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Emoji were initially only available on Japanese iPhones between 2008 and 2011.
Developers found a hidden preference called 'KeyboardEmojiEverywhere' to enable emoji globally.
Early emoji enabler apps were rejected by Apple, leading developers to hide the functionality in other apps.
Apps like FrostyPlace and Spell Number secretly enabled emoji through hidden actions or codes.
Apple eventually stopped blocking emoji-enabling apps, as seen with 'Typing Genius – Get Emoji'.
Universal emoji support arrived with iOS 5 in 2011, but required manual keyboard activation.
Early emoji required both sender and recipient to enable decoding and rendering.
Steven Throughton-Smith was the developer who discovered how to enable emoji on any iPhone in 2008.

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