These are the current best set of instructions:

Quote: 1. Went to the Verizon Bootloader Unlock China site: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=37333625825

2. Enable Google Translate (I'm using Chrome)

3. Click on the orange button mid-way down the page (mouse-over tooltip reads: "Click this button to confirm the purchase")

4. The next page basically asks for your phone number and will send you a text message with a confirmation code. I scrolled down within the first drop-down box until the country code changed to "+1" for USA

5. Enter phone number, click the button, check your text message

6. Enter the code (numbers in the middle of a bunch of Chinese letters in the text message); click the box next to that

7. Sign up for a TaoBao account (left-hand side; looks like the right was for current members to log in - I did not yet have an account). There should be an Overseas option in here which some seem to be missing

8. I included my IMEI number in the Comments to Seller box, though you can send it to the seller later

9. Payment information - I used a virtual credit card number (Citi bank) with a fixed dollar limit and expiration date (TaoBao accepts Visa and Mastercard)

10. A successful payment leads to the confirmation page

(I used babelxl.com to translate some of these random things that Google Translate wouldn't)



That's it. Done.