This bug was fixed in the package messaging-app - 0.1+16.10.20160831-0ubuntu1
--------------- messaging-app (0.1+16.10.20160831-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Pat McGowan ] * The character count logic is much more complex and needs to account for escape characters and different encoding schemes that change the counts. (LP: #1618917) -- bill.fil...@canonical.com (bill.fil...@canonical.com) Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:57:48 +0000 ** Changed in: messaging-app (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to messaging-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618917 Title: revert the support for character and message counts Status in Canonical System Image: In Progress Status in messaging-app package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This needs more sophisticated logic see also lp:1617961 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1618917/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp