On latest rc-proposed image r265, the behavior is different than before, the texts of sent and received can be displayed but in the same column on the right side.
$ adb shell system-image-cli -i current build number: 265 device name: krillin channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris.en last update: 2016-02-24 06:30:49 version version: 265 version ubuntu: 20160223 version device: 20160108-efc96d8 version custom: 20160111-926-36--vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1485334 Title: No content to display on send a SMS to yourself. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/messaging-app/+bug/1485334/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs