[GH-ISSUE #326] Whatsapp: emojii lost or invisible in backup #267

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opened 2026-02-26 00:36:40 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @badbob001 on GitHub (Jun 11, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/326

The emojii icons in the backed up whatsapp chats on gmail are missing and I don't even see an empty box character to signify a missing font. Are the emojii characters still there but not visible or were they stripped out somehow? Gmail (web) does support emojii but may be a trick using embedded images instead of actual characters, so I'm not sure if a conversion is practical.

Originally created by @badbob001 on GitHub (Jun 11, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/326 The emojii icons in the backed up whatsapp chats on gmail are missing and I don't even see an empty box character to signify a missing font. Are the emojii characters still there but not visible or were they stripped out somehow? Gmail (web) does support emojii but may be a trick using embedded images instead of actual characters, so I'm not sure if a conversion is practical.

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@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013):

unofficial emojiis get stripped out. would be quite difficult to support them.

@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2013): unofficial emojiis get stripped out. would be quite difficult to support them.

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2026-02-26 00:36:40 +03:00

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@badbob001 commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2013):

So who is doing the stripping: sms-backup+ or gmail? If the content can be stored unchanged on gmail, then there is hope that one day gmail will add support to view it or I can download the text to an emoji-supporting OS.

I just noticed this app in the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smeiti.wstotext
It mentions options for 'Convert to unicode emoji standard' and 'replace emoji characters with image'. Too bad exports are not automated and there is no gmail support.

@badbob001 commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2013): So who is doing the stripping: sms-backup+ or gmail? If the content can be stored unchanged on gmail, then there is hope that one day gmail will add support to view it or I can download the text to an emoji-supporting OS. I just noticed this app in the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smeiti.wstotext It mentions options for 'Convert to unicode emoji standard' and 'replace emoji characters with image'. Too bad exports are not automated and there is no gmail support.

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2026-02-26 00:36:41 +03:00

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@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2013):

it is filtered out by sms backup+. i looked at it, there are ways to convert them but it would make the apk size really big (since it needs to ship all whatsapp emojis - also not sure about legal implications). if somebody wants to implement this, go ahead, it's an open source project.

@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2013): it is filtered out by sms backup+. i looked at it, there are ways to convert them but it would make the apk size really big (since it needs to ship all whatsapp emojis - also not sure about legal implications). if somebody wants to implement this, go ahead, it's an open source project.

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