I think we can all feel your pain. theres nothing worse than setting your gear up and then have one thing after another go wrong.
My girlfriend wonders why I bother because I spend most of time trouble shooting. I tell her thats have the fun
because I have to tell myself that or I'd pack it in all together.
I'd be happy with that full stop, to date my Galaxy imaging has been less than stellar and under the circumstaces i think you did pretty well.
Sandy