QUOTE(wr6969 @ Feb 7 2018, 09:31 AM)
Been playing for many years with phones already, change USB charging port, screen, etc. It's actually quite easy to open Redmi 5 Plus, all you need are fingernails and a guitar pick, no need to unscrew anything. Then just short out 2 pins on the motherboard; utiup is your friend to pick up new knowledge

If an old man like me can learn how to do it, anyone can do it lo...
Read in xiaomi forums that flashing global ROM on China phone using testpoint will brick it, so I won't even bother trying

Wow...! My respect for your spirit on learning new things.
QUOTE(andrewhtf @ Feb 7 2018, 10:07 AM)
14 days very cepat one. Relax, have a coffee.

That being said, i finally succumbed to my own curiousity and flashed in the global rom last night. I was told that the recovery method would fail, so just to avoid creating problems, i went along with fastboot method that others have successfully done. Downloaded the fastboot rom, i had to extract twice using winzip i dunno why but but eventually kautim the flashing using miflash.
Took a while starting up after flash i was worried sick if i had farked it up. Eventually it booted normally and kautim the initial setup. Havent really fully setup since i didnt plug my sim card in, but i noticed that somehow scrolling through pages is not as smooth as china 9.2.3.0 rom. Probably i just psyho abit lah.
I think even those shop guys will learn from youtube and download the programmes dulu, just like what those ppl in forum did. The only advantage they have is they have suitable tools to open up the back cover lol. Anyhow from what i read in the forum, only opening up the back cover is the hard part. Supsequent shorting the test point and flashing is just as easy as normal flashing.
If it happened to me, since i have got nothing to lose i would really go and do the testpoint to revive the phone. Cant have my money go down the drain just like that.
Good to hear that!