In short, this guy hacks a 5C by replacing the NAND chip with a clone and sets the amount of wrong codes to 0, giving him an infinite amount of wrong passwords without locking the device to infinity.
Also, on BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37407047
As per the Cambridge scientist's...
Wondering if anyone knows about potentially swapping the antenna assembly from a CDMA into a GSM iPhone 5C.
My guess is that it's also built into the firmware; but I just wasn't sure and thought someone might know.
I recently have broken my LCD on my iphone 5c. However I do have a spare iphone 5c but the model number is different. Even though disassembly is the same (4 screws and 3 ribbon cables) for the LCD, I was told by a repair shop you could not interchange them if the model numbers are different...