Converting text messages

[Anonymous]

Can I stop my text messages converting to pic messages when I use an emoji? I have a Samsung s4 mini

[viridis]

And a warning does come up immediately after selecting an emoji

[jonsie]

They take up 90 characters on both the Notes I have.

[Anonymous]

The Samsung yellow ones on my Note 3 take up 2 or 3 characters but they don't always reach the recipient as emojis.

Some only appear as ?????

[viridis]

🎃👻🎄🎁🎥🔮🎌🎈🎊🎉🎋🎍💝
What happens on here?

[jonsie]

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@viridis wrote:
🎃👻🎄🎁🎥🔮🎌🎈🎊🎉🎋🎍💝
What happens on here?

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they look ok.....but not yellow

[Anonymous]

Why do we need emoticons/emojis/smileys (or whatever other name they go by) when we use modern means of communication?  In days of yore when we some people used instruments called pens to write on material called paper (sorry, trying to keep it simple for the young ones, if there are any lurking about the Community) there was no need to insert doodles to let readers know that the authors were smiling/laughing/angry/pulling their hair out etc when they were in the act of composing their epistle.   The words,  the grammar and the odd punctuation were sufficient to convey meaning.

When and where did it all go wrong?  Is it the case that with the advent of the "visual" age "modern man" is incapable of discerning the  meaning of anything that exists outside of a graphical context. (The pop video is just another example - music without images is apparently second rate).

[viridis]

It wnt rong wiv txt spk n the need 2 keep it 2 short 2 Inc propa gramma n meaning 😄😉

[Anonymous]

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@viridis wrote:
It wnt rong wiv txt spk n the need 2 keep it 2 short 2 Inc propa gramma n meaning 😄😉

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Ah  - yyur yyub icur yy 4me!

[choolip]

I use Handsent messaging app instead of the stock app that came on phone . You'll need to download the Handsent emoji app too but it is free to send emoji this way plus picture messages. Hope this helps