This is OP again, I just got an account.
I'm using an HTC One M8, and the stock "Messenger" app that comes on the phone. I dislike the feature because 1) I don't like how the oversized emoji's mess with the line spacing in my texts, it looks unprofessional and clunky, 2) when the phone switches the text from, say, "
" to the spitty-face emoji, sometimes it doesn't do it properly and adds in an extra letter or messes with the spacing of the words, and 3) I just don't want it to do something that I haven't asked it to do, if I wanted an emoji in place of the text I put then I'd put an emoji.
I've scoured every typing-related setting on the phone and have found nothing. I could be just missing it and I completely admit that sometimes I'm horrible at looking for things, but a directory or some additional help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advanced.