diff -r dc07c9001184 -r e84419744dba emul/src/main/java/java/lang/String.java
--- a/emul/src/main/java/java/lang/String.java	Mon Jan 21 12:53:05 2013 +0100
+++ b/emul/src/main/java/java/lang/String.java	Thu Jan 24 17:44:22 2013 +0100
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
     @JavaScriptBody(args = { "beg", "end", "arr", "dst" }, body=
         "var s = this.toString();\n" +
         "while (beg < end) {\n" +
-        "  arr[dst++] = s[beg++];\n" +
+        "  arr[dst++] = s.charCodeAt(beg++);\n" +
         "}\n"
     )
     public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {