Strangely hardbricked - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers

Hello guys!
i was reading the only thread i found on a brick situation with a redmi 5 plus but i couldn't find a propper answer to my problem, here's why:
Found a realtively cheap RM5+ on internet got my hands on that phone but it won't boot tried to get back to seller but he dissapeared (eventho i have the address but it's quite far) and now i'm stuck with a phone that won't boot in anyway, here
TL;DR: bought a RM5+ online/i was scammed
This is what it does:
Boots and doesn't do anything at all, just the MI logo.
if PWR and Vol Down goes to fastboot
if PWR and VOL + says "The system has been destroyed"
if testpoint and flash it says "ACK count don't match"
i don't know if it's something with the roms i've tried but it would be great if you could point me in the right direction.
I've tested quite a lot of roms but i'm willing to download whatever you throw @ me, i'm kinda desperate.
Thanks!

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maybe this helps http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=293457&highlight=unbrick+guide

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Since you can access stock recovery, have you tried flashing an MIUI ROM using Xiaomi ADB?
https://xiaomitool.com/adb

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Fran Montero said:
maybe this helps
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sigma392 said:
Since you can access stock recovery, have you tried flashing an MIUI ROM using Xiaomi ADB?
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Hello, thanks for your response!
I am not able to boot into recovery as it says "System has been destroyed" only fastboot and even trying with fastboot it says that partition formating is not allowed

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How much did you paid for it?
I 've paid 131 Euro on aliexpress

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cyds86 said:
Hello, thanks for your response!
I am not able to boot into recovery as it says "System has been destroyed" only fastboot and even trying with fastboot it says that partition formating is not allowed
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And when it´s in mi logo it says "locked" or "unlocked"? maybe strange question but my device came unlocked out of the box and doesn´t want to boot but I can flash system and boot via fastboot mode. Some sellers try to unlock bootloader and change the firmware so not all of them got it succesfully and this unfortunately softbricks device.
Also you can try installing this tool https://androidmtk.com/download-15-seconds-adb-installer open a cmd with admin rights and type fastboot devices to check first if pc is recognicing, then you can attempt to flash most of partitions through fastboot if your device is unlocked.
If this don´t solve then you have to go for edl/download mode but try first this and report