So, I finally figured out how to replace those dreadfully awful HTC emojis with the iPhone emojis...however, it involves deleting a file (/system/fonts/AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf). once this file is deleted, everything is fine and dandy. The HTC emojis are replaced by the stock google ones, which can then be replaced with the stock iPhone ones via an app. however, when you restart the phone for some reason AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf comes back. I have tried renaming to AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.bak and renaming the AndroidEmoji.tff to AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf; neither of which worked. any ideas as to how I can stop this from happening? I'll buy whoever figures this out a beer. (I really don't like HTC's emojis...)