Sending Emoticons to Non-Verizon contacts

I'm having trouble sending emoticons to my contacts that are on other networks. Example, both my girlfriend and I have the Samsung Galaxy S5, but she is with US Cellular. When I send a text message to here, if I include an emoticon, all she receives is code. Is there a way to resolve this issue on my end?
Thanks,
Russell.

The only way I know of is to use a third party text message app.

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Here are a few of the addys to send text from your computer for non verizon customers
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saljack wrote:
How do I permanently change the color of the font for the emails I send? How do list Contacts by LAST name, not first? How do I put this little emoticon button on my tool bar? THANK YOU. saljack
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As 204 is unlikely to be the full number the issue does not arise.
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