Ng-table: getData() does not get a $defer parameter

Hi guys,

I'm trying to populate my table from inside a .then() call of a promise returned by a separate service, e.g.:

function populateTable() {
  MyService.retrieve()
    .then( (response) => {
      vm.myTableData = new NgTableParams({
        count: 10,
        page: 1
      }, {
        total: response.length,
        getData: ($defer, params) => {
          // some other stuff, further filtering etc.
          params.total(response.length);
          $defer.resolve(response);
        }
      });
    })
    .catch($log.log);
}

It tells me that: $defer.resolve is not a function.
And if I console out the $defer and params arguments, I find that params is undefined and $defer is the actual value of what params should be.
In other words, getData executes with only one argument and that's the params one.

So then I try to just use params and synchronously return my response, i.e.:

total: response.length,
getData: (params => {
  params.total(response.length);
  return response;
}

And that returns my data without errors, but now the pagination doesn't work (I get the buttons, but they don't do anything and the page is just my whole data set).

So... I'm at a loss. All the documentation and examples online tell me I should use $defer, but why would it then not be available?

Any ideas?