How to fix
Locate the line in the admin/sources/base/core.php file:
return preg_replace_callback( '#%u([0-9A-F]{1,4})#i', array( self, '_convertHexToUtf8' ), utf8_encode($t) );
Replace it with:
return preg_replace_callback( '#%u([0-9A-F]{1,4})#i', array('self', '_convertHexToUtf8' ), utf8_encode($t) );