[iPhone] Back Button

Is there a way to get the left pointed button style that back buttons use?
I'm trying to put a back button on a custom view I created so just setting navigationItem.backBarButtonItem to a UIBarButtonItem doesn't work. It never appears.
I need to set the button to navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem to make it show up in the navigation controller, but that doesn't give me the back pointing button style.
Setting navigationItem.hidesBackButton = NO has no affect.
The navigation controller for this view thinks it is the root navigation controller which is why I'm assuming the backBarButtonItem doesn't work.

The nav bar uses the back button style when there is more than one nav item on the stack. Try adding a dummy nav item onto the nav bar stack and see if that helps.
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