From the same article: " “In late 2008, I started developing “Tracker”, a software program that receives GPS signals to determine the location of any cell phone, whether it is turned on or off."
Wow. In that article he wrote his own operating system and sold 600 copies, but had too many compatibility issues with Windows and so had to abandon it.
https://kuulpeeps.com/2018/12/14/freddie-figgers-meet-the-29...
But there was no capacitor, it was just taken apart 5 (or 6) times. Not abandoned here either, just a crack-addicted mother.