IMX 290-83 camera module not working with Pi-5 camera ports, don't know how to fix. (Hardware+Softw)

Im trying to get an imx290-83 camera to work with my raspberry pi 5, but its not working. When i attempt to look at the camera using the libcamera list devices command, nothing appears, nor does it work using cv2 in python. I have tried all the instructions on this website "https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/IMX290-83_IR-CUT_Camera" But to no avail, nothing seems to work. Im using a cable adapted setup to get the cameras to work, using a FFC 22-15 pi zero camera cable adapter (because thats the connection type) but i noticed that the camera is flipped in the wrong direction using this setup looking at the image on the site, so I also got a 15-15 pin adapter and a 15-15 pin reversed cable so that I could make it connect. This still didnt work, but upon connection the cable got hot whenever connected. However, this was only done to one of the two cameras / cable sets / ports, so we know that this isnt the reason it doesnt render. I tried to check out picamera, but imx290-83 isnt supported, and ive also tried to redownload the libcamera imx290 drivers, also to no avail. Im genuinely at a loss for what to do, ive been trying at this over the course of like 2 months, ive followed every tutorial and tested every combination of things i could think of, and I cant find a way to conenct my camera. Any help would be greately appreciated, I attached some images of my unplugged in cable setup of the cameras for context (longer one with the adapter is the one that got hot, other is the standard.) (the two orange cables look different in the image, but they are the same type of cable and work identically, just not with the camera) I also dont know if this is a software or hardware issue, ive tried both and nothing worked. Camera was bought from here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004547062523.html Adapter cable was bought here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007015374924.html 15-15 FFC adapter bought here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006653501793.html