Revert of Try #3 to fix the android layout tests crash in run-webkit-tests.

Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/layout_tests/views/metered_stream.py

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         if self._last_partial_line:
             self._erase_last_partial_line()
         if self._verbose:
             now_tuple = time.localtime(now)
             msg = '%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d %d %s' % (now_tuple.tm_hour, now_tuple.tm_min, now_tuple.tm_sec, int((now * 1000) % 1000), pid, self._ensure_newline(txt))
         elif self._isatty:
             msg = txt
         else:
             msg = self._ensure_newline(txt)
 
-        self._stream.write(msg.decode('ascii', errors='replace'))
+        self._stream.write(msg)
 
     def writeln(self, txt, now=None, pid=None):
         self.write(self._ensure_newline(txt), now, pid)
 
     def _erase_last_partial_line(self):
         num_chars = len(self._last_partial_line)
         self._stream.write(self._erasure(self._last_partial_line))
         self._last_partial_line = ''
 
     def flush(self):
         if self._last_partial_line:
             self._stream.write('\n')
             self._last_partial_line = ''
             self._stream.flush()
 
     def number_of_columns(self):
         return self._number_of_columns
 
 
 class _LogHandler(logging.Handler):
     def __init__(self, meter):
         logging.Handler.__init__(self)
         self._meter = meter
         self.name = LOG_HANDLER_NAME
 
     def emit(self, record):
         self._meter.writeln(record.getMessage(), record.created, record.process)