>>The copy doesn't work with the unmodified latest version either (I removed that last parameter). I am going to restore to the version we had prior to that and re-try.
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>>I undid my changes (reverted to old version of ng-grid), but yet grid refuses to show data :(
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>Trying things at random means you are just thrashing around. If something doesn't work then debug 'till you find out why - then look for the solution.

Going back to the version supposed to be working is not trying things at random IMO.
Going forward sometimes saves much debugtime, esp. in situations where the culprit seems to have slipped in before own changes, as own changes often are more suspect in the debugging persons mind ;-)