No Emoticons in Texting App after 4.4.2 Update?

[LedZappa]

After the update on my ATT phone all the emoticons in my history just show up as text. If I use Swiftkey keyboard they show up as text. Only if I use the ones in the built-in keyboard seem to work.

Is this normal?

Is there a way to get them working with Swiftkey or using the correct text symbols?

If not, is there a good basic texting app where they work that doesn't text you constantly to buy more of their stuff?

 

[TWC42]

After the update on my ATT phone all the emoticons in my history just show up as text........., is there a good basic texting app where they work that doesn't text you constantly to buy more of their stuff?

Same problem here. Went to Textra, a free, ad-free texting app with a whole slew of emoticons.

 

[Indyrobb]

Ran into the same issue after the update. I hate not seeing my smileys, but when SwiftKey releases their next version they are supposed to built in.

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[KSDroid01]

After the update on my ATT phone all the emoticons in my history just show up as text. If I use Swiftkey keyboard they show up as text. Only if I use the ones in the built-in keyboard seem to work.

Is this normal?

Happened with KitKat on mine too. I use the Swype keyboard which used to insert emoticons but now just inserts text characters. The native Sense keyboard works fine and includes a boatload of emoticons and emojis and I've been switching that when i text.

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[Daniel Granados]

I have a samsung galaxy s4 and I already have the 4.4.2 update but I cant send smileys like others pressing the mic icon on the keybord