so you can easily change it out.. here
Emoji 6.0.1
Use a root explorer (I use Solid Explorer...its what es file explorer used to be before it started taking drugs )
Navigate to /system/fonts/
Rename NotoColorEmoji.ttf to NotoColorEmoji.ttf.bak (this is your backup if you want to revert)
Copy the downloaded file into the font folder and set the permission to -rw-r-r (aka 0644).
Reboot and enjoy
Rydah805 said:
I've got the latest emojis from Android 6.0.1 I took off my nexus 9. Works perfectly fine.
Sent From My LG V10
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Gungrave223 said:
Emojis are actually fonts so you can easily change it out.. here
Emoji 6.0.1
Use a root explorer (I use Solid Explorer...its what es file explorer used to be before it started taking drugs )
Navigate to /system/fonts/
Rename NotoColorEmoji.ttf to NotoColorEmoji.ttf.bak (this is your backup if you want to revert)
Copy the downloaded file into the font folder and set the permission to -rw-r-r (aka 0644).
Reboot and enjoy
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Seems to have worked, thanks. Although I wouldn't really know what is new with them. Only thing that matters is that the LG emoticons are gone lol.
baySF said:
Seems to have worked, thanks. Although I wouldn't really know what is new with them. Only thing that matters is that the LG emoticons are gone lol.
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Lol well right now you would probably only be able to see the update for the already existing emoji you won't be able to see the new ones until you install a supported keyboard, I'll post the google keyboard from my nexus 6 later on when I get home from work/gym unless @Rydah805 can hook you up with a deodexed version first
Gungrave223 said:
If you're rooted then check this out Emoji Switcher
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Sadly I tried this a couple of days ago, says it can't obtain root on my phone. Yes, I granted it access. Really odd.
entropism said:
Sadly I tried this a couple of days ago, says it can't obtain root on my phone. Yes, I granted it access. Really odd.
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umm that odd, you can try the manual method I posted.
entropism said:
Sadly I tried this a couple of days ago, says it can't obtain root on my phone. Yes, I granted it access. Really odd.
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Before I used gungraves file, I used enough switcher to switch to the Google emoji's and then did a reboot and it worked perfectly.
baySF said:
Before I used gungraves file, I used enough switcher to switch to the Google emoji's and then did a reboot and it worked perfectly.
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Like I said, didn't work here. The Emoji Switcher app couldn't gain root and failed. I'll swap them manually when I have the spare time.
Well you could always try this method. --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...covery-install-unicode-8-0-emoji-5-x-t3266000
I ended up doing it all manually and it worked just fine for me. The new Unicode 8.0 emoji will ONLY show up in the AOSP keyboard for now. But the ones that were replaced with different images did get updated either way.
lol sorry I completely forgot about this....but the thread that @Virus.Shell linked to is a hopefully functioning 6.0.1 keyboard.
Not sure if you guys have seen this, but I installed these emoji, MUCH nicer than the stock Android ones and obviously nicer than the stock LG.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3xezb9/emojione_on_android/
http://i.imgur.com/6wPG08y.png
entropism said:
Sadly I tried this a couple of days ago, says it can't obtain root on my phone. Yes, I granted it access. Really odd.
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entropism said:
Not sure if you guys have seen this, but I installed these emoji, MUCH nicer than the stock Android ones and obviously nicer than the stock LG.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3xezb9/emojione_on_android/
http://i.imgur.com/6wPG08y.png
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Probably should've hidden that number lol. Anyways, I don't use Google Keyboard. Too little choices of emoji's. KK Emoji Keyboard has a bunch of choices.
baySF said:
Probably should've hidden that number lol. Anyways, I don't use Google Keyboard. Too little choices of emoji's. KK Emoji Keyboard has a bunch of choices.
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Welp, not my number or my pic. If he wants to put it up, more power to him. As for Google Keyboard, like the post says, there's a modified version that uses all the emoji. It's 50% of the point of my post
I have been using TouchPal app as a default swiping keyboard for all my texting all the while. And there are a lot of different kind of emojis in this app and it is free. Give it a try - I hope you will like it.

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