Gt9xx1080x600 Verified < Mobile Safe >
If all else fails, attach a logic analyzer to SCL, SDA, and the interrupt pin. Capture the I2C traffic during boot. You should see a read of register 0x8140 (the chip ID) followed by writes to 0x8040 (resolution registers). No writes = driver never attempted verification.
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