diff --git a/include/binder/CursorWindow.h b/include/binder/CursorWindow.h
index f0b2909dc..d227244df 100644
--- a/include/binder/CursorWindow.h
+++ b/include/binder/CursorWindow.h
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ public:
                          */
     uint32_t            alloc(size_t size, bool aligned = false);
 
-    uint32_t            read_field_slot(int row, int column, field_slot_t * slot);
-
                         /**
                          * Copy data into the window at the given offset.
                          */
@@ -181,6 +179,32 @@ public:
                                 return ((field_slot_t *)offsetToPtr(fieldDirOffset)) + column;
                             }
 
+    int64_t getFieldSlotValueLong(field_slot_t* fieldSlot) {
+#if WINDOW_STORAGE_INLINE_NUMERICS
+        return fieldSlot->data.l;
+#else
+        return copyOutLong(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    double getFieldSlotValueDouble(field_slot_t* fieldSlot) {
+#if WINDOW_STORAGE_INLINE_NUMERICS
+        return fieldSlot->data.d;
+#else
+        return copyOutDouble(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset);
+#endif
+    }
+
+#if WINDOW_STORAGE_UTF8
+    char* getFieldSlotValueString(field_slot_t* fieldSlot) {
+        return reinterpret_cast<char*>(offsetToPtr(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset));
+    }
+#else
+    char16_t* getFieldSlotValueString(field_slot_t* fieldSlot) {
+        return reinterpret_cast<char16_t*>(offsetToPtr(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset));
+    }
+#endif
+
 private:
     uint8_t * mData;
     size_t mSize;
diff --git a/libs/binder/CursorWindow.cpp b/libs/binder/CursorWindow.cpp
index 47bbd04e1..b02374f1e 100644
--- a/libs/binder/CursorWindow.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/CursorWindow.cpp
@@ -236,33 +236,6 @@ field_slot_t * CursorWindow::getFieldSlotWithCheck(int row, int column)
   return ((field_slot_t *)offsetToPtr(fieldDirOffset)) + column;  
 }
 
-uint32_t CursorWindow::read_field_slot(int row, int column, field_slot_t * slotOut)
-{
-    if (row < 0 || row >= mHeader->numRows || column < 0 || column >= mHeader->numColumns) {
-        LOGE("Can't read row# %d, col# %d from CursorWindow. Make sure your Cursor is initialized correctly.",
-                row, column);
-        return -1;
-    }        
-    row_slot_t * rowSlot = getRowSlot(row);
-    if (!rowSlot) {
-        LOGE("Failed to find rowSlot for row %d", row);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    if (rowSlot->offset == 0 || rowSlot->offset >= mSize) {
-        LOGE("Invalid rowSlot, offset = %d", rowSlot->offset);
-        return -1;
-    }
-LOG_WINDOW("Found field directory for %d,%d at rowSlot %d, offset %d", row, column, (uint8_t *)rowSlot - mData, rowSlot->offset);
-    field_slot_t * fieldDir = (field_slot_t *)offsetToPtr(rowSlot->offset);
-LOG_WINDOW("Read field_slot_t %d,%d: offset = %d, size = %d, type = %d", row, column, fieldDir[column].data.buffer.offset, fieldDir[column].data.buffer.size, fieldDir[column].type);
-
-    // Copy the data to the out param
-    slotOut->data.buffer.offset = fieldDir[column].data.buffer.offset;
-    slotOut->data.buffer.size = fieldDir[column].data.buffer.size;
-    slotOut->type = fieldDir[column].type;
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void CursorWindow::copyIn(uint32_t offset, uint8_t const * data, size_t size)
 {
     assert(offset + size <= mSize);    
@@ -370,12 +343,8 @@ bool CursorWindow::getLong(unsigned int row, unsigned int col, int64_t * valueOu
     if (!fieldSlot || fieldSlot->type != FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER) {
         return false;
     }
-    
-#if WINDOW_STORAGE_INLINE_NUMERICS
-    *valueOut = fieldSlot->data.l;
-#else
-    *valueOut = copyOutLong(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset);
-#endif
+
+    *valueOut = getFieldSlotValueLong(fieldSlot);
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -386,11 +355,7 @@ bool CursorWindow::getDouble(unsigned int row, unsigned int col, double * valueO
         return false;
     }
 
-#if WINDOW_STORAGE_INLINE_NUMERICS
-    *valueOut = fieldSlot->data.d;
-#else
-    *valueOut = copyOutDouble(fieldSlot->data.buffer.offset);
-#endif
+    *valueOut = getFieldSlotValueDouble(fieldSlot);
     return true;
 }