Ok well I got it working again, but only after I replaced my coax cable to the antenna with this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071Y7FXWW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and got this female to female adapter to complement the above a cable
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0725WFMYZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I guess somehow my stock coax cable went dead, despite the fact that I was careful with it....
Hope this helps some people fix theirs...